Who invented futsal?

In 1924 and 1928 Uruguay won gold for football at The Olympic Games and in 1930 they won and hosted the first-ever FIFA World Cup. So it is no surprise that football fever was sweeping the country at the time and children were inspired to play football whenever and wherever they could.

This was the case at the YMCA Club (now known as Club Juventus) in Montevideo, the capital city where all the World Cup games had been held. Instead of playing basketball or other indoor sports, the children chose to use the club’s gymnasium for informal games of football.

At that time The Director For The Children’s Department at the club was an Argentinian named Juan Carlos Ceriani. Witnessing these games of indoor football, he decided he needed to create a set of rules that everyone could follow.

Ceriani had recently completed his physical education studies at the International YMCA College (now called Springfield College) in Massachusetts, USA. This was the same institution where the inventors of basketball and volleyball had previously been students.

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