2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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Dates22 October 2015 – 13 April 2016
Teams45 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed89
Goals scored539 (6.06 per match)
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates22 October 2015 – 13 April 2016
Teams45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played89
Goals scored539 (6.06 per match)
Top scorerPortugal Cardinal (8 goals)
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The UEFA qualifying competition for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup was a men's futsal competition that determined the seven European national teams taking part in the final tournament in Colombia.[1]

The national teams from a total of 45 UEFA member associations entered the qualifying competition. Denmark, Gibraltar, Sweden and Wales made their FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying debuts.[2]

Tiebreakers

The qualifying competition consisted of three rounds:[3]

  • Preliminary round: The 23 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into five groups of four teams and one group of three teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts (if a group was drawn without pre-selected hosts, the hosts were selected afterwards by agreement or draw by UEFA). The six group winners advanced to the main round.
  • Main round: The 28 teams (22 highest-ranked teams and six preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts. The seven group winners and the seven runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The 14 teams were drawn into seven ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the seven qualified teams.

In the preliminary round and main round, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
  7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Coefficient ranking;
  10. Drawing of lots.

In the play-offs, the team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualified for the final tournament. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.[3]

Schedule

The qualifying matches were played on the following dates.[2]

Stage Dates
Preliminary round 22–25 October 2015
Main round 10–13 December 2015
Play-offs 22 March & 12 April 2016

Entrants

The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[3]

The 22 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 23 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round.[2] The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws.

Teams entering main round
Seeding position 1
TeamCoeffRank
 Spain8.4101
 Italy (H)8.2782
 Russia8.1673
 Portugal (H)7.0004
 Ukraine5.8895
 Croatia (H)4.6676
 Czech Republic (H)4.5287
Seeding position 2
TeamCoeffRank
 Serbia4.5288
 Romania4.4449
 Slovenia4.16710
 Azerbaijan3.72211
 Hungary (H)2.66712
 Slovakia2.55613
 Netherlands (H)2.16714
Seeding position 3
TeamCoeffRank
 Belarus2.11115
 Belgium1.94416
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.77817
 Turkey (H)1.72218
 Kazakhstan1.66719
 Poland1.44420
 North Macedonia1.33321
Seeding position 4
TeamCoeffRank
 Norway1.22222
Teams entering preliminary round
Seeding position 1
TeamCoeffRank
 Latvia1.16723
 France1.05624
 Finland1.00025
 Georgia0.91726
 Greece0.83327
 Israel (H)0.83328
Seeding position 2
TeamCoeffRank
 Moldova0.69429
 England0.66730
 Montenegro0.61131
 Lithuania (H)0.61132
 Bulgaria0.61133
 Armenia0.44434
Seeding position 3
TeamCoeffRank
 Andorra0.38935
 Albania0.38936
 Sweden0.33337
 Cyprus (H)0.33338
 Denmark0.22239
  Switzerland0.22240
Seeding position 4
TeamCoeffRank
 Gibraltar0.11142
 Estonia0.00043
 Wales0.00044
 Malta0.00045
 San Marino0.00046
Notes
  • Iceland (Coeff: 0.222; Rank 41), Republic of Ireland (Coeff: 0.000; Rank 47), Austria (no rank), Faroe Islands (no rank), Germany (no rank), Liechtenstein (no rank), Luxembourg (no rank), Northern Ireland (no rank), and Scotland (no rank) did not enter.
  • Gibraltar entered despite being a non-FIFA member and thus ineligible for the World Cup.
  • Teams which were pre-selected as preliminary round or main round hosts were denoted by (H). As only three teams were pre-selected as preliminary round hosts, three preliminary round groups were drawn without pre-selected hosts, and the hosts would be selected afterwards by agreement or draw by UEFA.

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 2 July 2015, 14:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4][5] Each group in the preliminary round and main round contained one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4, except for one group in the preliminary round which contained one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3. The six teams which qualified from the preliminary round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were placed in seeding position 4 for the main round draw. In the preliminary round draw, the teams which were pre-selected as hosts could not be drawn in the same group, while in the main round draw, the teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from a separate pot, while being placed in their groups according to their seeding positions.

