UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying

The UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying competition was a men's futsal competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Slovenia in the UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 final tournament.[1]

UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates24 January – 26 September 2017
Teams47 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played86
Goals scored510 (5.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)Albania Halim Selmanaj
Georgia (country) Archil Sebiskveradze
(9 goals each)
2016
2022

A total of 47 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Germany and Kosovo who entered for the first time).[2]

Format edit

The qualifying competition consists of three rounds:[3]

  • Preliminary round: The 26 lowest-ranked teams are drawn into five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts. The seven group winners advance to the main round.
  • Main round: The 28 teams (21 highest-ranked teams and seven preliminary round qualifiers) are drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts. The seven group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the seven runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The eight teams are drawn into four ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualified teams.

Tiebreakers edit

In the preliminary round and main round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[3]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient;
  10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the best third-placed team from the main round, the following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):[3]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. Disciplinary points;
  5. UEFA coefficient;
  6. Drawing of lots.

In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 20.01).[3]

Schedule edit

The qualifying matches are played on the following dates.[2]

Stage Dates
Preliminary round 24 January – 2 February 2017
Main round 3–12 April 2017
Play-offs 10–13 & 24–27 September 2017

Entrants edit

The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[3][4]

The 21 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 26 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw, with seven teams each pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and the main round (marked by (H) below).[2]

Final tournament hosts
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  Slovenia 6,389 7
Teams entering main round
Seeding position 1
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  Russia 10,605 1
  Spain 10,017 2
  Portugal 9,250 3
  Italy 8,889 4
  Ukraine (H) 7,944 5
  Azerbaijan (H) 7,544 6
  Kazakhstan (H) 6,333 8
Seeding position 2
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  Serbia 5,556 9
  Croatia 5,556 10
  Czech Republic 4,667 11
  Romania (H) 4,278 12
  Hungary 4,222 13
  Slovakia 3,389 14
  Netherlands 3,333 15
Seeding position 3
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  Belgium 3,278 16
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,000 17
  Belarus (H) 2,667 18
  Poland (H) 2,056 19
  North Macedonia 2,000 20
  Finland 1,583 21
  Turkey (H) 1,444 22
Teams entering preliminary round
Seeding position 1
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  France 1,278 23
  Latvia (H) 1,222 24
  Georgia (H) 1,028 25
  Norway 1,000 26
  Sweden 0,944 27
  England 0,944 28
  Greece 0,889 29
Seeding position 2
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  Moldova 0,750 30
  Denmark 0,722 31
  Montenegro 0,667 32
  Bulgaria (H) 0,611 33
   Switzerland 0,472 34
  Armenia 0,444 35
  Andorra 0,389 36
Seeding position 3
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  Lithuania (H) 0,389 37
  Albania 0,333 38
  Israel 0,333 39
  Cyprus (H) 0,222 40
  Wales (H) 0,222 41
  Estonia 0,111 42
  Gibraltar (H) 0,111 43
Seeding position 4
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  Malta 0,000 44
  San Marino 0,000 45
  Scotland 0,000 46
  Germany
  Kosovo
Notes
  • Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter
Team Coeff Rank[4]
  Austria
  Faroe Islands
  Iceland
  Liechtenstein
  Luxembourg
  Northern Ireland
  Ireland

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 21 October 2016, 14:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5][6] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the preliminary round, the 26 teams were drawn into seven groups: five groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4, and two groups of three containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3. First, the seven teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 19 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.
  • In the main round, the 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four, containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3 and one group winner from the preliminary round. First, the seven teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 21 teams (including the seven preliminary round winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw) were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.

Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Azerbaijan/Armenia, Spain/Gibraltar, Kosovo/Serbia, and Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina would not be drawn into the same group. Should any of the above teams win their preliminary round group and qualify for a main round group with a team they cannot play against, they would be swapped with the next available team in their seeding position following the alphabetical order of the groups.

