UEFA Futsal Euro 2026

The bidding procedure for hosting was launched in 2022, with a deadline of January 2023 to express their interest in hosting. UEFA requirements states the host country needs to have two arena, one with a spectator capacity of at least 7,500 and the other with at least 4,500.^[4]

The final proposal had to delivered with the bid dossier in May 2023 at the latest, and UEFA received four bids:^[4]

•  Belgium and  France
•  Finland
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania

Soon after, Belgium and France became two separate bids, while Latvia and Lithuania merged their bids.

•  Belgium
•  France
•  Finland
•  Latvia and  Lithuania

On 2 December 2023, Latvia and Lithuania were awarded the hosting rights in Hamburg, Germany.^[5][6]

However, problems emerged with the hosting arrangement after Belarus qualified, with neither country willing to host them due to the Russo-Ukrainian war.^[7][8] Latvia had stated that they were ready to relinquish their hosting rights if they had to host Belarus.^[9] UEFA was supposed to make a decision in May 2025 but it was delayed.^[10] On 27 June 2025, Slovenia were added as a third co-host, with two venues in Ljubljana.^[3] Lithuanian Football Federation general secretary, Edgaras Stankevičius, stated he supports the hosting system.^[11] The plan was approved by the Slovenian government as well.^[12][13] Belarus and Kazakhstan also stated an interest in hosting the event.^[14][15] The arrangement was very similar to the India and Pakistan cricket arrangement where neither side can play a world cup in the other country, so a neutral venue had to be found. Arena Stožice and Tivoli Arena were selected by Slovenia.

• On 22 October, UEFA representatives went to observe Lithuania's preparations for the second time.^[16]

• On 30 September, Slovenia's official website was released.^[17]
• On 17 October, Slovenian captain, Igor Osredkar, and former Slovenian football international, Bojan Jokić, were revealed as Slovenia's ambassadors.^[18][19]
• On 24 October, on the day of the draw, Slovenia set up a countdown clock for the tournament.^[20]
• Lithuanian boxer, Eimantas Stanionis, was announced as Lithuania's ambassador.^[21]
• On 27 October, a newly designed trophy for the Futsal Euro was shown for the first time.^[22]
• On 3 December, a press conference between president of the Slovenian Football Association, Radenko Mijatovic, and the deputy mayor of the Ljubljana Municipality, Samo Logar, took place in Ljubljana.^[23]
• On 5 December, the process of media accreditation in Lithuania was opened, with the deadline being the 7 January 2026.^[24]
• On 22 December, an event in the Domina shopping centre in Riga took place.^[25][26]

• On 9 January, the process of media accreditation in Latvia was opened.^[27]
• On 12 January, UEFA announced that each host country will have a unique court based on their national colours.^[28][29]

On 27 October at 12:00 CET, tickets sales started.^[30][31] The tickets were split into categories 1 and 2, priced at 20 and 15 Euros respectively.

• Tickets for Riga, Latvia
• Tickets for Kaunas, Lithuania
• Tickets for Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Adidas
• Alipay
• Atos
• Carlsberg
• Hisense
• Visit Qatar
• Dana (in Slovenia)
• Eventim (in Slovenia)

The tournament was held at four venues, with two in Ljubljana and one each in Riga and Kaunas.^[3] Before Slovenia's inclusion, the final was planned to be in Riga.^[35][36] The opening match was in Riga.^[37] The final was at Arena Stožice in Ljubljana. Latvia and Lithuania each hosted one group and a quarterfinal, while Slovenia hosted two groups and the remaining knockout stage matches. With UEFA not allowing arenas to include sponsors in their names, the Xiaomi Arena was changed to its original name, Arena Riga, for the tournament. Ljubljana became the first city to host two UEFA Futsal Euros.