Preliminary round

Times were CEST (UTC+2), except for matches on 25 October 2015 which were CET (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Moldova (H) 3 2 1 0 21 4 +17 7 Main round
2  Georgia 3 2 1 0 20 4 +16 7
3  Andorra 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 3
4  Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 5 31 −26 0
Source: UEFA[dead link]
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Georgia 15–1 Gibraltar
Kobaidze 4'
Jvarashvili 5', 23'
Tikurishvili 7', 25'
Sigunava 11'
Nikvashvili 14', 34'
Lukava 20', 20'
Bukia 22'
Kakabadze 29'
Todua 36', 37'
Maisaia 39'		 Report Lopez 19' (pen.)
Referee: Nikola Jelić (Croatia), Victor Berg-Audic (France)
Moldova 7–0 Andorra
Obadă 3', 14', 30'
Ţîmbalist 4'
Munteanu 12'
Negara 16', 32'		 Report
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus)
Andorra 1–3 Georgia
Barbosa 38' Report Todua 9'
Tikurishvili 31', 34'
Referee: Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus), Nikola Jelić (Croatia)
Moldova 12–2 Gibraltar
Hilotii 5', 23', 35', 40'
Obadă 8', 14', 39'
Laşcu 14', 14'
Burdujel 26'
Munteanu 30'
Negara 33'		 Report Walker 2'
Chipol 38'
Referee: Victor Berg-Audic (France), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)
Gibraltar 2–4 Andorra
I. Robba 7'
Lopez 28'		 Report Llamas 16', 18'
Barbosa 30', 32'
Referee: Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus), Victor Berg-Audic (France)
Georgia 2–2 Moldova
Kakabadze 30'
Tikurishvili 33'		 Report Hilotii 15'
Tacot 23'
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Nikola Jelić (Croatia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden (H) 3 2 1 0 16 8 +8 7 Main round
2  Greece 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
3  Montenegro 3 1 1 1 9 8 +1 4
4  San Marino 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: UEFA[dead link]
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Greece 2–1 San Marino
Kondylatos 13'
Gkaifyllias 19'		 Report Michelotti 35'
Referee: Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria), Septimiu Burtescu (Romania)
Sweden 3–3 Montenegro
Chekroun 8'
H. Abraham 9'
Mönell 30'		 Report Gurzaković 17'
Drašković 17'
Bajović 35'
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland)
Montenegro 3–5 Greece
Drašković 5', 31'
Gojković 5'		 Report Mantis 3'
Gkaifyllias 7'
Panou 34'
Malovits 36'
Katevtsian 38'
Referee: Septimiu Burtescu (Romania), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)
Sweden 9–4 San Marino
Asp 6'
S. Abraham 7', 9'
Mönell 9', 17'
Legiec 10', 40'
Hiseni 31'
Kuhi 40'		 Report Moretti 7'
Barducci 20'
Michelotti 22'
Pasqualini 35'
Referee: Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland), Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria)
San Marino 0–3 Montenegro
Report Drašković 18', 28'
Mugoša 40'
Referee: Septimiu Burtescu (Romania), Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria)
Greece 1–4 Sweden
V. Asimakopoulos 33' Report Mönell 6', 15'
H. Abraham 16'
Eteus 26'
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Main round
2  Albania 3 2 0 1 11 6 +5 6
3  Lithuania (H) 3 1 0 2 4 12 −8 3
4  Malta 3 0 0 3 6 16 −10 0
Source: UEFA[dead link]
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
France 8–2 Malta
Rabei 7'
Bensaber 11'
Gasmi 13', 22', 35'
Ramirez 28'
A. Mohammed 30'
Aigoun 38'		 Report Stivala 20'
Musu 33'
Referee: Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia), Sreten Vasić (Serbia)
Lithuania 2–5 Albania
Jeremejev 4'
Garšvinskas 40'		 Report Mejzini 31'
Begaj 31'
Halimi 39'
Brahimi 39'
Hasaj 40'
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Olli Niemelä (Finland)
Lithuania 2–1 Malta
Stradalovas 12'
Leščius 36'		 Report Milijic 6'
Referee: Sreten Vasić (Serbia), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)
Albania 0–1 France
Report A. Mohammed 2'
Referee: Olli Niemelä (Finland), Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia)
Malta 3–6 Albania
Mangion 12'
Saliba 25'
Milijic 38'		 Report Brahimi 9', 37'
Karaja 12'
Halimi 19' (pen.), 23'
Begaj 33'
