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{{Short description|Futsal team}}
{{Infobox National futsal team
|  Name               = Kuwait
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|  Badge size         = 130px
|  FIFA Trigramme     = KUW
|  FIFA Rank          = {{FIFA Futsal World Ranking|KUW}}
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|  Nickname           = ''Al-Azraq'' (The Blue)
|  Association        = [[Kuwait Football Association]]
|  Confederation      = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] ([[Asia]])
|  Coach              = [[Mohammad Nazemasharieh]]
|  Most caps          =
|  Top scorer         = Abdulrahman Al Mosibaeh
|  Home Stadium       = Daiya Futsal National Stadium
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|First game           = {{futsal|Kuwait}} 3–12 {{futsal-rt|Oman}}<br />([[Iran]]; 1 May 1992)
|Largest loss         = {{futsal|Iran}} 18–2 {{futsal-rt|Kuwait}}<br />([[Tehran]], [[Iran]]; 18 July 2001)
|Largest win          = {{futsal|Kuwait}} 20–0 {{futsal-rt|Maldives}}<br />([[Macau]], [[Macau]]; 16 April 2004)
|  World cup apps     = 1
|  World cup first    = 2012
|  World cup best     = Group stage ([[2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup|2012]])
|  Regional name      = [[AFC Futsal Championship]]
|  Regional cup apps  = 13
|  Regional cup first = [[2001 AFC Futsal Championship|2001]]
|  Regional cup best  = 4th place ([[2003 AFC Futsal Championship|2003]] and [[2014 AFC Futsal Championship|2014]])
|  2ndRegional name   = [[WAFF Futsal Championship]]
|  2ndRegional cup apps  = 2
|  2ndRegional cup first = [[2012 WAFF Futsal Championship|2012]]
|  2ndRegional cup best  = Champions ([[2022 WAFF Futsal Championship|2022]])
|  Grand Prix apps       = 0
|  Grand Prix first      =
|  Grand Prix best       =
|  Confederations cup apps  = 1
|  Confederations cup first = [[2014 Futsal Continental Cup|2014]]
|  Confederations cup best  = 7th place ([[2014 Futsal Continental Cup|2014]])
}}

The '''Kuwait national futsal team''' represents [[Kuwait]] in international [[futsal]] competitions and is controlled by the [[Kuwait Football Association]].

==Coaches==
{{update|date=June 2022}}
* [[Hossein Shams]] (2003–2006)
* [[Ricardo Sobral]] (2018–2022)

==Tournaments==
===FIFA Futsal World Cup===
{{see also|FIFA Futsal World Cup}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=8|[[FIFA Futsal World Cup|FIFA World Cup Record]]
|-
!width=125|Year
!width=150|Round

!width=35|Pld
!width=35|W
!width=35|D*
!width=35|L
!width=35|GS
!width=35|GA
|-
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship|1989]]|| colspan="7" rowspan="6" |''did not enter''
|-  
|{{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship|1992]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship|1996]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship|2000]]
|- 
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship|2004]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup|2008]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup|2012]]||Round 1||3||1||0||2||8||13
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup|2016]]|| colspan="7" rowspan="2" |''Disqualified''
|-
|{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup|2020]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup|2024]]|| colspan="7" |''Did not qualify''
|-
!'''Total'''||1/10||3||1||0||2||8||13
|}

===AFC Futsal Asian Cup===
{{see also|AFC Futsal Asian Cup}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
! colspan="8" |[[AFC Futsal Championship|AFC Futsal Asian Cup record]]
|-
! width="125" |Year
! width="150" |Round