Preliminary round edit

All times are CET (UTC+1).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Georgia (H) 3 3 0 0 20 3 +17 9 Main round
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 6
3   Israel 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
4   Scotland 3 0 0 3 4 23 −19 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Switzerland  6–2  Scotland
  • Wälty   4:05
  • Facchinetti   6:46
  • Buckson   7:18
  • Candreia   21:51
  • Silva   35:34
  • Sangines   35:49
Report
  • Davis   21:33
  • Muhsin   33:50
Referee: Patrik Porkert (Austria), Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan)
Georgia  3–0  Israel
  • Tophuria   19:57
  • Maisaia   34:57
  • Kupatadze   38:45
Report
Referee: Viktor Bugenko (Moldova), Swen Eichler (Germany)

Israel  0–3   Switzerland
Report
  • Facchinetti   11:38
  • Santona   14:25
  • Buckson   19:36 (d.p)
Referee: Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan), Swen Eichler (Germany)
Georgia  11–0  Scotland
  • Sebiskveradze   0:569:0314:3615:17
  • Mollison   17:08 (og)
  • Tikurishvili   18:41 (d.p)24:20
  • Nishnianidze   21:46
  • Bobokhidze   25:1534:23
  • Tophuria   33:56
Report
Referee: Viktor Bugenko (Moldova), Patrik Porkert (Austria)

Scotland  2–6  Israel
  • Muhsin   25:37
  • Yates   32:38
Report
  • T. Shkolnik   2:0417:24 (d.p)20:0921:3936:06
  • Vana   11:49
Referee: Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan), Patrik Porkert (Austria)
Switzerland  3–6  Georgia
  • Santona   20:47
  • Facchinetti   21:0032:07
Report
  • Todua   1:26
  • Sebiskveradze   7:228:23
  • Chanukvadze   28:00
  • Tophuria   28:54
  • Kupatadze   35:35
Referee: Swen Eichler (Germany), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Moldova 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9 Main round
2   Wales (H) 3 1 1 1 11 9 +2 4
3   Greece 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
4   San Marino 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Greece  3–2  San Marino
  • Kondylatos   14:1138:52
  • Ntarlas   24:22
Report
  • Ercolani   37:46
  • Mourdoukoutas   39:36 (og)
Referee: Andrej Topić (Croatia), Igor Puzović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Wales  1–6  Moldova
  • Arsan   11:24
Report
  • Laşcu   6:15
  • Obadă   17:1818:27
  • Tacot   26:11
  • Negara   31:50
  • Burdujel   32:58
Referee: Balázs Farkas (Hungary), Stefan Vrijens (Belgium)

Moldova  4–0  Greece
  • Tacot   11:29
  • Obadă   13:1334:28
  • Chitoroagă   34:46
Report
Referee: Stefan Vrijens (Belgium), Andrej Topić (Croatia)
Wales  8–1  San Marino
  • Webbe   6:1722:0838:13 (d.p)
  • Hesp   18:1430:45
  • Hugh   21:1227:18
  • Williams   22:29
Report
  • Busignani   28:38
Referee: Igor Puzović (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Balázs Farkas (Hungary)

San Marino  0–6  Moldova
Report
  • Laşcu   4:2725:0626:5831:22
  • Podlesnov   12:49
  • Burdujel   35:16
Referee: Balázs Farkas (Hungary), Stefan Vrijens (Belgium)
Greece  2–2  Wales
  • Skoutelis   4:04
  • K. Panou   30:21
Report
  • Nelson   0:32
  • Zulkarnain   39:21
Referee: Andrej Topić (Croatia), Igor Puzović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Latvia (H) 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 7 Main round
2   Armenia 3 2 0 1 11 8 +3 6
3   Germany 3 1 1 1 11 12 −1 4
4   Estonia 3 0 0 3 7 14 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Armenia  5–3  Germany
  • Karapetyan   6:47
  • Margaryan   7:35
  • Mashumyan   18:27
  • Galstyan   33:05
  • Nasibyan   39:58
Report
  • Di Giorgio   4:48
  • Winkel   10:46
  • Heinze   10:59
Attendance: 100
Referee: Michael Christofides (Cyprus), Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus)
Latvia  4–2  Estonia
  • Jerofejevs   21:5928:5238:13
  • Ikstēns   33:49 (p)
Report
  • Grigorjev   10:48
  • Taska   39:39
Attendance: 500
Referee: Barry Weijers (Netherlands), Omar Rafiq (Norway)