Referee: Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia), Olli Niemelä (Finland)
France 6–0 Lithuania
Hamdoud 6', 21'
Belhaj 12'
A. Mohammed 20', 20'
Aigoun 27'		 Report
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Sreten Vasić (Serbia)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 3 3 0 0 14 7 +7 9 Main round
2  Cyprus (H) 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 6
3  Estonia 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
4  Armenia 3 0 0 3 6 9 −3 0
Source: UEFA[dead link]
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Latvia 6–2 Estonia
Šustrovs 6'
Seņs 19', 38'
Koļesņikovs 38'
Ikstēns 39'
Arhipovs-Prokofjevs 40'		 Report Tšurilkin 14'
Aleksejev 18'
Referee: Gabriel Gherman (Romania), Talgat Kosmukhambetov (Kazakhstan)
Cyprus 3–2 Armenia
Ioannou 3', 7', 29' Report Gukasyan 17'
Babayan 17'
Referee: Juan Gallardo (Spain), Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan)
Armenia 3–4 Latvia
Nasibyan 5'
Kapukranyan 18'
Mashumyan 39'		 Report Aleksejevs 1'
Dacko 23'
Babayan 39' (o.g.)
Koļesņikovs 40'
Referee: Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan), Gabriel Gherman (Romania)
Cyprus 4–1 Estonia
Veskimäe 7' (o.g.)
Antreou 21', 24'
Kouloumbris 31'		 Report Paapsi 37'
Referee: Talgat Kosmukhambetov (Kazakhstan), Juan Gallardo (Spain)
Estonia 2–1 Armenia
Paapsi 12'
Tšurilkin 25'		 Report Grigoryan 5'
Referee: Talgat Kosmukhambetov (Kazakhstan), Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan)
Latvia 4–2 Cyprus
Seņs 2', 35'
Avanesovs 6'
Dacko 30'		 Report Kouloumbris 12'
Manoli 27'
Referee: Gabriel Gherman (Romania), Juan Gallardo (Spain)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 12 7 +5 9 Main round
2  Denmark 3 2 0 1 15 10 +5 6
3  Wales 3 1 0 2 9 12 −3 3
4  Israel (H) 3 0 0 3 8 15 −7 0
Source: UEFA[dead link]
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England 4–2 Wales
Parkes 9'
Rexha 24'
Ward 27'
Cook 38'		 Report Hugh 4'
Zulkarnain 18'
Referee: Cédric Waroux (Belgium), Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus)
Israel 4–6 Denmark
Sabag 13'
Hagbi 30'
Bliech 32'
Cohen 36'		 Report Jørgensen 4', 27'
Ja. Jensen 13', 25', 29'
Falck 35'
Referee: Vyacheslav Daragan (Ukraine), Marjan Mladenovski (Macedonia)
Israel 3–6 Wales
Cohen 15', 37'
Bliech 39'		 Report Hugh 5'
Webbe 12', 35'
Zulkarnain 18', 23'
Prangley 39'
Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Cédric Waroux (Belgium)
Denmark 4–5 England
Falck 16', 23', 24'
Rexha 34' (o.g.)		 Report Cook 1', 6'
Jim Jensen 11' (o.g.)
Medina 23'
Ward 25'
Referee: Marjan Mladenovski (Macedonia), Vyacheslav Daragan (Ukraine)
Wales 1–5 Denmark
Jenkins 35' Report Johansson 3', 27'
Arildsen 6'
Falck 18'
Veis 29'
Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Marjan Mladenovski (Macedonia)
England 3–1 Israel
Cook 15'
Medina 21'
Ward 40'		 Report Bliech 36'
Referee: Vyacheslav Daragan (Ukraine), Cédric Waroux (Belgium)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland (H) 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Main round
2  Bulgaria 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3   Switzerland 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: UEFA[dead link]
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Finland 3–0  Switzerland
Hosio 12', 20'
Pakola 34'		 Report
Referee: Lukáš Peško (Slovakia), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)
Switzerland 2–2 Bulgaria
Mezger 2'
Sego 38'		 Report Shutev 22'
Nestorov 29'
Referee: Grigori Zelentsov (Russia), Lukáš Peško (Slovakia)
Bulgaria 0–0 Finland
Report
Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Grigori Zelentsov (Russia)

Main round

Play-offs

The draw for the play-offs was held on 12 February 2016, 12:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia.[6][7] The seven group winners were seeded, and the seven group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were paired with the unseeded teams, with the former hosting the second leg. Teams from the same main round group could not be drawn against each other.

