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1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship

Field	Value
year	1996
other_titles	Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol Sala de la FIFA 1996
image	1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship.svg
country	Spain
dates	24 November – 8 December
num_teams	16
confederations	6
venues	4
cities	4
champion_other
count	3
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	40
goals	290
attendance	116400
top_scorer	Manoel Tobias (14 goals)
player	Manoel Tobias
prevseason	[1992](1992-fifa-futsal-world-championship)
nextseason	[2000](2000-fifa-futsal-world-championship)

The 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the third FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 24 November and 8 December 1996, in Spain.

Brazil won the tournament for the third consecutive time.

Qualifying criteria

Main article: 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification

Qualified nations

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths
Host Nation		1
[AFC Preliminary Competition](1996-fifa-futsal-world-championship-qualification-afc)	27 March – 17 August 1996
3
[1996 African Futsal Championship](1996-african-futsal-championship)	16–21 April 1996		1
[1996 CONCACAF Futsal Championship](1996-concacaf-futsal-championship)	20–29 July 1996		2
[1996 South American Futsal Championship](1996-taca-america-de-futsal)	16–20 April 1996		3
[1996 Oceanian Futsal Championship](1996-oceanian-futsal-championship)	3–8 August 1996		1
[UEFA Preliminary Competition](1996-fifa-futsal-world-cup-qualification-uefa)		5

Venues

Murcia	Segovia	Castellón de la Plana	Barcelona
Palacio de Deportes de Murcia	Pabellon Pedro Delgado Robledo	Pabellon de Castellon	Palau Sant Jordi
Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 2,050	Capacity: 4,357	Capacity: 15,000
[[File:Elpozo_Murcia_calentando.jpg	150px	center]]			[[File:Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona Catalonia 2.jpg	150px	center]]
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Draw

The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Third Round

|6 December 1996||6||2 |6 December 1996||4||1 |8 December 1996||6||4 |8 December 1996||3||2

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

(HT: 3–1) Choco
Marcio
Vander
Manoel Tobias

Vicentin

Champions

12–man Roster , Marcio, Waginho, Manoel Tobias, Fininho, Sandrinho, Danilo, Choco, Vander, Bage, Clovis, Djacir Head coach

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	8	7	1	0	55	16	+39	22	Champions
2	8	7	0	1	34	12	+22	21	Runners-up
3	8	4	2	2	29	17	+12	14	Third place
4	8	3	2	3	36	25	+11	11	Fourth place
5	6	3	1	2	21	13	+8	10	Eliminated in [Second round](1996-fifa-futsal-world-championship-second-round)
6	6	3	1	2	17	17	0	10
7	6	2	2	2	22	20	+2	8
8	6	2	0	4	17	22	–5	6
9	3	1	1	1	7	9	–2	4	Eliminated in [First round](1996-fifa-futsal-world-championship-first-round)
10	3	1	0	2	12	7	+5	3
11	3	1	0	2	12	14	–2	3
12	3	1	0	2	13	19	–6	3
13	3	0	0	3	3	18	–15	0
14	3	0	0	3	4	24	–20	0
15	3	0	0	3	4	26	–22	0
16	3	0	0	3	4	31	–27	0

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