2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualification

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Dates18 January – 26 March 2023
Teams35 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed54
Goals scored349 (6.46 per match)
2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates18 January – 26 March 2023
Teams35 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored349 (6.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kosovo Blend Krasniqi (10 goals)
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All statistics correct as of 26 March 2023.

The 2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualifying competition will be a men's under-19 futsal competition to determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Croatia in the 2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship final tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to participate.

Apart from Croatia, a total of 35 (out of 54) UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying stage.[2] They are seeded on the basis of the associations' results in the 2018/19 and 2021/22 competitions.[3]

The 25 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 10 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.

Teams entering Preliminary Round[2]
Pot 1 (Hosts)
TeamCoeffRankPosition
 North Macedonia1.500281
 Lithuania0.333312
 Gibraltar0.000333 & 4
Pot 2 (seeding position 4 or 3)
TeamCoeffRank
 Estonia0.00032
 Germany0.00034
 Malta0.00035
Pot 3 (seeding position 2)
TeamCoeffRank
 San Marino0.33329
 Kosovo0.33330
Pot 4 (seeding position 1)
TeamCoeffRank
 Montenegro1.96726
 England1.66727
Teams entering Main Round[2]
Pot 1 (Hosts)
TeamCoeffRankPosition
 Portugal11.00021
 Latvia4.000153
 Serbia3.667173
 Moldova2.667213
Pot 2 (seeding position 4)
TeamCoeffRank
 Andorra2.50022
 Kazakhstan2.00023
 Georgia2.00024
 Azerbaijan2.00025
Winners preliminary round Group A
Winners preliminary round Group B
Winners preliminary round Group C
Pot 3 (seeding position 3)
TeamCoeffRank
 Czech Republic4.00016
 Greece3.08318
 Belarus3.00019
 Hungary2.66720
Pot 4 (seeding position 2)
TeamCoeffRank
 Romania4.4678
 Netherlands4.3339
 Bosnia and Herzegovina4.33310
 Turkey4.33311
 Slovenia4.33312
 Slovakia4.33313
 Finland4.00014
Pot 5 (seeding position 1)
TeamCoeffRank
 Spain13.6671
 Poland9.0003
 Ukraine8.1674
 France5.1675
 Italy5.0006
 Belgium4.6677

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):[4]

  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;

