UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying

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Dates29 January 2020 – 17 November 2021[1]
Teams49 (from 1 confederation)
UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates29 January 2020 – 17 November 2021[1]
Teams49 (from 1 confederation)
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The UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying competition will be a men's futsal competition that determines the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Netherlands in the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 final tournament,[2] the first tournament to be held on a four-year basis and featuring 16 teams.[3]

A record number of 50 of the 55 UEFA member national teams entered the competition, including Austria and Northern Ireland which entered for the first time. Apart from hosts Netherlands, the remaining 49 teams entered the qualifying competition.[4] The 16 teams which advanced to the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup European qualifying elite round were given byes to the qualifying group stage, which for the first time would be played in home-and-away round-robin format, while the remaining 33 teams entered in the qualifying round.[5]

Tiebreakers

The qualifying competition consists of four rounds:[5][6]

  • Qualifying round: The 33 teams which enter this round are drawn into nine groups: six groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts before the draw. The nine group winners advance to the qualifying group stage, while the nine group runners-up and the five third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the qualifying round play-offs.
  • Qualifying round play-offs: The 14 teams are drawn into seven ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches. The seven winners advance to the qualifying group stage.
  • Qualifying group stage: The 32 teams (16 World Cup qualifying elite round teams which receive bye to this round, nine qualifying round group winners and seven qualifying round play-off winners) are drawn into eight groups of four. Each group is played in home-and-away round-robin format. The eight group winners and the six runners-up with the best record against all teams in their group qualify for the final tournament, while the remaining two runners-up advance to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The two teams play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last qualified team.

In the qualifying round and qualifying 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 14.01, 14.02 and 17.01):[6]

  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. (Qualifying group stage only) Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. 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;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. (Qualifying group stage only) Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. (Qualifying group stage only) Wins in all group matches;
  10. (Qualifying group stage only) Away wins in all group matches;
  11. (Qualifying round only) 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);
  12. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  13. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;
  14. (Qualifying round only) Drawing of lots.

To determine the five best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. To determine the six best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, all results are considered. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 14.04 and 15.02):[6]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. (Qualifying group stage only) Away goals scored;
  5. (Qualifying group stage only) Wins;
  6. (Qualifying group stage only) Away wins;
  7. Disciplinary points;
  8. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;
  9. (Qualifying round only) Drawing of lots

In the qualifying round play-offs and play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 21.01).[6]

Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA Futsal International Match Calendar.[5][7]

Schedule for UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying
Round Draw Dates Original dates
Qualifying round 7 November 2019 29 January – 1 February 2020
Qualifying round play-offs 13 February 2020 2–11 November 2020 6–15 April 2020
Qualifying group stage 2 September 2020 (originally 14 May 2020)
  • 6–9 December 2020
  • 25 January – 3 February 2021
  • 1–10 March 2021
  • 5–14 April 2021
  • Matchdays 1 & 2: February 2021
  • Matchdays 3 & 4: April 2021
  • Matchdays 5 & 6: September 2021
Play-offs 2 September 2020 (originally September 2021) 14–17 November 2021 October 2021

In the qualifying 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 13.03, 23.02 and 23.03):[6]

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 group positions.

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

In the qualifying group stage, the schedule of each group is as follows (Regulations Article 16.03):[6]

Qualifying group stage schedule
Matchday Matches
Matchday 1 2 v 3, 4 v 1
Matchday 2 1 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 3 3 v 1, 2 v 4
Matchday 4 1 v 3, 4 v 2
Matchday 5 3 v 2, 1 v 4
Matchday 6 2 v 1, 4 v 3

Qualifying round

Qualifying round play-offs

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round play-offs was held on 13 February 2020, 14:15 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[9] The seeding of the 14 teams (nine qualifying round group runners-up and best five qualifying round third-placed teams) was based on the new Elo-based futsal men's national-team coefficient ranking taken on 3 February 2020,[10] with the seven group runners-up with the highest coefficient ranking seeded in Pot 2, and the remaining two group runners-up and the five third-placed teams unseeded in Pot 1. They were drawn into seven ties, with the teams in Pot 2 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn against each other.

Seeded (Pot 2)
TeamPos.Coeff.[10]Rank
 North MacedoniaI21423.4925
 DenmarkG21225.8233
 GermanyF21181.1434
 GreeceC21164.9236
 ArmeniaB21158.7437
 CyprusA21145.8039
 LithuaniaE21131.4040
Unseeded (Pot 1)
TeamPos.Coeff.[10]Rank
 IsraelH21027.4041
 San MarinoD2894.0544
 TurkeyE31276.9528
 EnglandH31269.4629
 MontenegroB31260.2931
  SwitzerlandA31168.4935
 BulgariaD31153.2338

Matches

The winners of each tie advance to the qualifying group stage to join the 16 teams which receive byes and the nine qualifying round group winners. The qualifying round play-offs were originally scheduled to be played between 6 and 15 April 2020, but had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to a later date comprised tentatively between June and mid-December.[11][12] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the matches had been rescheduled to be played between 2 and 11 November 2020.[13][14]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Turkey  4–4 (a)  Greece 3–3 1–1
San Marino  1–4  Denmark 1–2 0–2
Israel  6–5  Cyprus 3–2 3–3
Switzerland  7–7 (a)  Germany 4–2 3–5
England  0–10 (awd.)[note 1]  North Macedonia 0–5 (awd.) 0–5 (awd.)
Bulgaria  1–7  Armenia 0–4 1–3
Montenegro  5–1  Lithuania 3–0 2–1

