UEFA Futsal Euro 2014
International football competition
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 was the ninth edition of the European Championship for men's national futsal teams organised by UEFA. It was hosted for the first time in Belgium, from 28 January to 8 February 2014, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2011.[2]
| Europees kampioenschap zaalvoetbal 2014 Championnat d'Europe de futsal 2014 Futsal-Europameisterschaft 2014 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Belgium |
| Dates | 28 January – 8 February |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Italy (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Russia |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 121 (6.05 per match) |
| Attendance | 90,751 (4,538 per match) |
| Top scorer | Eder Lima (8 goals) |
| Best player | Gabriel Lima[1] |
← 2012 2016 → | |
The final tournament was contested by twelve teams, eleven of which joined the hosts after overcoming a qualifying tournament. The matches were played in two venues in the city of Antwerp, the Lotto Arena (group stage) and the Sportpaleis (knockout stage). Television coverage was provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.
The defending champions, Spain, were beaten in the semifinals by Russia and thus failed to reach their fifth consecutive tournament final. In the decisive match, Italy defeated Russia 3–1 to win their second title.[3] Spain defeated Portugal 8–4 in the third place match to secure a ninth consecutive podium finish.[4] The top scorer of the tournament was Eder Lima of Russia, with eight goals.[5]
Venues
The final tournament matches were played in two venues located in Antwerp's Merksem district. The Lotto Arena hosted the twelve group stage matches, while the remaining eight matches, including the final, were staged in the Sportpaleis arena.[6]
| Antwerp | |
|---|---|
| Lotto Arena | Sportpaleis |
| 5,218 | 15,089 |
 |
 |
Qualification
The qualification draw was made in Nyon on 4 December 2012.
Qualified teams
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1, 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Belgium | Hosts | 4 (1996, 1999, 2003, 2010) |
| Italy | Group 1 winner | 8 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) |
 Azerbaijan | Group 2 winner | 2 (2010, 2012) |
| Russia | Group 3 winner | 8 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) |
| Spain | Group 4 winner | 8 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) |
| Portugal | Group 5 winner | 6 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) |
 Czech Republic | Group 6 winner | 6 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) |
 Slovenia | Group 7 winner | 3 (2003, 2010, 2012) |
 Ukraine | Play-off winner | 7 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) |
 Romania | Play-off winner | 2 (2007, 2012) |
 Netherlands | Play-off winner | 4 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2005) |
 Croatia | Play-off winner | 3 (1999, 2001, 2012) |
Draw
The final tournament draw was held in Antwerp's Centrum Elzenveld, on 4 October 2013.[7][8]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
Match officials
UEFA named sixteen match officials to referee matches at the 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro final tournament.[9]
| Nationality | Name | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
 Austria | Gerald Bauernfeind | 1 April 1981 |
| Belgium | Pascal Lemal | 21 November 1972 |
| Croatia | Saša Tomić | 23 August 1975 |
| Czech Republic | Ondřej Černý | 11 April 1979 |
 England | Marc Birkett | 3 February 1978 |
 Finland | Timo Onatsu | 17 March 1973 |
 Hungary | Balázs Farkas | 25 March 1975 |
| Italy | Alessandro Malfer | 23 January 1975 |
 Poland | Sebastian Stawicki | 23 January 1975 |
| Portugal | Eduardo José Fernandes Coelho | 10 October 1979 |
| Romania | Bogdan Sorescu | 21 August 1974 |
| Russia | Ivan Shabanov | 15 August 1978 |
| Slovenia | Borut Šivic | 20 April 1971 |
| Spain | Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras | 26 January 1971 |
 Turkey | Kamil Çetin | 11 October 1984 |
| Ukraine | Oleg Ivanov | 12 October 1972 |
Squads
Group stage
In the group stage, a total of twelve matches (three matches per group) were played between 28 January and 2 February at a rate of two matches each day. The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progressed to the knockout stage, while the third-placed team was eliminated from the tournament.
- Tie-breaking
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[10]
- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
If, after having applied criteria 1–3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1–3 are reapplied to determine their final ranking. If this does not lead to a decision, the following criteria apply:
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Fair play ranking of the teams in question;
- Drawing of lots.
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Team advanced to the knockout stage |
All times local (CET or UTC+01:00).
Group A
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 |
| Portugal |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
| Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0–5 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Report | João Matos  6'Joel 13'Cardinal 36'Bruno Coelho 38', 39' |
| Portugal | 4–4 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardinho 23' Gonçalo 29', 34'Fukin  32' (o.g.) |
Report | Abramov 23' Pereverzev 25'Eder Lima 30', 35' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 3 |
| Slovenia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 0–7 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Romano 2' Fortino 4'Honorio 16'Vampeta 25'Gabriel Lima 27'Mammarella 32'Miarelli 40' |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 4 |
| Croatia |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Czech Republic |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1–8 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Belej 26' |
Report | Fernandão 7', 23' Sergio Lozano 20' (pen.), 37'Ortiz 25'José Ruiz 33'Raúl Campos 35'Pola 38' |
Knockout stage
The knockout stage matches, which includes quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-off and the final, will be played at the Sportpaleis arena. If a match is drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, an extra-time consisting of two five-minute periods is played. If teams are still leveled after extra-time, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner. In the third place match, the extra-time is skipped and the decision goes directly to kicks from the penalty mark.[10]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 February – Antwerp (Sportpaleis) | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 February – Antwerp (Sportpaleis) | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 February – Antwerp (Sportpaleis) | ||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 February – Antwerp (Sportpaleis) | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 1 | |||||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 February – Antwerp (Sportpaleis) | ||||||||||
| Russia | 1 | |||||||||
| Romania | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 February – Antwerp (Sportpaleis) | ||||||||||
| Russia | 6 | |||||||||
| Russia (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 February – Antwerp (Sportpaleis) | ||||||||||
| Spain | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
| Slovenia | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 February – Antwerp (Sportpaleis) | ||||||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 4 | |||||||||
| Spain | 8 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
| Portugal | 3–4 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardinho 13' Arnaldo 19'Joel 35' |
Report | Gabriel Lima 1', 31' Romano 23'Fortino 35' |
Third place match
| Portugal | 4–8 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardinho 8' Pedro Cary 12'Pedro Costa 26'Joel 36' |
Report | Fernandão 6', 38' José Ruíz 7'Sergio Lozano 7'Miguelín 17'Rafa Usín 18'Raúl Campos 20'Pola 40' |
Final
Final ranking
|
|
|
Goalscorers
Only goals scored in the final tournament are considered.[11]
- 8 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
Rodolfo Fortino- Gabriel Lima
Gašper Vrhovec
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Amadeu- Augusto
- Vitaliy Borisov
- Edu
- Felipe
Omar Rahou
Saša Babić- Dario Marinović
Roman Mareš- Jiří Novotný
- Saad Assis
- Daniel Giasson
- Humberto Honorio
- Stefano Mammarella
- Michele Miarelli
- Murilo
- Vampeta
Mohamed Attaibi
Pedro Cary- Pedro Costa
- João Matos
- Arnaldo Pereira
Vlad Iancu- Robert Lupu
- Florin Matei
- Emil Răducu
Aleksandr Fukin- Nikolai Pereverzev
- Vladislav Shayakhmetov
- Alen Fetić
- Uroš Kroflič
- Igor Osredkar
Ortiz
Dmytro Sorokin- Yevgen Valenko
- Marian Șotărcă
- Sergei Abramov
- 1 own goal
- Saad Salhi (against Romania)
- Aleksandr Fukin (against Portugal)