Seven European teams will compete at the 24-team 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup with qualifying running in several phases between April 2022 and April 2024, and the first draw for the preliminary round on 7 December. Show If a UEFA national association is selected to host the final tournament, they will gain an automatic place and only six teams will come through qualifying. Otherwise, all seven European places will be filled by qualifying.
Qualifying formatQualifying consists of five stages: preliminary round (mini-tournaments), main round (home and away groups), main round play-offs (home and away), elite round (home and away groups) and elite round play-offs (home and away).
*Russia excluded Preliminary round (draw 7 December 2021, matches 5–12 April 2022)
Group A Group B Group C Group
D Group E Group F Main round (draw 7 July 2022, matches to be completed by 8 March 2023)
Main round play-offs (draw 10 March 2023, matches 10–19 April 2023)
Elite round (draw 5 July 2023, matches to be completed by 20
December 2023)
Elite round play-offs (draw 25 January 2024, matches 8–17 April 2024)
World Cup roll of honour2021: Portugal 2-1 Argentina (Lithuania) The Council was over the moon to hear the announcement from the English Subbuteo Association (ESA) that they will be hosting the Subbuteo FISTF World Cup 2024 in Tunbridge Wells. We gave full support to the ESA when they made their bid to The Federation of International Sports Table Football to host the 2024 event. Many will already know that the borough has a long association with the game which was invented in 1946 by Langton Green resident Peter Adolph, and early production of Subbuteo also took place in the area. Around 32 countries are expected to be represented at the international event which takes place over four days in September 2024. As many as 64 games will be taking place simultaneously during the early stages of the tournament which will be centred around the Tunbridge Wells Leisure Centre. Councillor Jane March, Portfolio Holder for Environment, Culture and Leisure, told fellow councillors the exciting news at the Full Council meeting on Wednesday 23 February. She said: ‘The 2024 Subbuteo World Cup will take place here in Royal Tunbridge Wells – the natural home of the game that was invented and manufactured in Langton Green. This will be a huge event for the town and the wider borough and we are confident that it will reawaken and unite Subbuteo and Table Football fans from all over the world. I’m sure that councillors will join me in welcoming the fact that Subbuteo Table Football is ‘coming home’!’ The best-ever World CupESA Vice Chairman Alan Lee said: ‘Winning the bid with the unanimous support of the world governing body to host this prestigious event is a very proud moment for me personally and the rejuvenated English Association. The ESA Board has committed to making this event the ‘best-ever’ World Cup and something the nation can get behind and be proud of. We are delighted to be partnering with the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council as Subbuteo really is coming home!’ Greece and Brazil also expressed an interest in hosting the 2024 event although Brazil withdrew their bid when they learned that the event could be played in Tunbridge Wells, the home of the game. The World Cup was last held in the UK, in Manchester, in 2012. The origins and history of the Subbuteo game will feature in The Story of the Wells, one of the new galleries in The Amelia Scott, the new cultural and community facility opening in Royal Tunbridge Wells in April 2022. Where is the next World Cup 2024?It is scheduled to be played in June 2024 in the West Indies and the United States, with 20 teams taking part. It will be the first ICC World Cup tournament to feature matches played in the United States.
Where will the next 2026 World Cup be held?Where is World Cup 2026? The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be played across three North American nations: the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Of the 80 games to be contested in the tournament, 60 will be played in the USA, with 10 in Canada and 10 in Mexico.
Who is hosting the 2025 World Cup?In March 2021, it was reported that France is the preferred destination for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup. France officially lodged a bid later that year, in July. In January 2022, France won the bid to host the world cup.
Where is the 2030 World Cup?It is now official. Ukraine is to complete the Iberian countries' aspiration to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. The heads of the three national federations made the announcement at a press conference at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. The selection of the 2030 World Cup host will take place at the 74th FIFA Congress in 2024.
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