Estonia  1–5  Armenia
  • Veskimäe   31:59
Report
  • Galstyan   5:26
  • Karapetyan   10:31
  • Nasibyan   11:14
  • Mashumyan   12:10
  • Mardanyan   26:54
Attendance: 100
Referee: Omar Rafiq (Norway), Michael Christofides (Cyprus)
Latvia  3–3  Germany
  • Meyer   1:45 (og)
  • Seņs   1:58
  • Elezi   4:43 (og)
Report
  • Di Giorgio   34:35
  • Sözer   37:03
  • Winkel   38:53
Attendance: 750
Referee: Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus), Barry Weijers (Netherlands)

Germany  5–4  Estonia
  • Winkel   1:42
  • Fiedler   2:57
  • Nickel   7:06
  • Heinze   25:55
  • Elezi   30:42
Report
  • Tšurilkin   12:4015:16
  • Taska   18:59
  • Aleksejev   32:09
Attendance: 100
Referee: Barry Weijers (Netherlands), Michael Christofides (Cyprus)
Armenia  1–4  Latvia
  • Mashumyan   38:36
Report
  • Jerofejevs   4:0134:23
  • Aleksejevs   39:15
  • Mardanyan   39:58 (og)
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Omar Rafiq (Norway), Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Albania 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9 Main round
2   England 3 2 0 1 11 7 +4 6
3   Bulgaria (H) 3 1 0 2 8 12 −4 3
4   Malta 3 0 0 3 4 15 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England  6–1  Malta
  • Raoni Medina   2:0216:38
  • Ballinger   12:48
  • Kilman   19:0734:03
  • Wallace   22:40
Report
  • Mangion   6:20
Referee: Hennadiy Hora (Ukraine), Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia)
Bulgaria  1–7  Albania
  • Stoykov   27:35
Report
  • A. Brahimi   12:3734:31
  • Selmanaj   13:5721:5332:55
  • Mullaj   39:01
  • A. Shkodra   39:56
Referee: Josip Barton (Macedonia), Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland)

Albania  5–1  England
  • Karaja   11:49
  • Selmanaj   12:10
  • A. Brahimi   24:5234:07
  • Halimi   29:50
Report
  • Ballinger   28:06
Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Josip Barton (Macedonia)
Bulgaria  6–1  Malta
  • Stoykov   19:0729:0134:3439:02
  • M. Ivanov   33:14
  • Nestorov   34:54
Report
  • Sammut   36:54
Referee: Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland), Hennadiy Hora (Ukraine)

Malta  2–3  Albania
  • Azzopardi   11:37
  • Frendo   18:53
Report
  • Alibegu   9:46
  • A. Brahimi   24:20
  • Selmanaj   39:31
Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland)
England  4–1  Bulgaria
  • Ward   16:5022:26
  • Reed   34:08
  • Ballinger   39:33
Report
  • Shutev   39:17
Referee: Josip Barton (Macedonia), Hennadiy Hora (Ukraine)

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6[a] Main round
2   Kosovo 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6[a]
3   Cyprus (H) 3 1 1 1 8 9 −1 4
4   Norway 3 0 1 2 6 11 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Kosovo 1–2 Denmark.
Norway  1–5  Kosovo
  • R. Maazouzi   19:16
Report
  • Goli   4:5239:28
  • Espegren   9:48 (og)
  • Gjinovci   17:11
  • Alaj   28:05
Referee: Aleksandras Sliva (Lithuania), Daniel Deca (Romania)
Cyprus  3–2  Denmark
  • Kouloumbris   9:03
  • G. Ioannou   22:06
  • Skampylis   39:53
Report
  • Jørgensen   3:01
  • Falck   24:11
Referee: Moshe Bohbot (Israel), Gerard Roure Ramirez (Andorra)

Denmark  2–1  Norway
  • El-Ouaz   15:2819:21
Report
  • Moen   13:00
Referee: Gerard Roure Ramirez (Andorra), Aleksandras Sliva (Lithuania)
Cyprus  1–3  Kosovo
  • Kouloumbris   9:43
Report
  • Selimi   14:59
  • Goli   15:43
  • Qerimi   25:55
Referee: Daniel Deca (Romania), Moshe Bohbot (Israel)

