Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
The futsal competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 18 October. At Tecnópolis and the CeNARD, the first one located in Villa Martelli, and the second one in Buenos Aires. There are two tournaments, one for boys and one for girls.
Venues
- Tecnópolis – Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires Province
- CeNARD – Núñez, Buenos Aires
Qualification
As hosts, Argentina has the right to directly qualify 1 team on account of CONMEBOL quota. The best ranked NOC in each of the 6 Continental Qualification Tournaments will obtain quota place. 2 quota per each gender are giving to AFC, UEFA, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL and 1 quota per each gender are giving to CAF and OFC.
If for a particular Confederation there is no qualification Tournament or the tournament is not confirmed by 31 December 2017, the best ranked NOC from the respective Confederation at the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup will obtain quota place for the boys tournament and the best ranked NOC from the respective Confederation from a senior Futsal tournament will be obtain quota place for the girls tournament. Should there be no teams remaining from the respective Confederation, the FIFA Ranking of 15 May 2018 will be used to determine the next best ranked NOC not yet qualified that will obtain quota place.
Boys' qualification
Host nation Argentina chose to compete in boys' tournament. In addition, 9 other national under-18 teams qualified from six separate continental confederations.Girls' qualification
Since host nation Argentina chose to compete in boys' tournament, 10 national under-18 teams qualified from six separate continental confederations.Schedule
The girls' tournament will take place between 7–17 October 2018, and the boys' tournament will take place between 7–18 October 2018.All times are local, ART.
| Event Date | Event Day | Starting Time | Event Details |
| October 7 | Sunday | 14:00 | Girls' Group Stage |
| October 7 | Sunday | 18:00 | Boys' Group Stage |
| October 8 | Monday | 14:00 | Girls' Group Stage |
| October 8 | Monday | 18:00 | Boys' Group Stage |
| October 9 | Tuesday | 14:00 | Girls' Group Stage |
| October 9 | Tuesday | 18:00 | Boys' Group Stage |
| October 10 | Wednesday | 14:00 | Girls' Group Stage |
| October 10 | Wednesday | 18:00 | Boys' Group Stage |
| October 11 | Thursday | 14:00 | Girls' Group Stage |
| October 11 | Thursday | 18:00 | Boys' Group Stage |
| October 12 | Friday | 14:00 | Girls' Group Stage |
| October 12 | Friday | 18:00 | Boys' Group Stage |
| October 13 | Saturday | 14:00 | Girls' Group Stage |
| October 13 | Saturday | 18:00 | Boys' Group Stage |
| October 15 | Monday | 14:00 | Girls' Semifinals |
| October 15 | Monday | 18:00 | Boys' Semifinals |
| October 17 | Wednesday | 15:30 | Girls' Medal Matches |
| October 18 | Thursday | 10:30 | Boys' Medal Matches |
Draw
The draw was held on 24 August 2018, 18:30 ART, at the Casa de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires. In both the boys' and girls' tournament, the ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Argentina were assigned to position A1 in the boys' tournament. As teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group, the two teams each from AFC, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and UEFA were drawn into different groups, and as a result the two remaining teams, one each from CAF and OFC, were also drawn into different groups.Match officials
A total of 24 officials were appointed by FIFA for the two tournaments.| Confederation | Referees |
| AFC |  Hussain Ali Al Bahhar |
| AFC |  Hiroyuki Kobayashi |
| AFC |  Po Fu Lee |
| AFC |  Qingyun Liang |
| AFC |  Gelareh Nazemi Deylami |
| CAF |  Mohamed Hassan Hassan Ahmed Youssef |
| CAF |  Khalid Hnich |
| CONCACAF |  Jose Misael Barrera Masferrer |
| CONCACAF |  Diego Molina Lopez |
| CONCACAF |  Roberto Sanchez |
| CONCACAF |  Lance Vanhaitsma |
| Confederation | Referees |
| CONMEBOL |  Ricardo Amaral Messa |
| CONMEBOL |  Tayana Raquel Moreno Sarabia |
| CONMEBOL |  Valeria Nicole Palma Palma |
| CONMEBOL |  Andres Daniel Peña Garcia |
| CONMEBOL |  Bill Rafael Herminio Villalba Vera |
| CONMEBOL | Leandro Lorenzo |
| OFC |  Antony Riley |
| UEFA |  Victor Berg Audic |
| UEFA |  Ovidiu Dan Curta |
| UEFA |  Nikola Jelić |
| UEFA |  Miguel Duarte Oliveira Castilho |
| UEFA |  Chiara Perona |
| UEFA |  David Urdanoz Apezteguia |
| UEFA |  Irina Velikanova |
Squads
Each team had to name a preliminary squad of 20 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 10 players by the FIFA deadline.Format
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows :If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as followed:
In the semi-finals, bronze medal match and goal medal match, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time will be played and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.