UEFA Futsal Euro 2016

The 2016 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2016, was the 10th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It was hosted for the first time in Serbia, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012.[1] Serbia was chosen ahead of other bids from Bulgaria and Macedonia.

UEFA Futsal Euro 2016
Европско првенство у футсалу 2016
Evropsko prvenstvo u futsalu 2016
Tournament details
Host countrySerbia
CityBelgrade
Dates2–13 February
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (7th title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Kazakhstan
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored129 (6.45 per match)
Attendance113,961 (5,698 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kazakhstan Serik Zhamankulov
Portugal Ricardinho
Spain Álex
Spain Miguelín
Spain Mario Rivillos
(6 goals each)
Best player(s)Spain Miguelín

The final tournament was contested from 2 to 13 February 2016 by twelve teams, eleven of which joined the hosts Serbia after overcoming a qualifying tournament. The matches were played in the Belgrade Arena in the city of Belgrade.

Qualification

A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Scotland which entered for the first time), and with the hosts Serbia qualifying automatically, the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament.[2] The qualifying competition, which took place from January to September 2015, consisted of three rounds:[3]

  • Preliminary round: The 24 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The six group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the main round.
  • Main round: The 28 teams (21 highest-ranked teams and seven preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The seven group winners qualified directly to the final tournament, while the seven runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The eight teams were drawn into four ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualified teams.

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 SerbiaHosts5th2012Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
 RussiaMain round Group 1 winners10th2014Champions (1999)
 SpainMain round Group 2 winners10th2014Champions (1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012)
 ItalyMain round Group 3 winners10th2014Champions (2003, 2014)
 UkraineMain round Group 4 winners9th2014Runners-up (2001, 2003)
 SloveniaMain round Group 5 winners5th2014Quarter-finals (2014)
 CroatiaMain round Group 6 winners5th2014Fourth place (2012)
 PortugalMain round Group 7 winners8th2014Runners-up (2010)
 HungaryPlay-off winners3rd2010Group stage (2005, 2010)
 KazakhstanPlay-off winners1stDebut
 Czech RepublicPlay-off winners8th2014Semi-finals (2003), Third place (2010)
 AzerbaijanPlay-off winners4th2014Fourth place (2010)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 2 October 2015, 12:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Belgrade Town Hall in Belgrade, Serbia,[4] where former Serbian footballer Dejan Stanković was unveiled as the tournament ambassador and made the draw.[5] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, with the hosts Serbia (assigned to position A1 in the draw) and the title holders Italy automatically placed into Pot 1.[6]

Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and one team from Pot 3. 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). Therefore, if Russia were drawn in Group B, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group C or D, and if Russia were drawn in Group C or D, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group A or B.[7]

Pot 1
TeamCoeffRank
 Serbia (hosts)4.5288
 Italy (holders)8.2782
 Spain8.4101
 Russia8.1673
Pot 2
TeamCoeffRank
 Portugal7.0004
 Ukraine5.8895
 Croatia4.6676
 Czech Republic4.5287
Pot 3
TeamCoeffRank
 Slovenia4.16710
 Azerbaijan3.72211
 Hungary2.66712
 Kazakhstan1.66719

Venues

Belgrade is located in Serbia
Belgrade
Belgrade
Location of the 2016 UEFA Futsal Euro final tournament host city in Serbia

All matches were played at the Kombank Arena. During the course of the championship, the arena was renamed from Kombank Arena to Belgrade Arena, for sponsorship reasons.[8][9] Originally the Pionir Arena was proposed to host group stage matches.

Belgrade
Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 11,161

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.[3]

Group stage

The schedule of the tournament was confirmed on 28 October 2015.[10]

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

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CET (UTC+1).[11]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia (H) 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 6 Knockout stage
2  Portugal 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 3
3  Slovenia 2 0 0 2 3 11 8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia 5–1 Slovenia
Janjić 14' (pen.)
Kocić 21', 30'
Rajčević 27'
Pršić 34'
Report Osredkar 3'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

Slovenia 2–6 Portugal
Čujec 3'
Vrhovec 20'
Report Fábio Cecílio 5', 40'
Ricardinho 16', 24', 33'
Pedro Cary 31'
Attendance: 2,270[12]
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia), Saša Tomić (Croatia)