Kosovo  1–2  Denmark
  • Dobroshi   7:47
Report
  • Mehlsen   29:08
  • Haagh   37:19
Referee: Moshe Bohbot (Israel), Aleksandras Sliva (Lithuania)
Norway  4–4  Cyprus
  • Vucenovic   4:37
  • Abelsen   6:04
  • Ravlo   11:08
  • Schjetne   27:59 (p)
Report
  • Tsakanias   6:58
  • Kouloumbris   14:00
  • Manoli   30:11
  • Omirou   38:30
Referee: Gerard Roure Ramirez (Andorra), Daniel Deca (Romania)

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Main round
2   Lithuania (H) 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
3   Andorra 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Lithuania  5–1  Andorra
  • Gulbinas   8:15
  • Radavičius   17:16
  • Zagurskas   25:05
  • Sendžikas   29:33
  • Buinickij   39:53
Report
  • D. Férriz   20:23
Referee: Fredric Nilholt (Sweden), Nuno Bogalho (Portugal)

Andorra  0–5  France
Report
  • Perez   2:46 (og)
  • A. Mohammed   8:5329:57
  • Gasmi   17:48
  • Hamdoud   39:59 (p)
Referee: Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria), Fredric Nilholt (Sweden)

France  3–1  Lithuania
  • N'Gala   5:54
  • A. Mohammed   21:07
  • Belhaj   39:49
Report
  • Šteinas   9:23
Referee: Nuno Bogalho (Portugal), Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria)

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Montenegro 2 2 0 0 19 5 +14 6 Main round
2   Sweden 2 1 0 1 9 12 −3 3
3   Gibraltar (H) 2 0 0 2 2 13 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Gibraltar  1–8  Montenegro
  • El Andaloussi   8:56
Report
  • Il. Mugoša   1:5616:22
  • Perez   2:51 (og)
  • Drašković   5:3421:10
  • Obradović   8:44
  • M. Bajčetić   28:26
  • Becanovic   39:23
Referee: Victor Berg-Audic (France), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)

Montenegro  11–4  Sweden
  • Bajović   4:2224:2727:5634:02
  • Il. Mugoša   8:2027:08
  • M. Bajčetić   13:3037:40
  • Drašković   15:47
  • Despotović   34:32 (p)
  • Čalasan   39:33
Report
  • Ostojic   6:23
  • Bagger   34:5135:25
  • Legiec   37:07
Referee: Talgat Kosmukhambetov (Kazakhstan), Victor Berg-Audic (France)

Sweden  5–1  Gibraltar
  • Söderqvist   4:26
  • Mönell   20:20
  • Legiec   36:2738:42
  • Rossi   39:46
Report
  • Lopez   2:44
Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Talgat Kosmukhambetov (Kazakhstan)

Main round edit

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1 edit

Note: Belarus were originally to host.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7 Final tournament
2   Georgia (H) 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3 Play-offs
3   Belarus 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
4   Netherlands 3 0 2 1 6 8 −2 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Italy  2–1  Belarus
Report
  • Zhigalko   26:22
Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Ozan Soykan (Turkey)
Georgia  1–1  Netherlands
  • Sebiskveradze   5:40
Report
  • El Ghannouti   26:54
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Russia), Norbert Szilágyi (Hungary)

Netherlands  2–4  Italy
  • El Morabiti   8:18
  • Bouzambou   13:01
Report
Referee: Ozan Soykan (Turkey), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
Georgia  1–1  Belarus
  • Roninho   21:07
Report
  • Chernik   21:19
Referee: Norbert Szilágyi (Hungary), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)

