2005 UEFA Futsal Championship

2005 UEFA Futsal Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	14 February – 20 February
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	87 (5.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nando Grana (6 goals)
Best player	Luis Amado

The 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship was the 5th official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, between 14 February and 20 February 2005. Recent world champions Spain regained their European title with victory over rivals Russia in the final. Goals from Andreu and Cogorro gave Spain a 2-1 win in Ostrava for their third championship. The third place match was a repeat of the 2003 final and Italy again defeated Ukraine, this time 3-1. Fernando Grana's opener in the 3rd place match helped him finish as top scorer in the tournament with 6 goals.^[1]

Venues

The tournament played the majority of the matches in the 10,000 seat ČEZ Aréna in the city of Ostrava. The other arena used on the last day of group matches was the Sareza.^[2]

Referees

• Anton Averianov (Russia)
• Silvo Borosak (Slovenia)
• Massimo Cumbo (Italy)
• Antonio Jose Fernandes Cardoso (Portugal)
• Jyrki Filppu (Finland)
• Pedro Ángel Galán Nieto (Spain)
• Christian Hauben (Belgium)
• Zbigniew Kosmala (Poland)
• Radek Lobo (Czech Republic)
• Ivan Novak (Croatia)
• Károly Török (Hungaria)
• Antonius van Eekelen (Netherlands)

Qualification

Twenty-eight nations took part in the qualifying round, with hosts Czech Republic automatically qualified.

Qualifying was played in two stages, with 8 sides competing in the preliminary round between 6–11 January 2004. The winners of the two groups progressed to join the other 26 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which took place between 27 January-1 February, there was seven groups of four with the first-placed teams advancing to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament1
Czech Republic	00Hosts	2 (2001 2003)
Spain	01Group 4 winner	4 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003)
Italy	02Group 7 winner	4 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003)
Russia	03Group 5 winner	4 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003)
Ukraine	04Group 2 winner	3 (1996, 2001, 2003)
Netherlands	06Group 1 winner	3 (1996, 1999, 2001)
Portugal	05Group 3 winner	2 (1999, 2003)
Hungary	07Group 6 winner	0 (Debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Russia	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	8	12	−4	3
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	16	4	+12	9
Spain	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
Portugal	3	1	0	2	9	14	−5	3
Hungary	3	0	0	3	5	14	−9	0

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 February - Ostrava
	Ukraine	0
	Spain	5
					20 February - Ostrava
					Spain	2
					Russia	1
					Third place
	18 February - Ostrava			20 February - Ostrava
	Italy	2		Ukraine	1
	Russia	4			Italy	3

Semi-finals

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Third place

Final

Champions

2005 UEFA Futsal Championship Winners
Spain Third title

Final ranking

	Spain
	Russia
	Italy
4	Ukraine
5	align"left"| Czech Republic
	align"left"| Netherlands
	align"left"| Portugal
	align"left"| Hungary

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Nation	Goals
Fernando Grana	Italy	6
Vladislav Shayakhmetev	Russia	5
Gonçalo Álves	Portugal	4
Sergey Sytin	Ukraine	4
Assad Fabiano	Italy	3
Carlos Scalal	Italy	3
Sandro Zanetti	Italy	3
Andreu	Spain	3
Daniel	Spain	3
Javi Rodríguez	Spain	3

References

External links

• , RSSSF Archive
• Official UEFA website

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