UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

The qualifying competition consisted of three rounds:^[4][6]

• Preliminary round: The 12 teams that entered this round were drawn into three groups. Each group played a single round-robin, with one of the teams selected as hosts before the draw. For each group, the winners and runners-up advance to the main round.
• Main round: The 40 teams (34 teams with the highest coefficient ranking, and six teams from the preliminary round) were drawn into ten groups. Each group played a home-and-away round-robin. The ten group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the eight best runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
• Play-offs: The eight teams were drawn into four two-legged home-and-away ties to determine the last four qualifiers.

In the preliminary round and main round, teams were 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 were 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. 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. (Preliminary 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);
8. (Main round only) Away goals scored in all group matches;
9. (Main round only) Wins in all group matches;
10. (Main round only) Away wins in all group matches;
11. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
12. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;

To determine the eight best runners-up from the main round. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 16.01):^[6]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;

In the play-offs, the team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualified for the final tournament. If the aggregate score was level, two 5-minute periods of extra time were played at the end of the second leg. The team which scored more goals during extra time qualifies for the next stage. If both teams scored the same number of goals during extra time, a penalty shoot-out determined which team qualified for the next stage (Regulations Article 22.03).^[6]

The qualifying matches were played on dates that fell within the FIFA Futsal International Match Calendar.^[6]

The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on all FIFA and UEFA national senior men's futsal team matches played since the UEFA European qualifying competition for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.^[6]

The 34 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 12 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the main round draw, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking.^[7]

Final tournament hosts

Team	Coeff.[7]	Rank
Latvia	1387.402	27
Lithuania	1195.790	33

Participating teams for UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

Teams entering main round Team Coeff.[7] Rank  Portugal 2715.953 1  Spain 2495.409 3  Kazakhstan 2418.002 4  Ukraine 2056.591 5  Croatia 1976.252 6  Finland 1970.212 7  France 1967.701 8  Poland 1924.072 9  Slovenia 1898.780 10  Serbia 1884.558 11  Italy 1873.140 12  Netherlands 1862.329 13  Czechia 1811.644 14  Romania 1806.321 15  Azerbaijan 1795.390 16  Georgia 1761.015 17  Slovakia 1664.887 18  Hungary 1635.528 19  Armenia 1626.853 20  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1609.649 21  Belarus 1521.865 22  Moldova 1514.719 23  Belgium 1504.554 24  North Macedonia 1451.512 25  Germany 1433.349 26  Sweden 1327.701 28  Montenegro 1306.735 29  Kosovo 1264.444 30  England 1204.183 31  Denmark 1199.225 32  Albania 1177.965 34  Norway 1173.463 35  Greece 1164.389 36  Turkey 1131.406 37

Teams entering preliminary round Team Coeff.[7] Rank  Israel 1128.385 38  Cyprus 1090.591 39   Switzerland 1066.246 40  Bulgaria 1031.006 41  Andorra 916.855 43  Malta 830.007 44  Gibraltar 809.650 45  Austria 794.108 46  Estonia 787.508 47  San Marino 762.906 48  Scotland 755.050 49  Northern Ireland 717.420 50

Did not enter

Team	Coeff.[7]	Rank
Russia[5]	2547.159	2
Wales	1011.432	42
Iceland	-	NR
Faroe Islands	-	NR
Liechtenstein	-	NR
Luxembourg	-	NR
Republic of Ireland	-	NR

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.
• NR: No rank.