Belarus  3–3  Netherlands
  • Silivonchik   12:45
  • Zhigalko   13:28
  • Krikun   28:19
Report
  • Attaibi   7:30
  • Bouyouzan   11:08
  • St Juste   15:26
Referee: Norbert Szilágyi (Hungary), Ozan Soykan (Turkey)
Italy  2–2  Georgia
  • Romano   9:55
  • Miranda Boaventura   11:06
Report
  • Ercolessi   15:39 (og)
  • Putano   24:19 (og)
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Russia), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Azerbaijan (H) 3 3 0 0 16 5 +11 9 Final tournament
2   Hungary 3 1 1 1 7 11 −4 4 Play-offs
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 2 1 12 13 −1 2
4   Albania 3 0 1 2 9 15 −6 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Hungary  4–3  Albania
  • Rábl   6:18
  • Dávid   18:50
  • Dróth   30:43
  • Horváth   37:29
Report
  • Selmanaj   9:40
  • Mejzini   20:33
  • Karaja   36:31
Referee: Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria), Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus)
Azerbaijan  5–4  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Eduardo   2:53
  • Everton Cardoso   17:46
  • Bolinha   18:4219:3032:36
Report
  • Markić   6:4015:29
  • Pavlović   18:07
  • S. Ivanković   39:29
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Lars Van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  2–2  Hungary
  • Mulahmetović   30:44
  • Pavlović   37:37
Report
  • Horváth   21:40
  • Dróth   25:05
Referee: Lukáš Peško (Slovakia), Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria)
Azerbaijan  5–0  Albania
  • Everton Cardoso   2:02
  • Eduardo   25:24
  • Vassoura   27:01
  • Mammadkarimov   34:21
  • Baghirov   35:41
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Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Timo Onatsu (Finland)

Albania  6–6  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Selmanaj   3:5212:4432:36
  • Duio   8:4228:19
  • A. Brahimi   39:50
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  • Bošković   2:5914:00
  • Milanović   10:2238:53
  • Gashi   17:57 (og)
  • Aladžić   34:03 (p)
Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Lars Van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Hungary  1–6  Azerbaijan
  • Huseynli   1:16 (og)
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  • Bolinha   11:16
  • Eduardo   16:52
  • Fineo   21:0333:13
  • Baghirov   24:12
  • Atayev   35:08
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria)

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ukraine (H) 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9 Final tournament
2   Croatia 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6 Play-offs
3   Belgium 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4   Montenegro 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Croatia  4–0  Montenegro
  • Grcić   6:42
  • Suton   21:34
  • Novak   23:31
  • Marinović   30:40
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Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Lukáš Peško (Slovakia)
Ukraine  1–0  Belgium
  • Koval   14:37
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Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria)

Belgium  1–6  Croatia
  • Adnane   19:40
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  • Suton   4:33
  • Novak   10:14
  • Marinović   12:1824:30
  • Grcić   15:38
  • Matošević   36:18
Referee: Lukáš Peško (Slovakia), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)
Ukraine  4–2  Montenegro
  • Novak   3:12
  • Pediash   4:19
  • Shoturma   28:02
  • Zhurba   34:21
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  • Bajović   2:577:37
Referee: Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

Montenegro  1–2  Belgium
  • Bajović   10:37
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  • Dahbi Reda   4:43
  • Zaaf   34:18
Referee: Lukáš Peško (Slovakia), Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria)
Croatia  1–2  Ukraine
  • Jelovčić   11:27
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  • Bilotserkivets   13:48
  • Razuvanov   36:40
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)

Group 4 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Final tournament
2   Romania (H) 3 1 1 1 8 10 −2 4 Play-offs
3   Finland 3 1 1 1 10 13 −3 4
4   Latvia 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Portugal  2–1  Latvia
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  • Jerofejevs   14:51
Attendance: 400
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)
Romania  5–5  Finland
  • Răducu   11:19
  • M. Matei   22:06
  • F. Matei   32:46 (p)40:00 (d.p)
  • A. Csoma   39:56
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  • Jyrkiäinen   5:19
  • Tirkkonen   19:47
  • Autio   20:1330:52
  • Teittinen   22:31
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia), Elchin Samadli (Azerbaijan)

