UEFA Futsal Euro 2018

UEFA Futsal Euro 2018
Evropsko prvenstvo v futsalu 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Ljubljana
Dates	30 January – 10 February 2018
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	91 (4.55 per match)
Attendance	101,934 (5,097 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ricardinho (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Ricardinho

The 2018 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2018, was the 11th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It was hosted for the first time in Slovenia, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on 26 January 2015.[1] Slovenia was chosen ahead of other bids from Macedonia and Romania.

The final tournament was contested from 30 January to 10 February and comprised 12 teams, eleven of which joined the hosts Slovenia after overcoming a qualifying tournament. Matches took place at the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana. In their second appearance in the competition's final after 2010, Portugal defeated seven-time winners and defending champions Spain 3–2, after extra-time, to win their first European title.[2]

This was the last tournament to be held on a two-year basis and featuring 12 teams, as the competition will be played every four years, starting from 2022, and include 16 teams.[3]

Qualification

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Germany and Kosovo which entered for the first time), and with the hosts Slovenia qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition, which took place from January to September 2017, consisted of three rounds:[5]

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

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Slovenia	Hosts	6th	2016	Quarter-finals (2014)
Italy	Main round Group 1 winners	11th	2016	Champions (2003, 2014)
Azerbaijan	Main round Group 2 winners	5th	2016	Fourth place (2010)
Ukraine	Main round Group 3 winners	10th	2016	Runners-up (2001, 2003)
Portugal	Main round Group 4 winners	9th	2016	Runners-up (2010)
Spain	Main round Group 5 winners	11th	2016	Champions (1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Kazakhstan	Main round Group 6 winners	2nd	2016	Third place (2016)
Russia	Main round Group 7 winners	11th	2016	Champions (1999)
France	Play-off winners	1st	—	Debut
Poland	Play-off winners	2nd	2001	Group stage (2001)
Romania	Play-off winners	4th	2014	Quarter-finals (2012, 2014)
Serbia	Play-off winners	6th	2016	Fourth place (2016)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 29 September 2017, 12:00 CEST (UTC+2), at Ljubljana Castle in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[7][8] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. Hosts Slovenia were assigned to position A1 in the draw, and the remaining teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, except that title holders Spain were automatically placed into Pot 1.[9]

Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and one team from Pot 3. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group or in groups scheduled to be played on the same day (due to a potential clash of teams and clash of fans). Therefore, if Russia were drawn in Group B, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group C or D, and if Russia were drawn in Group C or D, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group A or B.

Hosts + Pot 1
Team	Coeff	Rank
Slovenia (hosts)	6.389	7
Spain (holders)	10.017	2
Russia	10.605	1
Portugal	9.250	3

Pot 2
Team	Coeff	Rank
Italy	8.889	4
Ukraine	7.944	5
Azerbaijan	7.544	6
Kazakhstan	6.333	8

Pot 3
Team	Coeff	Rank
Serbia	5.556	9
Romania	4.278	12
Poland	2.056	19
France	1.278	23

Venues

Ljubljana

Location of the 2018 UEFA Futsal Euro final tournament host city

All matches were played at the 12,480-capacity for futsal matches Arena Stožice in Ljubljana.[1]

Ljubljana
Arena Stožice
Capacity: 12,480

Match officials

A total of 16 match officials were appointed for the final tournament.[6]

Saša Tomić (Croatia)
Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)
Marc Birkett (England)
Timo Onatsu (Finland)
Cédric Pelissier (France)
Balázs Farkas (Hungary)
Gábor Kovács (Hungary)
Angelo Galante (Italy)
Alessandro Malfer (Italy)
Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)
Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)
Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)
Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)
Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)
Alejandro Martínez Flores (Spain)
Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

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.[5]

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 16 October 2017.[10]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

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 19.01 and 19.02):[5]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
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);
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).[11]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia (H)	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Serbia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	Knockout stage
3	Italy	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

30 January 2018

18:00

Slovenia	2–2	Serbia
Fetić 3'42" Vrhovec 14'20"	Report	Ramić 17'03" Tomić 39'32"

Kazakhstan	5–5 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Taynan 7'04" Higuita 24'14" Taku 24'59" Douglas Jr. 38'41" Zhamankulov 47'33"	Report	Yesenamanov 15'34" (o.g.) Tolrà 18'42" Joselito 28'08" Pola 33'01" Miguelín 42'27"
Penalties
Taynan Pershin	1–3	Miguelín Ortiz Lin

Pos.	Player
GK	Georgi Zamtaradze
GK	Leo Higuita
FP	Taynan da Silva
FP	Douglas Júnior
FP	André Coelho
FP	Pedro Cary
FP	Bruno Coelho
FP	Ricardinho
FP	Ivan Chishkala
FP	Mladen Kocić
FP	Igor Osredkar
FP	Miguelín
FP	Pola
FP	Petro Shoturma

Award	Player
Best Player	Ricardinho
Golden Shoe	Ricardinho
Silver Shoe	Bruno Coelho
Bronze Shoe	Eder Lima

UEFA Futsal Championship
Tournaments	Spain 1996 Spain 1999 Russia 2001 Italy 2003 Czech Republic 2005 Portugal 2007 Hungary 2010 Croatia 2012 Belgium 2014 Serbia 2016 Slovenia 2018 Netherlands 2022
Qualification	1996 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
Finals	1996 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
Squads	1996 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022

UEFA Futsal Euro 2018

Qualification

Qualified teams

Final draw

Venues

Match officials

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

All-star squad

Awards

Goalscorers

References

External links