UEFA Futsal Euro 2012

UEFA Futsal Euro 2012
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Dates	31 January – 11 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (6th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	109 (5.45 per match)
Attendance	95,519 (4,776 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jordi Torras (5 goals)
Best player	Kike

The UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 was the eighth official edition of the UEFA European Championship for national futsal teams. It was hosted by Croatia, and was played from January, 31 to February, 11. 12 teams competed for the title, with 11 teams gain entries from qualification rounds, while Croatia gained an automatic entry as hosts. The championship was played in the two biggest Croatian cities, Zagreb and the 15,024 seater Arena Zagreb and in Split, at the 10,931 capacity Spaladium Arena.

Spain defended his title, having won it for the 6th consecutive time.^[1]

Bids

Three nations had made bids for the 2012 Championship. Alongside Croatia, Belgium – which had failed in the 2010 bid – made a new bid with Antwerp and Charleroi, while Macedonia made one with the city of Skopje. Croatia was selected to host the Championship by a decision made on March 24, 2010, at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Venues

Zagreb

Split

Venues Map

Arena	Arena Zagreb	Spaladium Arena
Picture
City	Zagreb	Split
Capacity	15,024	10,931

Qualification

Forty-two nations took part in 2012 edition. Host nation qualified directly, while other had to go through qualification rounds.

The qualification was played in two stages, with 24 sides competing in the preliminary round between 20–24 January 2011. The group winners progressed to join the other 18 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which was taking place between 24–27 February 2011, 24 teams were split in 6 groups of 4 teams. The winners and best five second-placed teams joined Croatia in the finals.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Croatia	00Hosts	2 (1999, 2001)
Spain	00Group 1 winner	7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Azerbaijan	00Group 1 runner-up	1 (2010)
Russia	00Group 2 winner	7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Serbia	00Group 2 runner-up	3 (1999, 2007, 2010)
Portugal	00Group 3 winner	5 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Czech Republic	00Group 4 winner	5 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Romania	00Group 4 runner-up	1 (2007)
Ukraine	00Group 5 winner	6 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Turkey	00Group 5 runner-up	0 (debut)
Italy	00Group 6 winner	7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Slovenia	00Group 6 runner-up	2 (2003, 2010)

Seeding

UEFA announced the seedings on Monday, 28 February 2011, one day after the qualification was concluded. Croatia was automatically seeded as A1. The Draw was scheduled for 9 September 2011 in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Croatia (host, assigned to A1) Spain (title holder) Italy Portugal	Russia Czech Republic Ukraine Serbia	Azerbaijan Romania Slovenia Turkey

Referees

Country	Referees
Austria	Gerald Bauernfeind
Belgium	Pascal Lemal
Croatia	Danijel Janosevic
Cyprus	Petros Panayides
Czech Republic	Karel Henych
England	Marc Birkett
Spain	Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras
Finland	Timo Onatsu

Country	Referees
Germany	Stephan Kammerer
Hungary	Gabor Kovacs
Italy	Francesco Massini
Poland	Sebastian Stawicki
Portugal	Eduardo Jose Fernandes Coelho
Romania	Bogdan Sorescu
Russia	Ivan Shabanov
Slovenia	Borut Sivic

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	2	2	0	7	5	+2	6
Romania	2	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Czech Republic	2	0	2	5	8	−3	0

Croatia v Romania

31 January 2012
21:00

Croatia	2 – 1	Romania
Marinović 23' Grcić 35'	Report	Csoma 30'

Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium)

Romania v Czech Republic

2 February 2012
18:30

Romania	3 – 1	Czech Republic
Dobre 17' Ignat 34' Matei 37'	Report	Belej 8'

Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)

Czech Republic v Croatia

4 February 2012
20:30

Czech Republic	4 – 5	Croatia
Belej 24' Kopecký 35' Roman Mareš 37' Novak 38' (o.g.)	Report	Grcić 9' Marinović 23', 38' Despotović 29' Novak 37'

Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	8	3	+5	6
Ukraine	2	1	1	7	7	0	3
Slovenia	2	0	2	5	10	−5	0

Spain v Slovenia

31 January 2012
19:00

Spain	4 – 2	Slovenia
Miguelín 15' Aicardo 26' Torras 29', 30'	Report	Fetič 17' Mordej 37'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 5,308
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)

Slovenia v Ukraine

2 February 2012
20:30

Slovenia	3 – 6	Ukraine
Legchanov 27' (o.g.) Uršič 33' Čujec 38'	Report	Klochko 5' Legchanov 8', 21', 29' Zhurba 9' Pavlenko 16'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,252
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria)

