The Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 futsal

Futsal

Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

 league is divided into divisions. The top teams play in the 1a Divisão. In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away and 1a Divisão the final phase is played under the playoff system.

The Portuguese league teams compete in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 under UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

, most notably in the UEFA Futsal Cup

UEFA Futsal Cup

The UEFA Futsal Cup is an annual futsal competition for European club teams. It was founded in 2001–02, replacing the Futsal European Clubs Championship, a former competition never recognized as official, despite their 15 editions. The final of the 1st edition was disputed as a single game in...

. The teams also compete in a domestic cup competition each year, called the Portuguese Cup

Taça de Portugal de Futsal

Taça de Portugal de Futsal or Portuguese Futsal Cup is the a futsal cup in Portugal-Portuguese Cup Winners:- Performance by club :-External links:*...

. The winners of the 1a Divisão play the winners of the Portuguese Cup in the Portuguese SuperCup

SuperTaça de Futsal de Portugal

SuperTaça de Portugal de Futsal or Portuguese Futsal SuperCup is a futsal cup in Portugal, played by the winner of Portuguese Futsal First Division and the winner of Portuguese Futsal Cup.-Portuguese SuperCup Winners:-Performance by club:...

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Current hierarchical divisional breakdowns

• Campeonato Nacional (First Division)
  Portuguese Futsal First Division
  Portuguese Futsal First Division or "1ª Divisão de Futsal" is the premier professional futsal league in Portugal.-Teams 2008/2009:* CF Belenenses* FJ Antunes* SL Benfica* AR Freixieiro* AD Fundão* Instituto D...
  
   (14 teams)
• 2a Divisão (Second Division) (28 teams split in 2 series)
• 3a Divisão (Third Division) (56 teams splieted in 4 series)
• Distritais (Lower Division) (the rest split by 8 regions)

The Portugal national futsal team

Portugal national futsal team

The Portugal national futsal team represents Portugal in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in Europe....

 represents the whole country in FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Other Competitions

• Portuguese Cup
  Taça de Portugal de Futsal
  Taça de Portugal de Futsal or Portuguese Futsal Cup is the a futsal cup in Portugal-Portuguese Cup Winners:- Performance by club :-External links:*...
  
  

• Portuguese SuperCup
  SuperTaça de Futsal de Portugal
  SuperTaça de Portugal de Futsal or Portuguese Futsal SuperCup is a futsal cup in Portugal, played by the winner of Portuguese Futsal First Division and the winner of Portuguese Futsal Cup.-Portuguese SuperCup Winners:-Performance by club:...