Seeding

Group Winners
(Seeded in play-off draw)		 Runners-up
(Unseeded in play-off draw)
1  Ukraine  Hungary
2  Azerbaijan  Belarus
3  Russia  Serbia
4  Spain  Netherlands
5  Kazakhstan  Slovenia
6  Portugal  Poland
7  Italy  Slovakia

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slovenia  2–5  Spain 1–0 1–5
Slovakia  1–11  Ukraine 0–6 1–5
Poland  1–8  Kazakhstan 1–1 0–7
Serbia  2–4  Portugal 1–2 1–2
Belarus  3–6  Russia 1–4 2–2
Netherlands  5–9  Azerbaijan 1–5 4–4
Hungary  0–9  Italy 0–3 0–6

Matches

The first legs were played on 22 March, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2016. Times were CET (UTC+1) for first legs, and CEST (UTC+2) for second legs.

Slovenia 1–0 Spain
Fetić 19' Report
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Angelo Galante (Italy)
Spain 5–1 Slovenia
Raúl Campos 3', 35'
Ortiz 24'
Miguelín 40'
Aicardo 40' (pen.)		 Report Širok 6'
Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium), Gerd Bylois (Belgium)

Spain won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Slovakia 0–6 Ukraine
Report Mykh. Grytsyna 15', 23', 33'
Kiselyov 17'
Borsuk 28'
Zhurba 29'
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria)
Ukraine 5–1 Slovakia
Borsuk 7'
Zhurba 15', 18' (pen.)
Shoturma 26', 33'		 Report Doša 28'
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain), Juan Gallardo (Spain)

Ukraine won 11–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Poland 1–1 Kazakhstan
Mikołajewicz 40' Report Zhamankulov 4'
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Ozan Soykan (Turkey)
Kazakhstan 7–0 Poland
Higuita 2'
Zhamankulov 5', 13'
Douglas Jr. 6', 15'
Leo 26'
Knaub 30'		 Report
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania), Gabriel Gherman (Romania)

Kazakhstan won 8–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Serbia 1–2 Portugal
Perić 26' Report Matos 12'
Cardinal 15'
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Nikola Jelić (Croatia)
Portugal 2–1 Serbia
Cardinal 24'
Tiago Brito 31'		 Report Ristić 26'
Attendance: 2254
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Balázs Farkas (Hungary)

Portugal won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Belarus 1–4 Russia
Chernik 11' Report Robinho 4'
Abramov 9', 34'
Lyskov 13'
Referee: Tomasz Frak (Poland), Sebastian Stawicki (Poland)
Russia 2–2 Belarus
Antoshkin 14'
Eder Lima 39'		 Report Olshevski 19'
Gorbenko 32'
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Nuno Bogalho (Portugal)

Russia won 6–3 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Netherlands 1–5 Azerbaijan
El Ghannouti 10' Report Amadeu 5', 29'
Fineo 13'
Augusto 28'
Borisov 31'
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Azerbaijan 4–4 Netherlands
Farzaliyev 12'
Amadeu 15'
Eduardo 20'
Rafael 26'		 Report Ceyar 14'
Velseboer 16'
Mossaoui 26'
Attaibi 28'
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)

Azerbaijan won 9–5 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Hungary 0–3 Italy
Report Merlim 23', 34'
Fortino 24'
Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia)
Italy 6–0 Hungary
Romano 3', 22'
Merlim 4'
Vinícius dos Santos 11'
Fortino 15'
Kaká 27'		 Report
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Italy won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following seven teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament:[8]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Spain12 April 20167 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Ukraine12 April 20164 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Kazakhstan12 April 20161 (20002)
 Portugal12 April 20164 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Russia12 April 20165 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012)
 Azerbaijan12 April 20160 (debut)
 Italy13 April 20166 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2 Kazakhstan qualified as a member of the AFC in 2000.

Goalscorers

References

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