The Russian national team, led by the coach of Volgograd's Kontur-Junior Yuri Kukanov, won the tournament, beating the hosts 6:0 (Solovyov, Gurov, Churyumov, Borodin, Morozov, Suslov) and Minsk 2:1 (Borodin-2).

The Australians announced their desire to hold an experimental FIFA Futsal World Championship for women on the eve of their home Olympics.

The following players played for the Russian national team in these matches: goalkeepers - Tatyana Nenasheva (Kontur-Junior), Anna Gnevysheva (Aurora, future FIFA referee), Alevtina Anoshina (Volzhanka Saratov), Olga Belyaeva (Chertanovo), field players - Elena Perekhozheva, Natalia Kharlanova, Elena Churyumova, Pavlina Borodina, Oksana Salova (all - Kontur-Junior), Larisa Solovyova, Ekaterina Shishkova, Maya Khutsishvili, Natalia Titkova (all - Sport-istok), Irina Lagunova, Ekaterina Popova, Anastasia Pustovoitova (future FIFA referee), Olesya Didenko, Evgenia Tereshkina (all - Chertanovo), Elena Chernousova, Victoria Gurevich, Larisa Abushaeva (all - "Volzhanka"), Natalia Voronina, Natalia Pushkina, Svetlana Khvatova (all - "Aurora"), Olga Vitovtova ("Alektan"), Yulia Semina, Nadezhda Ippolitova, Yulia Sysoeva (all - "Nadezhda"), Svetlana Velikanova, Alla Davydcheva (both - "Baltika" St. Petersburg), Elena Gurova, Irina Shilo (both - "Orlyonok"), Elena Suslova ("Vlada" Vladimir), Irina Klimenko ("Gloria" Khimki), Marina Novikova ("Snezhana").

One of them, Natalia Shlyapina (Mokshanova), later known for her performances for the football team Rossiyanka, was at a fairly young age at that time, coming onto the court for just a couple of seconds.

Even in such a situation, the Russian women created a real sensation in their very first game, beating the Portuguese team with a score of 3:2 (Bikeykina, Suslova, Churyumova).

Having warmed up at the Moscow region "Nadezhda" 15:1 from Krasnoarmeysk (Borodina-4, Bikeikina-3, Fedchenko-2, Ivanitskaya-2, Churyumova-2, Didenko, Mikhailova), Yuri Kukanov's team in December 1998, having flown to the Spanish Segovia, once again surprised the local public.

Alas, after a heroic draw with the hosts 3:3 (Borodina, Churyumova, Mikhailova), the traditionally "truncated" away team of Russians lost to the Portuguese 0:4.

In this convocation, goalkeeper Svetlana Kerzhkovskaya, field players Galina Fedchenko, Anna Mikhailova (all from "Aurora"), Tatyana Ivanitskaya ("Rokada") joined the Russian team.

At this tournament, the most experienced captain of "Aurora" Natalia Voronina and one of the Pakstaitis sisters - Alla ("Vlada") made their debut for the first Russian team.

The Russian team has played in six unofficial World Cups and nine times became the host of the International Victory Day Tournament in Moscow.

As part of the first-ever official European Women's Futsal Championship, the Russian national team successfully overcame the qualification barrier and reached the Final Four.

Having lost to Spain in the semi-finals, the Russian women were stronger than the Ukrainian national team in the match for 3rd place, winning the bronze medals of the historic EURO 19.