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futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

league is divided into divisions. The top teams play in the ''División de Honor'' (also called ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala''). In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away. The Spanish league teams compete in

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under

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, most notably in the

UEFA Futsal Cup The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001 and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 1 ...

with great success, being the national league holding more continental titles. The teams also compete in a domestic cup competition each year, called the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. The winner of the División de Honor plays against the winner of the Copa del Rey in the ''Supercopa de España'' (Super Cup).

Current hierarchical divisional breakdowns

''As of 6 September 2017'' * Primera División de Futsal (16 teams) * Segunda División de Futsal (16 teams) *

Segunda División B de Futsal The Segunda División B de Futsal formerly known as ''Primera Nacional A'' is the third professional futsal pyramid in Spain. It was founded in 1989 and is managed by the CNFS of the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The ''Segunda División B de ...

(103 teams in 6 groups) * Tercera División de Futsal (264 teams in 19 groups) * List of futsal clubs in Spain For a list of teams, see List of futsal clubs in Spain The

Spain national futsal team The Spain national futsal team represents Spain in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in the World, seven times champions in the UEFA Futsal Championshi ...

represents the whole country, and has twice won the

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and six times the

UEFA Futsal Championship The UEFA European Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the men's List of men's national futsal teams, national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). History The first tournament was held in ...

, which makes Spain the second international futsal power, after

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Current female hierarchical divisional breakdowns

* Division de Honor (16 teams) * List of futsal clubs in Spain For a list of teams, see List of futsal clubs in Spain The Spain women's national futsal team represents the whole country.

Other competitions

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Supercopa de España de Futsal The Supercopa de España is a Spanish futsal championship contested by the winners of the División de Honor and the Copa de España. Winners Wins by club Notes References External linksLiga Nacional de Futbol Sala Official Website {{ ...

References

External links

Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala Official WebsiteRoyal Spanish Football Federation Official WebsiteEl diario digital del fútbol sala

CATSALA: Tot el Futbol Sala Català
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