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UEFA Futsal Euro 2022

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UEFA Futsal Euro 2022
Europees kampioenschap zaalvoetbal 2022
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam and Groningen
Dates19 January – 6 February
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Spain
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored173 (5.41 per match)
Attendance16,380 (512 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kazakhstan Birzhan Orazov
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Portugal Zicky Té
← 2018
2026 →

The 2022 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2022, was the 12th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It was hosted for the first time in the Netherlands.

This is the first tournament to be held on a four-year basis and featuring 16 teams, as the competition was previously played every two years and included 12 teams since 2010. It took place between 19 January and 6 February 2022.[1]

Portugal won their second title in a row after defeating Russia in the final 4–2, thus becoming the second national team, after Spain, to successfully defend the title.

Host selection

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The bidding procedure for hosting was launched on 12 October 2018, with a deadline of 21 January 2019 to express their interest in hosting. Seven associations expressed an interest in hosting:[2]

The final proposal had to delivered with the bid dossier by 30 May 2019 at the latest, and UEFA received three bids:[3]

The UEFA Executive Committee selected the Netherlands as hosts on 24 September 2019 in Ljubljana.[4][5]

Qualification

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Main article: UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying

The 15 teams which joined automatically qualified hosts Netherlands in the finals were decided by qualifying running from 29 January 2020 to November 2021.[6][7]

Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Futsal Euro1
 Netherlands Hosts 24 September 2019 5 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2014)
 Croatia Group 1 winners 9 March 2021 5 (1999, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Russia Group 2 winners 9 March 2021 11 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Azerbaijan Group 3 winners 9 March 2021 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Group 4 winners 10 March 2021 0 (Debut)
 Kazakhstan Group 5 winners 6 April 2021 2 (2016, 2018)
 Spain Group 6 winners 9 March 2021 11 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Italy Group 7 winners 9 March 2021 11 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Portugal Group 8 winners 12 April 2021 9 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Georgia Among best six runners-up 9 April 2021 0 (Debut)
 Slovenia Among best six runners-up 12 April 2021 6 (2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Finland Among best six runners-up 13 April 2021 0 (Debut)
 Slovakia Among best six runners-up 13 April 2021 0 (Debut)
 Poland Among best six runners-up 14 April 2021 2 (2001, 2018)
 Ukraine Among best six runners-up 14 April 2021 10 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Serbia Play-off winners 17 November 2021 6 (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Final draw

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The final draw was held in Zeist on 18 October 2021.[8] The teams were seeded according to the UEFA senior men's futsal national team coefficient rankings, with the winner of the play-off taking the ranking of the contender with the higher coefficient, Serbia.[9] For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group or in groups scheduled to be played on the same day (due to a potential clash of teams and clash of fans).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Spain (1)
 Russia (2)
 Portugal (3)
 Kazakhstan (4)

 Croatia (5)
 Azerbaijan (6)
 Serbia (7)
 Italy (8)

 Ukraine (10)
 Slovenia (11)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (12)
 Poland (13)

 Finland (14)
 Slovakia (16)
 Georgia (17)
 Netherlands (hosts) (19)

Venues

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The tournament was held at two venues:[10]

Amsterdam Groningen
Ziggo Dome
Capacity: 10,500		 MartiniPlaza
Capacity: 4,500

Due to COVID-19 restrictions in the Netherlands, initial games of the tournament were held behind closed doors. In the evening of 25 January, the Dutch government allowed a limited number of spectators to attend matches. On 26 January only fans who purchased tickets before the spectator ban could attend, and from 27 January ticket sales were open to the general public.[11] The capacity limits for the rest of the tournament were 1,250 at Ziggo Dome and 650 at MartiniPlaza.[12]

Squads

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Main article: UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. During the final tournament, each team is allowed to replace a maximum of one outfield player if he is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament. Each team is also allowed to temporarily replace a goalkeeper if there are fewer than two healthy goalkeepers.[7]

Group stage

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The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the 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 20.01 and 20.02):[7]

