UEFA Futsal Euro 2016

UEFA Futsal Euro 2016

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
Dates	2–13 February 2016
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)

The 2016 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2016, will be the 10th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the biennial European futsal competition contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. It will be hosted for the first time in Serbia, from 2 to 13 February 2016, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee in March 2012.^[1]

The final tournament will be contested by twelve teams, eleven of which joined the hosts after overcoming a qualifying tournament. The matches will be played in two venues in the city of Belgrade, the Pionir Arena (group stage) and the Belgrade Arena (knockout stage).

Venues

Round	Group stage	Knockout stage
Venue	Pionir Arena	Belgrade Arena
Capacity	8,150	25,000
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Qualification

A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Scotland which entered for the first time), and with the hosts Serbia qualifying automatically, the other 45 teams will compete in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament.^[2] The qualifying competition, which will take place from January to September 2015, consists of three rounds:^[3]

• Preliminary round: The 24 lowest-ranked teams are drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The six group winners and the best runner-up 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 pre-selected hosts. The seven group winners qualify directly to the final tournament, while the seven runners-up and the best third-placed team advance 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.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Serbia	Hosts	02012-03-20-000020 March 2012	4 (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012)
Russia	Main round Group 1 winners	02015-03-21-000021 March 2015	9 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Spain	Main round Group 2 winners	02015-03-21-000021 March 2015	9 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Italy	Main round Group 3 winners	02015-03-19-000019 March 2015	9 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Ukraine	Main round Group 4 winners	02015-03-21-000021 March 2015	8 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Slovenia	Main round Group 5 winners	02015-03-21-000021 March 2015	4 (2007, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Croatia	Main round Group 6 winners	02015-03-21-000021 March 2015	4 (1999, 2001, 2012, 2014)
Portugal	Main round Group 7 winners	02015-03-21-000021 March 2015	7 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicate host.

Final draw

The final draw will be held in Belgrade on 11 December 2015.^[4] The 12 teams will be drawn into four groups of three teams.

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.^[3]

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out (this criteria is not used if more than two teams have the same number of points).
8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	C2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Knockout stage

If a match is drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, an extra-time consisting of two five-minute periods is played. If teams are still leveled after extra-time, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner. In the third place match, the extra-time is skipped and the decision goes directly to kicks from the penalty mark.^[3]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 February
	Winner Group A
					11 February
	Runner-up Group B
					Winner Quarter-final 1
	9 February
					Winner Quarter-final 3
	Winner Group C
									13 February
	Runner-up Group D
									Winner Semi-final 1
	8 February
									Winner Semi-final 2
	Runner-up Group A
					11 February
	Winner Group B
					Winner Quarter-final 2				Third place
	9 February
					Winner Quarter-final 4				13 February
	Runner-up Group C
									Loser Semi-final 1
	Winner Group D
									Loser Semi-final 2

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

References

External links

• Official website
• UEFA Futsal EURO Serbia 2016, UEFA.com

UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 Stages Qualification Tournament Final General information Squads

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