Jump to content

European Minifootball Federation

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

European Minifootball Federation
AbbreviationEMF
Formation25 March 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-25)
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic
Region served
Europe
Membership
34 full member associations
President
Borislav Alexandrov
Vice-president
Gianluca Finazzi
General secretary
Ivan Ivanov
Main organ
General assembly
Parent organization
WMF
Websitewww.minifootball.eu

The European Minifootball Federation, also referred to by its abbreviation EMF, is the administrative body for 5-a-side version of minifootball in Europe. It is one of five continental confederations of its governing body, the World Minifootball Federation. EMF consists of 34 national associations.[1][2]

History and membership

[edit]

EMF was founded in a meeting held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 23–25 March 2012. EMF started with 11 members and currently has 29 full-time federation members.

Members

[edit]

Members as listed on EMF website:[1]

Competitions

[edit]

EMF's main competition is EMF EURO for national teams, held annually from 2012 to 2018. In 2019 EMF General assembly decided to organize EMF EURO every 2 years in rotation with WMF World Championship. EMF's main club competition is the EMF Champions League. In addition, EMF organizes Euro Business Cup for corporate teams.

  1. EMF EURO (Men)
  2. EMF Champions League
  3. Euro Business Cup
  4. EMF EURO (Women)

Major tournament records

[edit]

WMF World Cup

[edit]
  • 1st — Champion
  • 2nd — Runner-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • GS — Group stage
  •    — Host(s)
Teams United States
2015
Tunisia
2017
Australia
2019
United Arab Emirates
2023
Years
 Albania GS 1
 Azerbaijan 4th 1
 Bulgaria QF 1
 Czech Republic 5th 1st 5th QF 4
 England 25th R16 1
 France 8th GS 2
 Germany 8th 1
 Georgia R16 1
 Hungary 6th 4th 3rd 3
 Ireland GS 1
 Kazakhstan 11th 11th 2
 Moldova 10th 1
 Montenegro R16 1
 Portugal 18th 28th R16 2
 Romania 3rd 9th 3rd 1st 4
 Russia 9th 10th 2
 Serbia 10th 12th GS 3
 Slovakia 7th QF 2
 Spain 4th GS 2
  Switzerland 22nd 1
 Ukraine 8th GS 2

WMF Continental Cup

[edit]

[3]

Teams Tunisia
2018
Australia
2021
Years
 England 4th 1
  Switzerland GS 1
 Romania 3rd 1
 Czech Republic 1st 1

WMF Women’s World Cup

[edit]
Teams Ukraine
2021
Years
 Ukraine GS 1
 Moldova 2nd 1
  Switzerland GS 1
 Serbia 3rd 1

U23 WMF World Cup

[edit]

[4]

Teams Slovakia
2018
Ukraine
2021
Years
 Moldova 3rd 1
 Ukraine GS 1
 Hungary QF 1
 Slovakia 2nd GS 2
 Slovenia GS 1
 Czech Republic 1st 2nd 2
 Georgia GS 1
 Russia QF 1
  Switzerland GS 1
 United Kingdom QF 1
 Austria GS 1
 Italy 4Th 1

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Member Associations
  2. ^ "WMF: Continental Confederations". World Minifootball Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Tunisia Continental Cup 2019".
  4. ^ "WMF World Cup U21 Overview".
[edit]