Futsal Finalissima 2022, Argentina, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain: All you need to know
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- 13 Sep 2022
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The winners of UEFA Futsal EURO 2022 Portugal, and the third-placed team Spain, will content a four-team knockout tournament with 2022 CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal winners Argentina and runners-up Paraguay at Parque Roca in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday and Sunday.
Schedule
Thursday 15 September:
Semi-finals
Portugal vs Paraguay (17:00 local, 22:00 CET)
Argentina vs Spain (19:45 local, 00:45 CET)
Sunday 18 September:
Third-place play-off (14:00 local, 19:00 CET)
Final (17:00 local, 22:00 CET)
Argentina / Spain vs Portugal / Paraguay
Who is playing in the Futsal Finalissima 2022
Portugal are the reigning European and world champions. They won Futsal EURO for the first time in 2018 and retained the title in Amsterdam in February, having only previously made the final once, in 2010. In the 2021 World Cup in Lithuania, Portugal claimed their first global crown, beating Argentina 2-1 in the final.
Paraguay were 2022 Copa América de Futsal runners-up as hosts, the fourth time they have reached the final (only once in the 13 editions have they not made at least the semis). They got to the 2021 World Cup round of 16, losing to Spain 4-0 in their group and going out 6-1 to Argentina.
Hosts Argentina won their third Copa América de Futsal in February (they have only failed to reach the final once in the last seven editions), having also twice won the separate South American FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying tournament. They won the World Cup for the first time in 2016 and made the final again in 2021, losing to Portugal. Read More…
