World Showball Association

Showball is a football-based game played on a hardcourt like a basketball court, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football.

Showball is played between two teams of either three, four, five and six players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. The objective is to score as many goals as possible and the team with most goals wins. Unlimited substitutions are permitted with no roling substitutions. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, it is played on a hard court surface marked by lines; walls or boards are not used. It is played with a smaller, harder, lower-bounce ball than association football. The surface, ball and rules favour ball control and passing in small spaces resulting in high scoring matches. The game emphasizes control, improvisation, creativity and technique.