World Minifootball Federation

International coordinating sports body
World Minifootball Federation
AbbreviationWMF
Formation2008; 16 years ago (2008)
HeadquartersGiubiasco, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Members
144 national associations
President
Czech Republic Filip Juda
Secretary general
Serbia Zorica Hofman
Vice presidents
United States Kevin Milliken
Tunisia Achraf Ben Salha (AMF)
Slovakia Peter Kralik (EMF)
Saudi Arabia Mohammad Aldousariy (AMC)
Websitewww.minifootball.com

The World Minifootball Federation (WMF) is the global amateur body for 6-a-side and other versions of minifootball (also called arena soccer). WMF exists to promote, supervise and direct minifootball growth. Its members are worldwide national minifootball teams and continental minifootball federations.

History

Minifootball leagues and other events are organized by WMF and its continental, national or local affiliates. The best teams from local leagues will advance to national championships. With the World Cup scheduled every two years, WMF also hosts the Continental Cup (top five nations of each federation), U23 World Cup, Women's World Cup and Champions Cup (top clubs of each federation), among other events.[1]

In November 2013 it was announced that WMF World Cup would be hosted in the United States.[2] United States defeated Mexico 5–3 in the 2015 Final.

The second edition of the WMF World Cup was played in Tunisia in October 2017.[3][4]

Continental federations

Source:[5][6]

  • African Minifootball Federation (AMF)
  • Asian Minifootball Confederation (AMC)
  • European Minifootball Federation (EMF)
  • Oceania Minifootball Federation (OMF)
  • Panamerican Minifootball Federation (PAMF)

Competitions

  • WMF World Cup
  • WMF World Cup U21
  • WMF Women’s World Cup
  • WMF Continental Cup
  • EMF EURO (European Minifootball Championship)
  • EMF Champions League (European Minifootball Clubs Championship)
  • African Minifootball Cup
  • African Minifootball Champions League
  • Asian Minifootball Cup

Events

  • 2015 WMF World Cup, USA
  • 2017 WMF World Cup, Tunisia
  • 2018 WMF World Cup U21, Czech Republic
  • 2019 WMF World Cup, Australia
  • 2023 WMF World Cup, UAE

See also

References

  1. ^ "Continental Cup". World Minifootball Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ "First World Cup of indoor soccer". Ontario Fury. 12 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Organisation of WMF World Cup 2017 goes to Tunisia". TAP. 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ "WMF World Cup 2017 Awarded To Tunisia". Indoor Soccer News. 5 September 2016.
  5. ^ http://www.minifootball.com/pages/continental-federations
  6. ^ http://www.minifootball.com/pages/member-federations-3

External links

  • Official WMF website