Ukraine v Spain

4 February 2012
14:00

Ukraine	1 – 4	Spain
Kike 32' (o.g.)	Report	Borja 4' Miguelín 16' Rafa Usín 18', 19'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,546
Referee: Petros Panayides (Cyprus)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	4
Italy	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Turkey	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Italy v Turkey

1 February 2012
17:15

Italy	3 – 1	Turkey
Ippoliti 7', 30' Gabriel Lima 37'	Report	Yasin Erdal 2'

Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Stephan Kammerer (Germany)

Turkey v Russia

3 February 2012
18:30

Turkey	0 – 5	Russia
	Report	Maevski 1', 8', 24' Fukin 21' Cirilo 22'

Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 600
Referee: Marc Birkett (England)

Russia v Italy

5 February 2012
20:30

Russia	2 – 2	Italy
Fukin 4' Sergeev 17'	Report	Gabriel Lima 21' Fortino 30'

Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fernando Lumbreras (Spain)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6
Serbia	2	1	1	10	10	0	3
Azerbaijan	2	0	2	9	13	–4	0

Portugal v Azerbaijan

1 February 2012
21:00

Portugal	4 – 1	Azerbaijan
Cardinal 3' Felipe 4' (o.g.) Marinho 26' Ricardinho 38'	Report	Farajzade 7'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Azerbaijan v Serbia

3 February 2012
20:30

Azerbaijan	8 – 9	Serbia
Felipe 1', 9' Farzaliyev 5' Jadder Dantas 11', 23', 32' Thiago 34' Bojović 39' (o.g.)	Report	Bojović 6', 8', 29', 39' Rajčević 9' Kocić 22', 27' Lazić 23' Pavićević 37'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Sebastian Stawicki (Poland)

Serbia v Portugal

5 February 2012
14:00

Serbia	1 – 2	Portugal
Ricardinho 31' (o.g.)	Report	Arnaldo 21' Pedro Cary 36'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,282
Referee: Karel Henych (Czech Republic)

Playoff round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

6 February 2012 – Split

Croatia

1 (3)

9 February 2012 – Zagreb

Ukraine

1 (1)

Croatia

7 February 2012 – Split

Russia

11 February 2012 – Zagreb

Serbia

Russia

6 February 2012 – Zagreb

Spain

Romania

9 February 2012 – Zagreb

Spain

Third place

7 February 2012 – Zagreb

Italy

Italy

Croatia

Portugal

Italy

11 February 2012 – Zagreb

Quarter-finals

Romania v Spain

6 February 2012
18:30

Romania	3 – 8	Spain
Gherman 8', 14' Matei 25'	Report	Torras 3', 19', 29' Aicardo 13', 27' Rafa Usín 16' Lin 30' Ortiz 37'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,516
Referee: Gabor Kovacs (Hungary)

Croatia v Ukraine

6 February 2012
21:00

Croatia	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
Ovsyannikov 17' (o.g.)	Report	Chepornyuk 30'
	Penalties
Grcić Jelovčić Novak	3 – 1	Kondratyuk Zhurba Pavlenko Legchanov

Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Francesco Massini (Italy)

Russia v Serbia

7 February 2012
18:30

Russia	2 – 1	Serbia
Fukin 29' Pula 34'	Report	Milosavac 25'

Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Danijel Janosevic (Croatia)

Italy v Portugal

7 February 2012
21:00

Italy	3 – 1	Portugal
Arnaldo 20' (o.g.) Saad 29' Patias 38'	Report	Ricardinho 24'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,215
Referee: Borut Sivic (Slovenia)

Semi-finals

Croatia v Russia

9 February 2012
18:30

Croatia	2 – 4	Russia
Marinović 27', 37'	Report	Prudnikov 1' Cirilo 5' Abramov 16' Pula 21'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 14,300
Referee: Borut Sivic (Slovenia)

Spain v Italy

9 February 2012
21:00

Spain	1 – 0	Italy
Aicardo 6'	Report

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 8,300
Referee: Gabor Kovacs (Hungary)

Third place match

Croatia v Italy

11 February 2012
18:30

Croatia	1 – 3	Italy
Grcić 31'	Report	Saad 1' Honorio 26' Mammarella 39'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 12,400
Referee: Fernando Lumbreras (ESP)

Final

Russia v Spain

11 February 2012
21:00

Russia	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Pula 34'	Report	Lozano 40', 48' Borja 50'

Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Danijel Janosevic (Croatia)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Spain
	Russia
	Italy
4	Croatia
5	Portugal
6	Serbia
7	Romania
8	Ukraine
9	Czech Republic
10	Azerbaijan
11	Slovenia
12	Turkey

2012 UEFA Futsal Championship Winners
Spain Sixth title

References

↑ "Spain celebrate once more in Croatia". uefa.com. 2012-02-12.

External links

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