• Ljubljana's Arena Stožice is Slovenia's biggest arena. Built in 2010, it has since hosted EuroBasket 2013, UEFA Futsal Euro 2018, 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship, 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, 2022 European Women's Handball Championship and EuroBasket Women 2023.^[38]

• The Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas is the largest arena in the Baltics. The venue has held EuroBasket 2011 and the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.^[39]

• The Arena Riga is Latvia's biggest indoor venue. Based in Riga, it has hosted various events including: EuroBasket in 2015 and 2025, the EuroBasket Women in 2009 and 2019, IIHF World Championship in 2006, 2021 and 2023 and the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships.^[40][41]

• The Tivoli Arena in Ljubljana has organised the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship and EuroBasket 2013. Before Slovenian independence, it also held various championships as Yugoslavia. The facility is primarily used for ice hockey.^[38]

Ljubljana	Kaunas Riga Ljubljana UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 (Europe)	Kaunas
Arena Stožice		Žalgiris Arena
Capacity: 10,600		Capacity: 10,198
Riga		Ljubljana
Arena Riga		Tivoli Arena
Capacity: 9,975		Capacity: 2,500

Venue	Rounds	Games
Arena Stožice	Group C and D, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final	16
Arena Riga	Group A, Quarter-finals	7
Žalgiris Arena	Group B, Quarter-finals	7
Tivoli Arena	Group C and D	2

The draw was held at 12:00 EET on 24 October 2025 at the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania.^{[42][43][44][45]} Lithuanian presenter, Gabrielė Martirosian hosted the draw. The guests were Portuguese futsal legend, Ricardinho and Lithuanian professional boxer and tournament ambassador Eimantas Stanionis, who assisted with the draw. Before the draw started, co-hosts Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia were all pre-allocated into positions A1, B1 and C1 in each of their groups respectively. The draw started with, in order, pots 1, 2, 3 and 4 being drawn, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the schedule).

There were two restrictions on the draw. Firstly, Belarus had to be drawn in a group held in Slovenia due to domestic laws in Latvia and Lithuania which prohibit matches involving Belarusian teams to be played in their countries. Secondly, Ukraine had to be drawn into a group held in Latvia and Lithuania to avoid playing Belarus as far into the tournament as possible (if the scenario does happen).

The seeding was based on the UEFA men's futsal national team coefficient rankings as of 26 September 2025.^[46]

Pot 1

Team	Rank	Coeff
Portugal	1	2945.674
Spain	2	2639.875
Ukraine	5	2344.186
France	6	2193.280

Pot 2

Team	Rank	Coeff
Croatia	7	2068.750
Italy	8	1957.470
Slovenia (H)	9	1921.849
Czech Republic	10	1914.870

Pot 3

Team	Rank	Coeff
Poland	11	1908.193
Armenia	13	1828.292
Georgia	14	1786.617
Belarus	15	1781.380

Pot 4

Team	Rank	Coeff
Belgium	18	1717.559
Hungary	20	1675.045
Latvia (H)	27	1387.298
Lithuania (H)	35	1195.609

Group A in Riga

Pos	Team
A1	Latvia (H)
A2	Croatia
A3	Georgia
A4	France

Group B in Kaunas

Pos	Team
B1	Lithuania (H)
B2	Armenia
B3	Czech Republic
B4	Ukraine

Group C in Ljubljana

Pos	Team
C1	Slovenia (H)
C2	Belarus
C3	Spain
C4	Belgium

Group D in Ljubljana

Pos	Team
D1	Poland
D2	Italy
D3	Hungary
D4	Portugal

UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 – Draw

Draw Live Streaming (in Slovenian)

Each national team had to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. During the tournament, each team was allowed to replace a maximum of one outfield player if they were injured or ill preventing them from participating in the tournament. Each team was also allowed to temporarily replace a goalkeeper if there were fewer than two healthy goalkeepers.^[47]

A total of 32 referees and four referee observers were selected for the tournament. They were split into two groups – one for matches in Latvia and Lithuania, and one for matches in Slovenia.^[48]

Each match was officiated by a team of four referees and a timekeeper. Any referee may be one of the two referees on the pitch, the third referee, the fourth referee, or the timekeeper.

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where extra time was not played but instead a direct penalty shoot-out was used.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	31 January – Xiaomi Arena, Riga
	France (a.e.t.)	4
					4 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
	Ukraine	2
					France	1
	1 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
					Portugal	4
	Portugal	8
									7 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
	Belgium	2
									Portugal	3
	31 January – Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
									Spain	5
	Armenia	0
					4 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
	Croatia	3
					Croatia	1
	1 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
					Spain	2			Third place match
	Spain	4
									7 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
	Italy	0
									France	5 (5)
									Croatia (p)	5 (6)

31 January 2026 (2026-01-31)

17:00 UTC+2

France	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine
Gueddoura  27'05" Mouhoudine  40'51" (pen.), 44'55", 47'19"	Report	Zhuk  29'01" (pen.) Korsun  47'34" (pen.)

