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) Italy Nando Grana (6 goals)
Best player Spain 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

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 asPrevious appearances in tournament1
 Czech Republic Hosts 2 (2001 2003)
 Spain Group 4 winner 4 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003)
 Italy Group 7 winner 4 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003)
 Russia Group 5 winner 4 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003)
 Ukraine Group 2 winner 3 (1996, 2001, 2003)
 Netherlands Group 1 winner 3 (1996, 1999, 2001)
 Portugal Group 3 winner 2 (1999, 2003)
 Hungary Group 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 320174+36
 Russia 3201106+46
 Netherlands 310281243
 Czech Republic 31026933

14 February 2005
16:30
Czech Republic  2 1  Ukraine
Michal Mareš  18'
Daniel Rajnoch  34'
Report Olexiy Kudlay  12'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Károly Török (Hungary)

14 February 2005
18:30
Russia  5 3  Netherlands
Mikhail Markin  16'  38'
Dick Hulshorst  17' (o.g.)
Vladislav Shayakhmetev  38'  39'
Report Dick Hulshorst  24'
Antoine Merlino  35'
Maximiliaan Tjaden  39'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Massimo Cumbo (Italy)

15 February 2005
16:30
Czech Republic  1 4  Russia
Tomáš Šluka  17' Report Sergei Ivanov  7'
Vladislav Shayakhmetev  20'
Konstantin Maevski  25'
Denis Abyshev  37'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Pedro Ángel Galán Nieto (Spain)

15 February 2005
20:30
Ukraine  4 1  Netherlands
Fedir Pylypiv  13'
Sergey Sytin  18'  38'
Serhiy Koridze  39'
Report Kees Thies  23'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Károly Török (Hungary)

17 February 2005
17:30
Netherlands  4 3  Czech Republic
Antoine Merlino  3'
Samir Makhoukhi  8'
Tomáš Šluka  10' (o.g.)
Dick Hulshorst  14'
Report Martín Dlouhý  9'
Michal Mareš  15'
Daniel Rajnoch  24'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Antonio Jose Fernandes Cardoso (Portugal)

17 February 2005
17:30
Ukraine  2 1  Russia
Sergey Sytin  9'
Mikhail Markin  23' (o.g.)
Report Damir Khamadiyev  37'
Sareza, Ostrava
Referee: Silvo Borosak (Slovakia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3300164+129
 Spain 320186+26
 Portugal 310291453
 Hungary 300351490

14 February 2005
12:30
Italy  8 3  Portugal
Jocimar Jubanski  3'
Assad Fabiano  17'  22'
Fernando Grana  18'  19'  35'
Edgar Bertoni  25'
Carlos Montovanelli  31'
Report Gonçalo Alves  14'
Joel Queirós  29'
André Lima  36'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Ivan Novak (Croatia)

14 February 2005
14:30
Hungary  2 4  Spain
Balázs Simon  28'
Tamás Frank  33'
Report Jordi Torras  27'
Javi Rodríguez  35'  36'
Daniel  38'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Radek Lobo (Czech Republic)

15 February 2005
14:30
Italy  5 0  Hungary
Adriano Foglia  1'
Fernando Grana  13'  23'
Carlos Scala  17'  19'
Report
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Jyrki Filppu (Finland)

15 February 2005
18:30
Portugal  1 3  Spain
Marcelinho  35' Report Javi Rodríguez  7'
Daniel  11'
Kike  39'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Anton Averianov (Russia)

17 February 2005
19:30
Portugal  5 3  Hungary
Gonçalo Alves  25'  26'  29'
André Lima  38'
Joel Queirós  38'
Report Tamás Lódi  17'  26'
Szabolcs Tóth  35'
Sareza, Ostrava
Referee: Massimo Cumb (Italy)

17 February 2005
19:30
Spain  1 3  Italy
Jordi Torras  26' Report Bacaro Vinicius  4'
Carlos Scala  26'
Edgar Bertoni  29'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Anton Averianov (Russia)

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


18 February 2005
16:30
Ukraine  0 5  Spain
Report Andreu  9'  37'
Daniel  30'
Serrejón  31'  34'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Ivan Novak (Croatia)

18 February 2005
18:30
Italy  2 4  Russia
Zanetti  3'  24' Report Shayakhmetov  14'  32'
Ivanov  36'
Aleksandr Levin  37'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Károly Török (Hungary)

Third place

20 February 2005
14:00
Ukraine  1 3  Italy
Sergey Sytin  9' Report Grana  6'
Fabiano  16'
Zanetti  21'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Ivan Novak (Croatia)

Final

20 February 2005
17:15
Spain  2 1  Russia
Andreu  9'
Cogorro  21'
Report Douchkevitch  31'
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Referee: Károly Török (Hungary)

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

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