UEFA Futsal Euro 2022

The 2022 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2022, will be the 12th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It will be hosted for the first time in the Netherlands.

For the women's tournament, see UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2022.
UEFA Futsal Euro 2022
Europees kampioenschap zaalvoetbal 2022
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam and Groningen
Dates19 January – 6 February
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)

This will be the first tournament to be held on a four-year basis and featuring 16 teams, as the competition was previously played every two years and included 12 teams since 2010. It will take place between 19 January and 6 February 2022.[1]

Host selection

The bidding procedure for hosting was launched on 12 October 2018, with a deadline of 21 January 2019 to express their interest in hosting. Seven associations expressed an interest in hosting:[2]

The final proposal had to delivered with the bid dossier by 30 May 2019 at the latest, and UEFA received three bids:[3]

The UEFA Executive Committee selected the Netherlands as hosts on 24 September 2019 in Ljubljana.[4][5]

Qualification
Main article: UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying

The 15 teams which join automatically qualified hosts Netherlands in the finals will be decided by qualifying running from 29 January 2020 to November 2021.[6][7]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Futsal Euro1
 NetherlandsHosts24 September 20195 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2014)
 CroatiaGroup 1 winners9 March 20215 (1999, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 RussiaGroup 2 winners9 March 202111 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 AzerbaijanGroup 3 winners9 March 20215 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaGroup 4 winners10 March 20210 (Debut)
 KazakhstanGroup 5 winners6 April 20212 (2016, 2018)
 SpainGroup 6 winners9 March 202111 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 ItalyGroup 7 winners9 March 202111 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 PortugalGroup 8 winners12 April 20219 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 GeorgiaAmong best six runners-up9 April 20210 (Debut)
 SloveniaAmong best six runners-up12 April 20216 (2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 FinlandAmong best six runners-up13 April 20210 (Debut)
 SlovakiaAmong best six runners-up13 April 20210 (Debut)
 PolandAmong best six runners-up14 April 20212 (2001, 2018)
 UkraineAmong best six runners-up14 April 202110 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 SerbiaPlay-off winners17 November 20216 (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Final draw

The final draw will be held in Zeist on 18 October 2021.[8] The teams are seeded according to the UEFA senior men's futsal national team coefficient rankings, with the winner of the play-off taking the ranking of the contender with the higher coefficient, Serbia.[9] 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).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Spain (1)
 Russia (2)
 Portugal (3)
 Kazakhstan (4)

 Croatia (5)
 Azerbaijan (6)
 Serbia (7)
 Italy (8)

 Ukraine (10)
 Slovenia (11)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (12)
 Poland (13)

 Finland (14)
 Slovakia (16)
 Georgia (17)
 Netherlands (hosts) (19)

Venues

The tournament will be held at two venues:[10]

AmsterdamGroningen
Ziggo Dome
Capacity: 10,500		MartiniPlaza
Capacity: 4,500

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. During the final tournament, each team is allowed to replace a maximum of one outfield player if he is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament. Each team is also allowed to temporarily replace a goalkeeper if there are fewer than two healthy goalkeepers.[7]

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 20.01 and 20.02):[7]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. 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);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient ranking for the final draw.

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 January 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
Serbia v Portugal
Netherlands v Ukraine
Serbia v Ukraine
Portugal v Netherlands
Netherlands v Serbia
Ukraine v Portugal

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 January 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Italy v Finland
Kazakhstan v Slovenia
Italy v Slovenia
Finland v Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan v Italy
Slovenia v Finland

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 21 January 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Poland v Croatia
Russia v Slovakia
Poland v Slovakia
Croatia v Russia
Russia v Poland
Slovakia v Croatia

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 22 January 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Spain v Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia v Azerbaijan
Spain v Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Georgia
Georgia v Spain
Azerbaijan v Bosnia and Herzegovina

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where extra time is not played but a direct penalty shoot-out is used, instead.[7]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
31 January – Amsterdam
 
 
Winner Group A
 
4 February – Amsterdam
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Quarter-final 2
 
1 February – Amsterdam
 
Winner Quarter-final 4
 
Winner Group D
 
6 February – Amsterdam
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
31 January – Amsterdam
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group B
 
4 February – Amsterdam
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Quarter-final 1
 
1 February – Amsterdam
 
Winner Quarter-final 3Third place match
 
Winner Group C
 
6 February – Amsterdam
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2
 

Quarter-finals
Winner Group BQuarter-final 1Runner-up Group A
Winner Group AQuarter-final 2Runner-up Group B
Winner Group CQuarter-final 3Runner-up Group D
Winner Group DQuarter-final 4Runner-up Group C

Semi-finals
Winner Quarter-final 2Semi-final 1Winner Quarter-final 4
Winner Quarter-final 1Semi-final 2Winner Quarter-final 3

Third place match
Loser Semi-final 1vLoser Semi-final 2

Final
Winner Semi-final 1vWinner Semi-final 2

References
  1. "UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 April 2017.
  2. "Seven associations interested in hosting UEFA Futsal EURO 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 January 2019.
  3. "Three associations bidding to host UEFA Futsal EURO 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 June 2019.
  4. "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. "Netherlands selected to host Futsal EURO 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019.
  6. "Futsal EURO 2022: format, calendar". UEFA.com. 2 October 2019.
  7. "Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship 2020-22". UEFA.com.
  8. "Futsal EURO 2022 finals draw: 18 October". UEFA.com.
  9. "Men's Futsal National Team Coefficients". UEFA.com.
  10. "Futsal EURO 2022: Netherlands". UEFA.com. 8 November 2019.
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