Arena Riga, Riga

Attendance: 1,821^[76]

Referee: Cristiano Santos (Portugal), Rúben Santos (Portugal)

31 January 2026 (2026-01-31)

20:00 UTC+2

Armenia	0–3	Croatia
	Report	Mataja  2'42", 15'48" Vukmir  6'04"

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas

Attendance: 1,078^[77]

Referee: Juan José Cordero (Spain), Alejandro Martínez (Spain)

1 February 2026 (2026-02-01)

16:00 UTC+1

Portugal	8–2	Belgium
B. Coelho  12'47" Pany Varela  16'38", 25'10", 39'59" A. Coelho  19'09" Góis  22'47" Lúcio Jr  28'23" Pauleta  39'42"	Report	Pany Varela  8'06" (o.g.) Aabbou  32'56"

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 1,115^[78]

Referee: Damian Grabowski (Poland), Arttu Kyynäräinen (Finland)

1 February 2026 (2026-02-01)

19:30 UTC+1

Spain	4–0	Italy
Cortés  11'03" Pérez  19'09", 25:03 Motta  35'58" (o.g.)	Report

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 1,361^[79]

Referee: Julien Lang (France), Victor Chaix (France)

4 February 2026 (2026-02-04)

17:00 UTC+1

Croatia	1–2	Spain
Rivillos  36'29" (o.g.)	Report	Ramírez  12'57" Mellado  18'42"

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 6,456^[80]

Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czechia), Chiara Perona (Italy)

4 February 2026 (2026-02-04)

20:30 UTC+1

France	1–4	Portugal
Touré  5'55"	Report	Santos  17'36" Paçó  18'43" Erick  28'13" Gueddoura  34'07" (o.g.)

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 3,173^[81]

Referee: Nikola Jelić (Croatia), Aleš Močnik Perič (Slovenia)

7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)

16:00 UTC+1

France	5–5	Croatia
Menendez  3'02" Guirio  21'18", 31'19", 37'34" Mouhoudine  39'53"	Report	Sekulić  12'19" Jurlina  18'53" Jelovčić  20'20" Hrstić  29'03" Perić  35'59"
Penalties
A. Mohammed Guirio Tchato Gueddoura Mouhoudine Touré	5–6	Jelovčić Sekulić Kustura Perić Jurlina Vukmir

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 6,997^[82]

Referee: Damian Grabowski (Poland), Arttu Kyynäräinen (Finland)

7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)

19:30 UTC+1

Portugal	3–5	Spain
Afonso  4'43" Góis  6'35" Pauleta  29'19"	Report	Pérez  1'18", 19'20" (pen.), 35'20" Raya  2'29" Adolfo  39'55"

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 8,126^[83]

Referee: Dejan Veselič (Slovenia), Nicola Manzione (Italy)

There were 183 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 5.72 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA

Team	Previous	New
Croatia	4th (2010)	3rd
France	Group stage (2018)	4th

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Spain	6	6	0	0	27	8	+19	18	Champions
2	Portugal	6	5	0	1	29	13	+16	15	Runners-up
3	Croatia	6	2	3	1	17	12	+5	9	Third place
4	France	6	3	2	1	20	14	+6	11	Fourth place
5	Armenia	4	2	1	1	10	11	−1	7	Quarter-finals
6	Ukraine	4	2	0	2	12	10	+2	6
7	Italy	4	1	1	2	8	12	−4	4
8	Belgium	4	1	0	3	13	23	−10	3
9	Hungary	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	4	Group stage
10	Slovenia (H)	3	1	0	2	8	11	−3	3
11	Latvia (H)	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
12	Belarus	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
13	Lithuania (H)	3	0	2	1	7	10	−3	2
14	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	10	13	−3	1
15	Georgia	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
16	Poland	3	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

The all-star team was announced on 9 February.^[84]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Bernardo Paçó
Defender	Antonio Pérez
Wing	Miguel Mellado
Wing	Pany Varela
Pivot	Pablo Ramírez

The player of the tournament was announced on 7 February.^[85]

MVP
Antonio Pérez

A man of the match award was given to the player deemed as playing the best in each match.^[86]