  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 ranking for the final draw.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 8 5 +3 3[a]
3  Netherlands (H) 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3[a]
4  Serbia 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3[a]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ukraine 3 Pts, +4 GD; Netherlands 3 Pts, 0 GD; Serbia 3 Pts, −4 GD
Serbia 2–4 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nikola Jelić (Croatia), Chiara Perona (Italy)
Netherlands 3–2 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)
Serbia 1–6 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Grøndal Nissen (Denmark), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)
Portugal 4–1 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vedran Babić (Croatia), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)
Ukraine 0–1 Portugal
Report Zicky Té Goal 36'13"
Attendance: 448[13]
Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)
Netherlands 2–3 Serbia
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[14]
Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy), Nicola Manzione (Italy)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 14 7 +7 7 Knockout stage
2  Finland 3 1 1 1 7 10 −3 4
3  Slovenia 3 0 2 1 7 8 −1 2
4  Italy 3 0 2 1 6 9 −3 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Kazakhstan 4–4 Slovenia
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Victor Berg-Audic (France)
Italy 3–3 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Petar Radojčić (Serbia)
Italy 2–2 Slovenia
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)
Finland 2–6 Kazakhstan
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)
Slovenia 1–2 Finland
Hozjan Goal 37'54" Report
Attendance: 1,250[15]
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Victor Chaix (France)
Kazakhstan 4–1 Italy
 Report Nicolodi Goal 12'31""
Attendance: 395[16]
Referee: Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 8 12 −4 4
3  Croatia 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4  Poland 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Russia 7–1 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)
Poland 1–3 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)
Croatia 0–4 Russia
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Chaix (France), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Poland 2–2 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Viktor Bugenko (Moldova), Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia)
Slovakia 5–3 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 670[17]
Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)
Russia 5–1 Poland
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[18]
Referee: David Urdánoz Apezteguía (Spain), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 15 3 +12 7 Knockout stage
2  Georgia 3 2 0 1 5 11 −6 6
3  Azerbaijan 3 1 1 1 8 7 +1 4
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Georgia 3–2 Azerbaijan
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland)
Spain 5–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Chiara Perona (Italy)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 46[19]
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Vedran Babić (Croatia)
Spain 2–2 Azerbaijan
 Report
Attendance: 80[20]
Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)
Georgia 0–8 Spain
Report
Attendance: 437[21]
Referee: Andřej Černý (Czech Republic), Vedran Babic (Croatia)
Azerbaijan 4–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[22]
Referee: Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland), David Grøndal Nissen (Denmark)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where extra time is not played but a direct penalty shoot-out is used, instead.[7]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
31 January – Amsterdam
 
 
 Portugal3
 
4 February – Amsterdam
 
 Finland2
 
 Portugal3
 
1 February – Amsterdam
 
 Spain2
 
 Spain5
 
6 February – Amsterdam
 
 Slovakia1
 
 Portugal4
 
31 January – Amsterdam
 
 Russia2
 
 Kazakhstan3
 
4 February – Amsterdam
 
 Ukraine5
 
 Ukraine2
 
1 February – Amsterdam
 
 Russia3 Third place match
 
 Russia3
 
6 February – Amsterdam
 
 Georgia1
 
 Spain4
 
 
 Ukraine1
 

Quarter-finals

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Portugal 3–2 Finland
 Report
Attendance: 554[23]
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Kazakhstan 3–5 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[24]
Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)
Russia 3–1 Georgia
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[25]
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)
Spain 5–1 Slovakia
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[26]
Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Chiara Perona (Italy)

Semi-finals

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Ukraine 2–3 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[27]
Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Portugal 3–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[28]
Referee: Nikola Jelić (Croatia), Vedran Babić (Croatia)

Third place match

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Spain 4–1 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[29]
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal)

Final

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Portugal 4–2 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 1,250[30]
Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)

Ranking and statistics

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  • Top eight teams advanced to the Knockout stage.

Final ranking

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Tournament Music

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Two songs were selected as the official tracks of the tournament:[31]

  • Blasterjaxx – God Mode (Official Futsal ’22 Kick-Off Tune)
  • MadBoys - We Made It (Official Futsal '22 GoalTune)

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Seven associations interested in hosting UEFA Futsal EURO 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Three associations bidding to host UEFA Futsal EURO 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 June 2019.
  4. ^ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Netherlands selected to host Futsal EURO 2022". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Futsal EURO 2022: format, calendar". UEFA.com. 2 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship 2020-22". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "Futsal EURO 2022 finals draw: 18 October". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "Men's Futsal National Team Coefficients". UEFA.com.
  10. ^ "Futsal EURO 2022: Netherlands". UEFA.com. 8 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Fans able to attend UEFA Futsal EURO 2022 matches". KNVB. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  12. ^ "FAQ UEFA Futsal EURO 2022". KNVB. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Ukraine vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Netherlands vs. Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Slovenia vs. Finland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Kazakhstan vs. Italy" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Slovakia vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Russia vs. Poland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Spain vs. Azerbaijan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Georgia vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Portugal vs. Finland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Kazakhstan vs. Ukraine" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Russia vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Spain vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  27. ^ "Ukraine vs. Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  28. ^ "Portugal vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  29. ^ "Spain vs. Ukraine" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  30. ^ "Portugal vs. Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  31. ^ "UEFA FUTSAL EURO 2022 GOALTUNE CONTEST | Spinnin' Records". spinninrecords.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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