Finland  1–5  Portugal
  • Autio   33:36
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Attendance: 200
Referee: Elchin Samadli (Azerbaijan), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Romania  3–1  Latvia
  • F. Matei   18:5037:53
  • Szöcs   24:17
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  • Jerofejevs   37:25
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Latvia  3–4  Finland
  • Avanesovs   17:09 (p)
  • Seņs   18:29 (d.p)
  • Ikstēns   27:10
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  • Hosio   8:42
  • Tirkkonen   19:40
  • Autio   20:31
  • M. Kytölä   33:17
Attendance: 150
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Elchin Samadli (Azerbaijan)
Portugal  4–0  Romania
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Attendance: 1200
Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Group 5 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Final tournament
2   Serbia 3 2 0 1 11 9 +2 6 Play-offs
3   Poland (H) 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
4   Moldova 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain  7–0  Moldova
  • José Ruiz   8:37
  • Laşcu   11:57 (og)
  • Lin   17:02
  • Tolrà   22:09
  • Raúl Campos   28:2930:43
  • Solano León   35:55
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Referee: Grigori Zelentsov (Russia), Guy Berger (Israel)
Poland  0–4  Serbia
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Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Angelo Galante (Italy)

Serbia  0–6  Spain
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Referee: Angelo Galante (Italy), Grigori Zelentsov (Russia)
Poland  4–2  Moldova
  • Mikołajewicz   5:15
  • Zastawnik   9:10
  • Mizgajski   15:17
  • Kubik   27:41
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  • Neagu   4:30
  • Laşcu   14:32
Referee: Guy Berger (Israel), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

Moldova  3–7  Serbia
  • Tacot   26:55
  • Negara   30:29
  • Kocić   36:14 (og)
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  • Simić   4:0510:40
  • Tomić   11:5414:2219:42
  • Rajčević   20:5335:35
Referee: Guy Berger (Israel), Grigori Zelentsov (Russia)
Spain  1–1  Poland
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  • Mikołajewicz   17:46
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Angelo Galante (Italy)

Group 6 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kazakhstan (H) 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Final tournament
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 12 10 +2 6 Play-offs
3   North Macedonia 3 1 0 2 7 13 −6 3
4   Denmark 3 0 0 3 7 14 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic  5–4  Denmark
  • Záruba   5:1439:57
  • Slováček   7:00
  • El-Ouaz   15:00 (og)
  • Seidler   37:06
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  • El-Ouaz   10:29
  • Jørgensen   19:06 (d.p)
  • Badran   23:35
  • Veis   32:06
Referee: Gerd Bylois (Belgium), Kirill Naishouler (Finland)
Kazakhstan  3–0  North Macedonia
  • Leo   12:38
  • Zhamankulov   18:17
  • Akbalikov   32:54
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Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Vasilios Christodoulis (Greece)

North Macedonia  3–7  Czech Republic
  • Marinho de Souza   2:1739:04 (d.p)
  • Petrović   31:41
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  • Záruba   4:0528:06
  • Rešetár   19:3721:4330:0036:31
  • Koudelka   23:31
Referee: Vasilios Christodoulis (Greece), Gerd Bylois (Belgium)
Kazakhstan  5–0  Denmark
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Referee: Kirill Naishouler (Finland), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Denmark  3–4  North Macedonia
  • Falck   3:56
  • Mengel   16:51
  • El-Ouaz   25:44
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  • Seferi   12:1615:23
  • Micevski   22:47
  • Petrović   35:38
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Kirill Naishouler (Finland)
Czech Republic  0–3  Kazakhstan
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Referee: Gerd Bylois (Belgium), Vasilios Christodoulis (Greece)

Group 7 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Final tournament
2   France 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 6 Play-offs
3   Slovakia 3 1 0 2 9 6 +3 3
4   Turkey (H) 3 0 0 3 2 17 −15 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Turkey  1–8  Slovakia
  • Cihan Özcan   6:37
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  • Drahovský   2:14
  • Doša   3:59
  • Kyjovský   11:1723:0035:04
  • Bahna   23:58
  • Rick   32:24
  • Belaník   32:37
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Juan Gallardo (Spain)
Russia  5–0  France
  • Eder Lima   1:096:16
  • Robinho   6:27
  • Afanasyev   16:44
  • Chishkala   21:23
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Turkey  1–5  France
  • Onur Mengi   37:31
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  • N'Gala   12:13
  • Gasmi   17:3721:2530:30
  • A. Mohammed   26:50
Slovakia  0–1  Russia
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Referee: Juan Gallardo (Spain), Tomasz Frak (Poland)

France  4–1  Slovakia
  • Belhaj   29:4935:00
  • A. Mohammed   30:1133:53
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  • Drahovský   12:05
Referee: Juan Gallardo (Spain), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)
Russia  4–0  Turkey
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Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Tomasz Frak (Poland)

Ranking of third-placed teams edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 5   Poland 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4 Play-offs
2 4   Finland 3 1 1 1 10 13 −3 4
3 7   Slovakia 3 1 0 2 9 6 +3 3
4 3   Belgium 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
5 6   North Macedonia 3 1 0 2 7 13 −6 3
6 2   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 2 1 12 13 −1 2
7 1   Belarus 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient; 6) drawing of lots.

