2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualification

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Dates22 January – 30 March 2019
Teams34 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed54
Goals scored339 (6.28 per match)
2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates22 January – 30 March 2019
Teams34 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored339 (6.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Qendrim Bakija
Cyprus Mamas Loizou
(7 goals each)
2022 →

The 2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 futsal competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Latvia in the 2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship final tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to participate.

Apart from Latvia, a total of 34 (out of 54) UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying stage.[2] They are seeded according to the coefficient ranking of their men's senior national teams, calculated based on the following:[3][4]

The 26 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 8 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw. One team was pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round (the hosts of Group B to be confirmed by 9 November 2018) and seven teams were pre-selected as hosts for the main round.

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 1 November 2018, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5] The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the preliminary round, the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the team which was pre-selected as hosts was drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group (Group A) as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining seven teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.
  • In the main round, the 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four, containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the seven teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 21 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions (including the two preliminary round winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, which were allocated to seeding position 4). Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn into the same group. Moreover, should Kosovo advance from the preliminary round and qualify for a main round group with either Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina, they would be swapped with the team in seeding position 4 of the next possible main round group.
Final tournament hosts
TeamCoeffRank
 Latvia1.22224
Participating teams for 2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualification
Teams entering main round
TeamCoeffRankSeed
 Russia (H)10.17111
 Spain10.0222
 Portugal9.6333
 Kazakhstan9.0004
 Ukraine8.3895
 Azerbaijan7.8226
 Italy7.4447
 Serbia6.83382
 Slovenia (H)6.5009
 Croatia (H)4.27810
 Hungary4.11111
 Czech Republic3.61112
 Romania3.50013
 Poland3.38914
 France2.944153
 Slovakia2.94416
 Belarus2.88917
 Netherlands2.27818
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)2.22219
 Belgium2.11120
 Georgia (H)2.05621
 North Macedonia (H)2.000224
 Finland (H)1.69423
 Turkey1.22225
 Moldova0.83326
 England0.83327
Teams entering preliminary round
TeamCoeffRankSeed
 Sweden0.778291
 Montenegro0.72230
 Kosovo0.667332
 Greece0.50037
 Lithuania (H)0.389403
 Cyprus0.38941
 Andorra0.222434
 San Marino0.00047
Notes
  • Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Teams pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and the main round

Format

In the preliminary round and main round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round and main round, 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 14.01 and 14.02):[3]

  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 for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Schedule for UEFA U-19 Futsal Euro 2019 qualifying
Round Draw Dates
Preliminary round 1 November 2018 21–26 January 2019
Main round 26–31 March 2019

In the preliminary round and main round, the schedule of each group is as follows, with one rest day between matchdays 2 and 3 for four-team groups, and no rest days for three-team groups (Regulations Articles 21.04, 21.05 and 21.06):[3]

Note: For scheduling, the hosts are considered as Team 1, while the visiting teams are considered as Team 2, Team 3, and Team 4 according to their seeding positions.

Group schedule
Matchday Matches (4 teams) Matches (3 teams)
Matchday 1 2 v 4, 1 v 3 1 v 3
Matchday 2 3 v 2, 1 v 4 3 v 2
Matchday 3 4 v 3, 2 v 1 2 v 1

Preliminary round

The winners of each group advance to main round to join the 26 teams which receive byes to main round.

