The Cuba national futsal team is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba, the governing body for football in Cuba and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the World Cup and the CONCACAF Championships. They are one of the strongest teams in CONCACAF, has been reaching second place four times at the CONCACAF Futsal Championship and played 6 FIFA Futsal World Cup editions.
| Nickname(s) | Leones del Caribe (Lions of the Caribbean) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| FIFA code | CUB | ||
| FIFA ranking | 78 (6 May 2024)[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Cuba 4–6 Costa Rica  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 31 August 1996) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–10 Cuba (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 2 July 2012) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 18–0 Cuba (Segovia, Spain; 27 November 1996) | |||
| FIFA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result | First Round (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016) | ||
| CONCACAF Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result |  2nd place (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2024) | ||
Tournaments
edit| FIFA Futsal World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1989
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Did not enter | |||||||
 1992
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 1996
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 31 | |
 2000
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||
 2004
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 2008
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 25 | ||
 2012
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 2016
|
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 22 | |
 2021
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Did not qualify | |||||||
 2024
|
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 27 | |
| Totals | 6/10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 36 | 141 | |
- 1996 - 2nd place
- 2000 - 2nd place
- 2004 - 2nd place
- 2008 - 2nd place
- 2012 - Group Stage (5th place)
- 2016 - Semi-Final (4th place)
- 2021 - Group Stage (12th place)
- 2024 - 2nd place
- 2007 – 6th place
References
editExternal links
edit- Cuba at FIFA.com