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

Turkey 3–3 Greece
  • C. Keskin Goal 1:01
  • B. Keskin Goal 18:41
  • Özçelik Goal 25:17
 Report
  • Manos Goal 2:00
  • Artinos Goal 8:19
  • Ntatis Goal 32:51
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland), Marco Rothenfluh (Switzerland)
Greece 1–1 Turkey
  • Ntatis Goal 15:56
 Report
  • C. Keskin Goal 39:18 (2pen.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alem Bajrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Igor Puzović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

4–4 on aggregate. Greece won on away goals and qualified for Group 3 of the qualifying group stage.

San Marino 1–2 Denmark
  • Michelotti Goal 32:51
 Report
  • Falck Goal 14:42
  • Fogt Goal 25:10
Attendance: 0
Referee: Petar Radojčić (Serbia), Nebojsa Panic (Serbia)
Denmark 2–0 San Marino
  • Laursen Goal 16:36
  • El-Ouaz Goal 26:32
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marjan Mladenovski (North Macedonia), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)

Denmark won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for Group 1 of the qualifying group stage.

Israel 3–2 Cyprus
  • Cohen Goal 1:11
  • Diedunov Goal 5:14, 26:24
 Report
  • Stylianou Goal 18:23
  • Skarparis Goal 20:07
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vlad Nicolae Ciobanu (Romania), Daniel Deca (Romania)
Cyprus 3–3 Israel
  • Kanjo Goal 1:01, 37:11
  • Alexiou Goal 12:10
 Report
  • Itzhak Halevy Goal 7:06
  • Diedunov Goal 19:56 (pen.), 35:48
Attendance: 0
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Arttu Kyynäräinen (Finland)

Israel won 6–5 on aggregate and qualified for Group 5 of the qualifying group stage.

Switzerland 4–2 Germany
  • Gössi Goal 13:22, 30:58
  • Marcoyannakis Goal 35:20
  • Silverio Goal 36:05
 Report
  • Fischer Goal 0:45
  • Saglam Goal 38:31
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stefan Vrijens (Belgium), Juan Boelen (Belgium)
Germany 5–3  Switzerland
  • Saglam Goal 6:50
  • Wittig Goal 11:26
  • Zankl Goal 29:48
  • Meyer Goal 31:10
  • Sipahi Goal 37:56
 Report
  • Buckson Goal 16:07, 28:20
  • Gössi Goal 28:36
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lukáš Peško (Slovakia), Rastislav Behancin (Slovakia)

7–7 on aggregate. Switzerland won on away goals and qualified for Group 6 of the qualifying group stage.

England 0–5
Awarded[15]		 North Macedonia
Report
North Macedonia 5–0
Awarded[15]		 England
Report

North Macedonia won on walkover (awarded 10–0 on aggregate) and qualified for Group 4 of the qualifying group stage.

Bulgaria 0–4 Armenia
Report
  • Manukian Goal 10:38 (2pen.), 17:51
  • Aslanian Goal 19:16
  • Sanosyan Goal 39:02
Referee: Antonios Adamopoulos (Greece), Panagiotis Ntalas (Greece)
Armenia 3–1 Bulgaria
  • Aslanian Goal 10:47
  • Galstyan Goal 28:09
  • Sanosyan Goal 31:34
 Report
  • Baharov Goal 28:00
Referee: Moshe Bohbot (Israel), Raafat Al Hamola (Israel)

Armenia won 7–1 on aggregate and qualified for Group 2 of the qualifying group stage.

Montenegro 3–0 Lithuania
  • Ćorović Goal 31:05
  • Vidaković Goal 35:06
  • Iv. Mugoša Goal 40:00 (2pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tomasz Frak (Poland), Sławomir Steczko (Poland)
Lithuania 1–2 Montenegro
  • Sendžikas Goal 24:35
 Report
  • Drašković Goal 9:32
  • Vidaković Goal 23:36
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Montenegro won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for Group 7 of the qualifying group stage.

Qualifying group stage

Play-offs

The winner qualifies for the final tournament. The play-offs were originally scheduled to be played in October 2021. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the matches had been rescheduled to be played between 14 and 17 November 2021.[13][14]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Serbia  6–3  Belarus 3–1 3–2

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

Serbia 3–1 Belarus
  • Aleksić Goal 6:26
  • Scherbich Goal 17:36 (o.g.)
  • Pršić Goal 27:36
 Report
  • Los Goal 37:19
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)
Belarus 2–3 Serbia
  • Selyuk Goal 35:03
  • Krikun Goal 39:33
 Report
  • Tomić Goal 11:34
  • Momčilović Goal 16:06
  • Rakić Goal 26:26
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.[5]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Futsal Euro1
 NetherlandsHosts24 September 2019[2]5 (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-up16 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.

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