It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, OFC), the winner of the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the host country.

[1] It is not to be confused with the Continental Futsal Championship, a friendly tournament hosted annually by Thailand.

[2] On 2009, Iran became the first national team to win the inaugural Confederations Cup.

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.