Round	Team	Match	Team	Player
Group A	Croatia	2–2	France	Franko Jelovčić
	Latvia	4–0	Georgia	Edgars Tarakanovs
	Croatia	2–2	Georgia	Ali Aslani
	France	5–0	Latvia	Souheil Mouhoudine
	Latvia	1–4	Croatia	Vítor Lima
	Georgia	1–3	France	Abdessamad Mohammed
Group B	Armenia	2–1	Ukraine	Mihran Dermenjyan
	Lithuania	3–3	Czech Republic	Ernestas Macenis
	Armenia	5–4	Czech Republic	Nikita Khromykh
	Ukraine	4–1	Lithuania	Ihor Cherniavskyi
	Lithuania	3–3	Armenia	Edgaras Baranauskas
	Czech Republic	3–5	Ukraine	Danyil Abakshyn
Group C	Belarus	0–4	Belgium	Omar Rahou
	Slovenia	1–4	Spain	Mellado
	Belarus	0–2	Spain	David Novoa
	Belgium	4–5	Slovenia	Matej Fideršek
	Slovenia	2–3	Belarus	Dmitri Shvedko
	Spain	10–3	Belgium	Pablo Ramírez
Group D	Italy	2–6	Portugal	Kutchy
	Hungary	4–2	Poland	Máté Suscsák
	Hungary	1–5	Portugal	Diogo Santos
	Poland	0–4	Italy	Julio De Oliveira
	Portugal	3–2	Poland	Michał Kałuża
	Italy	2–2	Hungary	Alex Merlim
Quarter-finals	France	4–2	Ukraine	Souheil Mouhoudine
	Armenia	0–3	Croatia	Ante Piplica
	Portugal	8–2	Belgium	Pany Varela
	Spain	4–0	Italy	Antonio Pérez
Semi-finals	Croatia	1–2	Spain	Pablo Ramírez
	France	1–4	Portugal	Tomás Paçó
Third place match	France	5–5 (5–6) PS	Croatia	Franko Jelovčić
Final	Portugal	3–5	Spain	Antonio Pérez

• Highest attended game: 8,126 (Portugal 3–5 Spain, 7 February)
• Lowest attended game: 300 Spain 10–3 Belgium, 29 January)
• Most goals in a game: 13 (Spain 10–3 Belgium, 29 January)
• Least goals in a game: 2 (Belarus 0–2 Spain, 26 January)
• Most goals by a team in a game: 10 (Spain 10–3 Belgium, 29 January)
• Least goals by a team in a game: 0 (Seven games)^[F]
• Biggest goal difference in a game: 7 (Spain 10–3 Belgium, 29 January)
• Biggest half time deficit in a game: 3 (Slovenia 0–4 Spain, 23 January)
• Most goals scored by a player in a game: 3 goals ( Omar Rahou vs Belarus, 23 January; Julio De Oliveira vs Poland, 24 January; Souheil Mouhoudine vs Ukraine, 31 January; Ouassini Guirio vs Croatia, 7 February; Antonio Pérez vs Portugal, 7 February)

• On 21 January, Latvia became the first hosts since Serbia in 2016 to win their opening game.
• On 22 January, at 18 years and 69 days old, Ukrainian player, Illia Prykhodko became the youngest player to appear at the finals.^[87]
• On 24 January, at 19 years and 168 days old, Polish player, Kacper Pawlus, became the youngest player to score at the finals, after scoring Poland's first goal in a 4–2 defeat to Hungary.^[87]
• On 26 January, at 40 years and 209 days old, Belgian player, Gréllo, became the oldest player to score at the finals, after scoring Belgium's first goal in a 5–4 defeat to Slovenia.^[87]
• On 29 January, Spain's 10–3 win over Belgium broke the record for most goals by a team in one match at the Euro.^[87] In the same match, Omar Rahou tied the competition record of 6 goals in the group stage.^[87]
• Armenia, Belarus, France, Hungary and Latvia won their first games at the finals.
• Belgium were condemned to their worst loss at the final tournament.
• Armenia became the first debutant since Azerbaijan in 2010 to win their group.

Venue	Total	Avr	Games
Arena Stožice	52,512	3,282	16
Žalgiris Arena	19,699	2,814	7
Arena Riga	18,031	2,575	7
Tivoli Arena	802	401	2

On 2 December, the broadcasting rights were announced.^[88][89] For countries with no stated broadcasting rights, matches were broadcast on UEFA.tv.