Play-offs edit

The draw for the play-offs was held on 6 July 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[7][8] There were no seedings, with the only restriction that the best third-placed team (Poland) could not be drawn against the runner-up from the same main round group (Serbia).[9]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Czech Republic   7–8   Serbia 3–4 4–4
France   6–5   Croatia 1–1 5–4
Romania   9–6   Georgia 2–2 7–4
Hungary   6–7   Poland 2–1 4–6
Czech Republic  3–4  Serbia
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  • Kocić   12:50
  • Perić   23:1727:36
  • Rakić   26:23
Referee: Angelo Galante (Italy), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)
Serbia  4–4  Czech Republic
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  • Záruba   12:24
  • Seidler   30:2531:21
  • Vahala   38:45'
Referee: Juan Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)

Serbia won 8–7 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.


France  1–1  Croatia
  • Alla   6:23
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  • Jelovčić   33:34
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Balázs Farkas (Hungary)
Croatia  4–5  France
  • Suton   7:02
  • Perić   15:17
  • Marinović   34:18
  • Novak   39:44
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  • Kebe   8:49
  • Ramirez   25:07
  • N'Gala   32:1733:2439:51
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

France won 6–5 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.


Romania  2–2  Georgia
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  • Kurtanidze   9:44
  • Kakabadze   14:29
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Nuno Bogalho (Portugal)
Georgia  4–7  Romania
  • Kakabadze   5:51
  • Sebiskveradze   6:3311:35
  • Kurtanidze   22:48
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Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Timo Onatsu (Finland)

Romania won 9–6 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.


Hungary  2–1  Poland
  • Horváth   11:42
  • Dróth   22:20 (p)
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  • Lutecki   31:32
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
Poland  6–4  Hungary
  • Franz   5:315:42
  • Wojciechowski   26:44
  • Kubik   31:5133:24
  • Solecki   35:01
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  • Horváth   7:40
  • Dróth   13:1639:35
  • Hosszú   35:18
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Nikola Jelić (Croatia)

Poland won 7–6 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams edit

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Futsal Euro1
  Slovenia Hosts 26 January 2015[1] 5 (2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Italy Main round Group 1 winners 9 April 2017 10 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Azerbaijan Main round Group 2 winners 11 April 2017 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Ukraine Main round Group 3 winners 11 April 2017 9 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Portugal Main round Group 4 winners 11 April 2017 8 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Spain Main round Group 5 winners 11 April 2017 10 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Kazakhstan Main round Group 6 winners 11 April 2017 1 (2016)
  Russia Main round Group 7 winners 9 April 2017 10 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Serbia Play-off winners 26 September 2017 5 (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016)
  France Play-off winners 26 September 2017 0 (debut)
  Romania Play-off winners 26 September 2017 3 (2007, 2012, 2014)
  Poland Play-off winners 26 September 2017 1 (2001)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers edit

The following players scored six goals or more in the qualifying competition:

9 goals
7 goals
6 goals

Source: UEFA.com[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Slovenia selected to host Futsal EURO 2018". UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Germany and Kosovo among Futsal EURO entrants". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship, 2017–18" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "UEFA Futsal National Teams coefficient rankings 2017/18" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  5. ^ "UEFA Futsal EURO preliminary & main round draws". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  6. ^ "UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 qualifying draw". UEFA.com. 21 October 2016.
  7. ^ "UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 play-off draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Futsal EURO play-off draw made". UEFA.com. 6 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Watch the Futsal EURO play-off draw on Thursday". UEFA.com. 30 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Statistics — Qualifying phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

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