European Minifootball Federation

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European Minifootball Federation
AbbreviationEMF
Formation25 March 2012; 14 years ago (2012-03-25)
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic
Region served
Europe
Membership34 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 (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

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

Members as listed on EMF website:[1]

Competitions

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.

Competitions

Competition Year Champions Next edition
National teams (Men's)
EMF EURO 2024 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 2026
EMF Nations Games 2025 [1] Error creating thumbnail:  Slovakia
Club teams (Men's)
EMF Champions League 2025 [2] RomaniaFC Nova Vita Târgu-Mureș
Euro Business Cup 2025 [3] Error creating thumbnail: Sesame Orbit
EMF Euro Cup 2025 [4] RomaniaACS Arsenal Iași
EMF Euro Cup Master 2025 RomaniaLiriada Râșnov
EMF Euro Cup 7S 2025 [5] Error creating thumbnail: FK Hoverla Praha
Club teams (Women's)
EMF Champions League Women's 2025 [6] Error creating thumbnail: Spartak Myjava

Major tournament records

WMF World Cup

  • 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
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania GS 1
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 4th 1
 Bulgaria QF 1
 Czech Republic 5th 1st 5th QF 4
 England 25th R16 1
 France 8th GS 2
Error creating thumbnail:  Germany 8th 1
Error creating thumbnail:  Georgia R16 1
 Hungary 6th 4th 3rd 3
 Ireland GS 1
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 11th 11th 2
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 10th 1
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro R16 1
File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 18th 28th R16 2
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 3rd 9th 3rd 1st 4
 Russia 9th 10th 2
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 10th 12th GS 3
Error creating thumbnail:  Slovakia 7th QF 2
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4th GS 2
  Switzerland 22nd 1
Error creating thumbnail:  Ukraine 8th GS 2

WMF Continental Cup

[3]

Teams Tunisia
2019
Years
 England 4th 1
  Switzerland GS 1
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 3rd 1
 Czech Republic 1st 1

WMF Women’s World Cup

Teams Error creating thumbnail:
2021
Years
Error creating thumbnail:  Ukraine GS 1
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 2nd 1
  Switzerland GS 1
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 3rd 1

U23 WMF World Cup

[4]

Teams Error creating thumbnail:
2018
Error creating thumbnail:
2021
Years
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 3rd 1
Error creating thumbnail:  Ukraine GS 1
 Hungary QF 1
Error creating thumbnail:  Slovakia 2nd GS 2
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia GS 1
 Czech Republic 1st 2nd 2
Error creating thumbnail:  Georgia GS 1
 Russia QF 1
  Switzerland GS 1
 United Kingdom QF 1
Error creating thumbnail:  Austria GS 1
Error creating thumbnail:  Italy 4Th 1

References

  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".