Futsal in Spain

{{More footnotes|date=June 2011}} The [[Spain|Spanish]] [[futsal]] league is divided into divisions. The top teams play in the ''División de Honor'' (also called ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala''). In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.uefa.com/futsaleuro/history/ |title=Spain lead the way for futsal in Europe - Futsal EURO - News |website=[[UEFA]] |date= |access-date=2016-10-03}}</ref>

The Spanish league teams compete in [[Europe]] under [[UEFA]], most notably in the [[UEFA Futsal Cup]] with great success, being the national league holding more continental titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2016/09/13/spain-rolls-over-iran-at-futsal-world-cup/ |title=Spain rolls over Iran at Futsal World Cup | Fox News Latino |website=Latino.foxnews.com |date=2016-09-13 |accessdate=2016-10-03}}</ref> The teams also compete in a domestic cup competition each year, called the [[Copa de España de Futsal|Copa del Rey]]. The winner of the División de Honor plays against the winner of the Copa del Rey in the ''Supercopa de España'' (Super Cup).

==Current hierarchical divisional breakdowns==

''As of 6 September 2017''<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.rfef.es/competiciones/futbol-sala/resultados|title= Real Federación Española de Fútbol - Fútbol Sala (Español) |publisher= Real Federación Española de Fútbol |date= 6 September 2017|accessdate= 6 September 2017}}</ref>

* [[Primera División de Futsal]] (16 teams) * [[Segunda División de Futsal]] (16 teams) * [[Segunda División B de Futsal]] (103 teams in 6 groups) * [[Tercera División de Futsal]] (264 teams in 19 groups) * [[List of futsal clubs in Spain]]

For a list of teams, see [[List of futsal clubs in Spain]]

The [[Spain national futsal team]] represents the whole country, and has twice won the [[FIFA Futsal World Cup|World Championship]] and six times the [[UEFA Futsal Championship]], which makes Spain the second international futsal power, after [[Futsal in Brazil|Brazil]].

==Current female hierarchical divisional breakdowns== * [[División de Honor Femenina de Futsal|Division de Honor]] (16 teams) * [[List of futsal clubs in Spain]]

For a list of teams, see [[List of futsal clubs in Spain]]

The [[Spain women's national futsal team]] represents the whole country.

==Other competitions== *[[Copa de España de Futsal]] *[[Supercopa de España de Futsal]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.lnfs.es/ Liga Nacional de Futbol Sala Official Website] *[http://www.rfef.es/ Royal Spanish Football Federation Official Website] *[http://www.alertadeporte.com/ El diario digital del fútbol sala] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630160459/http://www.alertadeporte.com/ |date=2007-06-30 }} *[http://www.catsala.cat/ CATSALA: Tot el Futbol Sala Català] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018045440/http://www.catsala.cat/ |date=2016-10-18 }}

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