Minifootball (sometimes spelled mini-football and called minifoot) is a small-sided variation of
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
. Minifootball is played in
5-a-side format, with additional variants of
6-a-side,
7-a-side, 8-a-side, 9-a-side and indoor football. All games are played on
artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass, used in sports arenas, residential lawns and commercial applications that traditionally use grass. It is much more durable than grass and easily maintained wi ...
, in contrast to
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 ...
which is played on a hard court indoors.
Minifootball is open to both professional and amateur players and has grown in popularity globally.
The highest global authority for the 5-a-side format is the
World Minifootball Federation
The World Minifootball Federation (WMF) is the global governing body for mainly five-a-side football, 5 and six-a-side football, 6-a-side versions of minifootball (also called ''arena soccer'') in 50 (2*25) Minutes time. WMF exists to promote, su ...
(WMF). The 6-a-side format is governed by the International Football Federation, while the 7-a-side format is governed by several sub-continental bodies, including the IFA7 and FIF7. The WMF organizes its own
World Cup every 2 years, as well as continental championships through established national federations.
Variants
# 3-a-side
# 4-a-side
# 5-a-side
# 6-a-side
# 7-a-side
# 8-a-side
# 9-a-side
# 10-a-side
# Indoor
Main competitions
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WMF World Cup
The WMF World Cup is an international minifootball competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the World Minifootball Federation (WMF), the sport's global governing body. The tournament is played as six-a-side 50-minute ...
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WMF Continental Cup
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EMF EURO
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African Minifootball Cup
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Asian Minifootball Cup
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Panamerican Minifootball Cup
See also
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Socca
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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 ...
References
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External links
RULES OF THE GAME MINIFOOTBALL
Association football variants
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