! width="35" |Pld
! width="35" |W
! width="35" |D*
! width="35" |L
! width="35" |GS
! width="35" |GA
|-
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[1999 AFC Futsal Championship|1999]]||colspan="7" rowspan="2"|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[2000 AFC Futsal Championship|2000]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[2001 AFC Futsal Championship|2001]]||Quarter-finals||5||2||0||3||14||32
|-
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[2002 AFC Futsal Championship|2002]]||Quarter-finals||5||2||1||2||26||14
|- bgcolor="#9acdff"
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[2003 AFC Futsal Championship|2003]]||Fourth place||6||2||1||3||28||32
|-
|{{flagicon|Macau}} [[2004 AFC Futsal Championship|2004]]||Quarter-finals||4||2||0||2||31||16
|-
|{{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[2005 AFC Futsal Championship|2005]]||Second round||6||3||0||3||27||19
|-
|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[2006 AFC Futsal Championship|2006]]||First round||3||0||1||2||9||14
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2007 AFC Futsal Championship|2007]]||First round||3||1||0||2||5||14
|-
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[2008 AFC Futsal Championship|2008]]||First round||3||0||0||3||4||27
|-
|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[2010 AFC Futsal Championship|2010]]||First round||3||0||0||3||5||15
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[2012 AFC Futsal Championship|2012]]||Quarter-finals||4||2||1||1||17||7
|- bgcolor="#9acdff"
|{{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[2014 AFC Futsal Championship|2014]]||Fourth place||6||3||0||3||18||15
|-
|{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[2016 AFC Futsal Championship|2016]]||colspan="7" rowspan="2" |''Suspended by FIFA*''
|-
|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[2018 AFC Futsal Championship|2018]]
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup|2022]]||Quarter-finals||4||1||2||1||11||9
|-
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup|2024]]||First round||3||1||1||1||5||8 
|-
!'''Total'''||13/17||55||19||7||29||200||220
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> =  At the first qualified because of top 4 in [[2014 AFC Futsal Championship|2014]] competition, but later could not participate due to FIFA's suspension of the [[Kuwait Football Association]].<ref name="kuwait2">{{cite web |date=19 November 2015 |title=Saudi Arabia replace Kuwait at AFC Futsal C'ship 2016 |url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-futsal-championship-2016/saudi-arabia-replace-kuwait-at-afc-futsal-cship-2016 |publisher=AFC}}</ref>

<nowiki>**</nowiki>= Could not participate in West Zone qualifier due to FIFA's suspension of the [[Kuwait Football Association]] was still in effect.

===Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games===
{{see also|Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=9|[[Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record]]
|-
!width=150|Year
!width=150|Round

!width=35|Pld
!width=35|W
!width=35|D*
!width=35|L
!width=35|GS
!width=35|GA
!width=35|DIF
|-
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Futsal at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games|2005]]||Quarter-finals||2||0||0||2||0||8||−8
|-
|{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Futsal at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007]]||First Round/''Disqualified''||4||0||0||4||0||12||−12
|-
|{{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Futsal at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009]]||Quarter-finals||3||1||0||2||9||16||−7
|-bgcolor=#9acdff
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Futsal at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2013]]||Fourth place||6||4||0||2||28||21||+7
|-
|{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} [[Futsal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2017]]||colspan="8"|''did not enter''
|-
!'''Total'''||4/5||15||5||0||10||37||55||−18
|}

===West Asian Championship===
{{see also|WAFF Futsal Championship}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=9|[[WAFF Futsal Championship|West Asian Championship record]]
|-
!width=150|Year
!width=150|Round

!width=35|Pld
!width=35|W
!width=35|D*
!width=35|L
!width=35|GS
!width=35|GA
!width=35|DIF
|-
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[2007 WAFF Futsal Championship|2007]]||colspan="8" rowspan="2"|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[2009 WAFF Futsal Championship|2009]]
|-bgcolor=#9acdff
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[2012 WAFF Futsal Championship|2012]]||Fourth place||4||1||1||2||14||21||−7
|-
!'''Total'''||1/3||4||1||1||2||14||21||−7
|}

===Confederations Cup===
{{see also|Futsal Confederations Cup}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=9|[[Futsal Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup record]]
|-
!width=150|Year
!width=150|Round

!width=35|Pld
!width=35|W
!width=35|D*
!width=35|L
!width=35|GS
!width=35|GA
!width=35|DIF
|-
|{{flagicon|Libya|1977}} [[2009 Al-Fateh Confederations Futsal Cup|2009]]||colspan="8" rowspan="2"|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2013 Futsal Confederations Cup|2013]]
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[2014 Futsal Continental Cup|2014]]||First round||3||0||0||3||6||15||−9
|-
!'''Total'''||1/3||3||0||0||3||6||15||−9
|}

:''*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootouts]]. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively.''

==Summary Results==
{{updated|30 March 2024}}

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|2010||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theroonba.com/futsal/men/2010.html | title=The Roon Ba }}</ref>
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==Honours==
* '''[[GCC Futsal Cup]]: 2'''
** [[2013 GCC Futsal Cup|2013]], [[2015 GCC Futsal Cup|2015]]

* '''[[WAFF Futsal Championship]]: 1'''
** [[2022 WAFF Futsal Championship|2022]]
* '''[[GCC Games]]: 1'''
** Gold: [[2022 GCC Games|2022]]

===Minor/Friendly===
* '''[[Croatia national futsal team|Croatia Winter International]]:1'''
** 2018

==References==
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{{UAFA Futsal}}

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[[Category:Kuwait men's national football teams|Futsal]]
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