Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Tecnópolis – Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires Province • CeNARD – Núñez, Buenos Aires ==Qualification==

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is limited to participation in 1 team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field Hockey, and Rugby Sevens) per each gender with the exception of the host country who can enter one team per sport. Also at Futsal each NOC can enter a maximum of 1 team of 10 athletes per both genders. To be eligible to participate in the Youth Olympics, athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. As hosts, Argentina has the right to directly qualify 1 team (male or female of their own choice, but not both) on account of CONMEBOL quota. The best ranked NOC in each of the 6 Continental Qualification Tournaments will obtain quota place. 2 quota per each gender are giving to AFC, UEFA, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL and 1 quota per each gender are giving to CAF and OFC. : Italy originally qualified, but chose to compete in beach handball. The spot was reallocated to the next highest ranked nation, Slovakia. Girls' qualification Since host nation Argentina chose to compete in boys' tournament, 10 national under-18 teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. : New Zealand originally qualified, but chose to compete in rugby sevens. The spot was reallocated to the next highest ranked nation, Tonga. : Brazil and Colombia originally qualified, but Brazil chose to compete in boys' tournament and Colombia chose to compete in rugby sevens. The spots were eventually reallocated to Bolivia and Chile. : Nigeria originally qualified, but declined to enter. The spot was eventually reallocated to Cameroon. : United States and Canada originally qualified, but United States declined to enter and Canada chose to compete in rugby sevens. The spots were eventually reallocated to Trinidad and Tobago and Dominican Republic. : Iran originally qualified, but chose to compete in boys' tournament. The spot was reallocated to the next highest ranked nation, Thailand. ==Schedule==

The girls' tournament will take place between 7–17 October 2018, and the boys' tournament will take place between 7–18 October 2018. All times are local, ART (UTC−3). ==Draw==

announces the position of Argentina during the draw. The draw was held on 24 August 2018, 18:30 ART (UTC−3), at the Casa de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires. In both the boys' and girls' tournament, the ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Argentina were assigned to position A1 in the boys' tournament. As teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group, the two teams each from AFC (Asia), CONCACAF (North America), CONMEBOL (South America), and UEFA (Europe) were drawn into different groups, and as a result the two remaining teams, one each from CAF (Africa) and OFC (Oceania), were also drawn into different groups. ==Match officials==

A total of 24 officials (18 men and 6 women) were appointed by FIFA for the two tournaments. ==Squads==

Each team had to name a preliminary squad of 20 players (minimum three must be goalkeepers). From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 10 players (minimum two must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. ==Format==

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 15.5): If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows: In the semi-finals, bronze medal match and goal medal match, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. ==Boys' tournament==

Medal table Medalists ==References==