Tasnim - FIFA has announced the nations that have shown interest in hosting the 9th edition of FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2020, with Iran has showed its desire to host the event.

A record 13 Member Associations have stepped forward, spanning five Confederations, registering their interest in bringing the tournament to their country in four years’ time.

The full list features Iran, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates and USA, FIFA wrote.

The only continent not to have a nation in the running is South America, who will be seeing the competition arrive on their soil at Colombia 2016 – which kicks off in September.

The 2020 tournament will be the ninth edition of futsal’s premier competition, which has thus far been played on four of the six confederations, since beginning life at Netherlands 1989.