Papi fut or Papi futbol is a popular
Central American variety of
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
played on specially constructed outdoor courts also usable for regulation
basketball. It is similar to
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
football, but goals must be scored from within the goal area. There is also frequently a rule that a ball over head height counts as out-of-bounds.
This game can also be played at indoor facilities and inclusively in artificial grass courts, very common in countries like Costa Rica, where it is commonly referred to as Futbol 5 ("5" as a reference to the number of players per team that the game consists of).
Ball_games
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