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 3 2 1 0 11 7 +4 7 Main round
2  Andorra 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3  Lithuania (H) 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
4  Montenegro 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Montenegro 2–3 Andorra
  • Vukovic Goal 22:12
  • Gacevic Goal 22:38
 Report
  • Rodrigues Goal 10:48
  • Massana Goal 18:32
  • Blat Goal 37:23
Referee: Christos Christou (Cyprus), Vladan Radulović (Serbia)
Lithuania 3–6 Greece
  • Samsonik Goal 6:00
  • Gudaitis Goal 36:42
  • Venckus Goal 37:01
 Report
  • Gegaj Goal 11:31
  • Hatzifotiou Goal 22:47
  • Liosis Goal 30:12, 34:57, 36:03
  • Gousis Goal 39:05
Referee: Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria), Valentin Ciuplea (Wales)
Greece 1–1 Montenegro
  • Gousis Goal 36:57
 Report
  • Drašković Goal 15:20
Referee: Valentin Ciuplea (Wales), Christos Christou (Cyprus)
Lithuania 0–4 Andorra
Report
  • Vallverdú Goal 12:02, 19:41
  • Blat Goal 31:16
  • Pons Goal 38:15
Referee: Vladan Radulović (Serbia), Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria)
Andorra 3–4 Greece
  • Segura Goal 15:48 (2pen.)
  • Vallverdú Goal 25:06, 32:11
 Report
  • Albino Goal 6:24 (o.g.)
  • Gegaj Goal 7:47, 29:01, 30:23
Referee: Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria), Vladan Radulović (Serbia)
Montenegro 0–2 Lithuania
Report
  • Srėbalius Goal 18:57
  • Kudirka Goal 24:52
Referee: Christos Christou (Cyprus), Valentin Ciuplea (Wales)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cyprus 3 3 0 0 23 4 +19 9 Main round
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 13 7 +6 6
3  Kosovo 3 1 0 2 15 17 −2 3
4  San Marino (H) 3 0 0 3 2 25 −23 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sweden 1–6 Cyprus
  • Milovanovic Goal 1:01
 Report
  • Lackéll Goal 1:33 (o.g.)
  • Koulloupa Goal 11:03
  • Loizou Goal 16:11, 36:51
  • Tsitsos Goal 26:41
  • P. Papadopoulos Goal 29:34
Referee: Ingus Puriņš (Latvia), Gerard Roure Ramirez (Andorra)
San Marino 2–11 Kosovo
  • Baldelli Goal 11:13, 23:17
 Report
  • Dragusha Goal 6:55, 7:37
  • Berbatovci Goal 9:34
  • Maxharraj Goal 14:32, 18:04, 20:28, 32:45, 35:30
  • Michelotti Goal 22:10 (o.g.)
  • Mataj Goal 29:01
  • Aliu Goal 33:20
Referee: Ozan Soykan (Turkey), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)
Kosovo 1–6 Sweden
  • Lahu Goal 36:51
 Report
  • Näslund Goal 1:44
  • Milovanovic Goal 4:51, 14:47
  • Veselinovic Goal 20:28, 35:32 (2pen.)
  • Larsve Goal 28:13
Referee: Jan Kresta (Czech Republic), Ingus Puriņš (Latvia)
San Marino 0–8 Cyprus
Report
  • Koulloupa Goal 3:09
  • Kypri Goal 4:21, 30:35
  • Loizou Goal 11:56
  • Sofroniou Goal 14:08
  • Angelis Goal 18:39
  • Poyiatzis Goal 34:57
  • P. Papadopoulos Goal 36:10
Referee: Gerard Roure Ramirez (Andorra), Ozan Soykan (Turkey)
Cyprus 9–3 Kosovo
  • Tsitsos Goal 0:11, 34:44
  • Koulloupa Goal 2:11, 32:36
  • Angelis Goal 19:04, 23:42, 32:02
  • Loizou Goal 19:55, 38:11 (2pen.)
 Report
  • Lahu Goal 1:51
  • Haliti Goal 5:37
  • Maxharraj Goal 16:02
Referee: Ozan Soykan (Turkey), Ingus Puriņš (Latvia)
Sweden 6–0 San Marino
  • Näslund Goal 0:25, 8:13, 21:53
  • Sulejmanovic Goal 6:09
  • Lackéll Goal 17:27
  • Veselinovic Goal 27:15
 Report
Referee: Jan Kresta (Czech Republic), Gerard Roure Ramirez (Andorra)

Main round

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on
 LatviaHosts27 September 2018
 PolandMain round Group 1 winners30 March 2019
 NetherlandsMain round Group 2 winners30 March 2019
 PortugalMain round Group 3 winners30 March 2019
 UkraineMain round Group 4 winners27 March 2019
 SpainMain round Group 5 winners25 March 2019
 RussiaMain round Group 6 winners30 March 2019
 CroatiaMain round Group 7 winners28 March 2019

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