Preliminary round

The winners of each group advance to main round to join the 27 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  England 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9 Main round
2  Malta 3 1 1 1 6 11 −5 4
3  Lithuania (H) 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
4  Estonia 3 0 1 2 8 10 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England 6–0 Malta
  • Young Goal 5:19
  • Nathan Goal 8:01
  • Brooker Goal 21:14, 23:47
  • Kaye Goal 21:30
  • Desborough Goal 30:57 (pen.)
 Report
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Turekhan Tursumbayev (Kazakhstan), Bogdan Hanceariuc (Romania)
Estonia 1–1 Lithuania
  • Bažkov Goal 9:47
 Report
  • Siaurusevičius Goal 33:14
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro), Martin Køster (Denmark)
Estonia 4–5 England
  • Bažkov Goal 1:00, 17:54
  • Raužin Goal 7:21
  • Agaptšev Goal 39:32
 Report
  • Kaye Goal 1:19
  • Sikirwayi Goal 3:47
  • Desborough Goal 15:49
  • Badham Goal 28:30
  • Devine Goal 29:58
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Bogdan Hanceariuc (Romania), Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro)
Lithuania 2–2 Malta
  • Balasanov Goal 4:18
  • Siaurusevičius Goal 33:44
 Report
  • Agius Goal 0:42
  • Gatt Goal 12:44
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Martin Køster (Denmark), Turekhan Tursumbayev (Kazakhstan)
Malta 4–3 Estonia
  • Gatt Goal 18:03
  • Sammut Goal 21:00, 22:28
  • Agius Goal 23:55
 Report
  • Bažkov Goal 4:30, 13:58
  • Männi Goal 36:48
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Bogdan Hanceariuc (Romania), Martin Køster (Denmark)
Lithuania 0–3 England
Report
  • Brooker Goal 4:30, 35:33
  • Devine Goal 8:38
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro), Turekhan Tursumbayev (Kazakhstan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Montenegro 2 2 0 0 8 6 +2 6 Main round
2  Gibraltar (H) 2 1 0 1 10 6 +4 3
3  San Marino 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
San Marino 0–5 Gibraltar
Report
  • Glynn Goal 1:26
  • Coltan Goal 10:43
  • Perera Goal 16:23
  • Caetano Goal 25:03
  • Zammitt Goal 29:03
Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar
Attendance: 316
Referee: Jiri Bergs (Belgium), Paavo Komppa (Finland)
Montenegro 2–1 San Marino
  • Roćenović Goal 18:10
  • Gopčević Goal 33:01
 Report
  • Bacciocchi Goal 10:24
Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar
Attendance: 55
Referee: Paavo Komppa (Finland), Jagnar Jakobson (Estonia)
Gibraltar 5–6 Montenegro
  • Rodriquez Goal 5:12
  • Perera Goal 6:55, 18:31
  • Glynn Goal 36:53
  • Zammitt Goal 39:14
 Report
  • Mijušković Goal 4:15, 20:20
  • Roćenović Goal 12:09, 21:54
  • Ćetković Goal 18:01, 31:32
Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar
Attendance: 395
Referee: Jagnar Jakobson (Estonia), Jiri Bergs (Belgium)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kosovo 2 1 1 0 9 6 +3 4 Main round
2  Germany 2 0 2 0 6 6 0 2
3  North Macedonia (H) 2 0 1 1 6 9 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Germany 3–3 North Macedonia
  • Schrade Goal 0:17
  • Kavurmacioglu Goal 1:18
  • Assiongbor Goal 29:12
 Report
  • Anchevski Goal 2:28, 20:09
  • Rusevski Goal 2:46
SC Jane Sandanski small hall, Skopje
Referee: Zviad Bliadze (Georgia), Filip Nesnera (Czech Republic)
Kosovo 3–3 Germany
  • Mehmeti Goal 8:52
  • Krasniqi Goal 12:09, 21:23
 Report
  • Suton Goal 20:25, 26:47
  • Schrade Goal 26:01
SC Jane Sandanski small hall, Skopje
Referee: Filip Nesnera (Czech Republic), Valentin Ciuplea (Wales)
North Macedonia 3–6 Kosovo
  • Jusuf Goal 8:22
  • Skeoarovski Goal 17:34
  • Janev Goal 33:45 (pen.)
 Report
  • Kabashi Goal 20:42, 36:58
  • Krasniqi Goal 28:57, 30:20
  • Abdullahu Goal 31:47
  • Bajraktari Goal 39:26
SC Jane Sandanski small hall, Skopje
Referee: Valentin Ciuplea (Wales), Zviad Bliadze (Georgia)

Main round

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-19 Futsal Euro1
 CroatiaHosts20 September 20222 (2019, 2022)
 SloveniaMain round Group 1 winners25 March 20230 (debut)
 UkraineMain round Group 2 winners25 March 20232 (2019, 2022)
 PortugalMain round Group 3 winners24 March 20232 (2019, 2022)
 FinlandMain round Group 4 winners25 March 20230 (debut)
 FranceMain round Group 5 winners25 March 20231 (2022)
 SpainMain round Group 6 winners25 March 20232 (2019, 2022)
 ItalyMain round Group 7 winners25 March 20231 (2022)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

  • Preliminary round: There were 71 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 5.92 goals per match.
  • Main round: There were 278 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 6.62 goals per match.

— Team eliminated / inactive for this stage.

Rank Player PR MR Total
1 Kosovo Blend Krasniqi 46 10
2 Belarus Daniil Astafyeu —6 6
Slovenia Alen Ruis —6
France Mamady Kouyate —6
Portugal Diogo Silva —6
6 Estonia Roman Bažkov 5— 5
Poland Szymon Licznerski —5

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