Portugal 1–3 Serbia
Ricardinho 15' Report Kocić 8'
Rajčević 37'
Simić 40'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain), Pascal Lemal (Belgium)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6 6 Knockout stage
2  Ukraine 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 3
3  Hungary 2 0 0 2 5 11 6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 5–2 Hungary
Németh 8' (o.g.)
Bebe 15'
Miguelín 20', 29'
Andresito 36'
Report Dróth 24', 38'
Attendance: 5,100[12]
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)

Hungary 3–6 Ukraine
Dróth 8', 34'
Trencsényi 30'
Report D. Sorokin 2'
Bondar 7', 35'
Ovsyannikov 25'
Myko. Grytsyna 30'
Valenko 36'
Attendance: 2,445[12]
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

Ukraine 1–4 Spain
Myko. Grytsyna 38' Report Álex 20', 34'
Rivillos 30', 40'
Attendance: 9,850[12]
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Knockout stage
2  Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
3  Croatia 2 0 1 1 4 6 2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Russia 2–1 Kazakhstan
Romulo 12', 12' Report Zhamankulov 13'
Attendance: 2,115[12]
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

Kazakhstan 4–2 Croatia
Douglas 6'
Suleimanov 7'
Zhamankulov 17', 27'
Report Matošević 7'
Suton 33'
Attendance: 1,555[12]
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)

Croatia 2–2 Russia
Robinho 9' (o.g.)
Novak 25'
Report Abramov 12'
Pereverzev 39'
Attendance: 1,550[12]
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 6 Knockout stage
2  Azerbaijan 2 1 0 1 6 8 2 3
3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 5 13 8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Italy 3–0 Azerbaijan
Alex Merlim 20', 21'
Giasson 29'
Report
Attendance: 2,200[12]
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)

Azerbaijan 6–5 Czech Republic
Farzaliyev 6'
Borisov 7'
De Araujo 12'
Eduardo 20'
Augusto 27'
Rafael 40'
Report Záruba 10'
Holý 12'
Rešetár 16'
Novotný 24'
Kovács 31'
Attendance: 1,756[12]
Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria)

Czech Republic 0–7 Italy
Report Fortino 1', 22'
Gabriel Lima 11'
Alex Merlim 21'
Koudelka 22' (o.g.)
Honorio 24'
Patias 33'
Attendance: 1,020[12]
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Knockout stage

If a match was drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, an extra time consisting of two five-minute periods would be played. If teams were still leveled after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. In the third place match, the extra time would be skipped and the decision would go directly to kicks from the penalty mark.[3]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 February – Belgrade
 
 
 Serbia2
 
11 February – Belgrade
 
 Ukraine1
 
 Serbia2
 
9 February – Belgrade
 
 Russia (a.e.t.)3
 
 Russia6
 
13 February – Belgrade
 
 Azerbaijan2
 
 Russia3
 
8 February – Belgrade
 
 Spain7
 
 Spain6
 
11 February – Belgrade
 
 Portugal2
 
 Spain5
 
9 February – Belgrade
 
 Kazakhstan3 Third place
 
 Italy2
 
13 February – Belgrade
 
 Kazakhstan5
 
 Serbia2
 
 
 Kazakhstan5
 

Quarter-finals

Serbia 2–1 Ukraine
Kocić 2'
Simić 40'
Report Myko. Grytsyna 24'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania), Marc Birkett (England)

Portugal 2–6 Spain
Ricardinho 23', 26' Report Miguelín 13' (pen.)
Rivillos 15', 40'
Álex 18', 35'
Raúl Campos 23'
Attendance: 8,850[12]
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

Russia 6–2 Azerbaijan
Abramov 7', 26'
Romulo 15'
Eder Lima 25', 39', 40'
Report Augusto 8', 29'
Attendance: 2,205[12]
Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium), Timo Onatsu (Finland)

Kazakhstan 5–2 Italy
Leo 16', 40'
Zhamankulov 19'
Yesenamanov 23'
Nurgozhin 37'
Report Fortino 23'
Canal 37'
Attendance: 1,740[12]
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Cédric Pelissier (France)

Semi-finals

Serbia 2–3 (a.e.t.) Russia
Kocić 26'
Simić 36'
Report Eder Lima 13'
Abramov 33'
Romulo 44'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

Spain 5–3 Kazakhstan
Bebe 8'
Miguelín 17'
Raúl Campos 18', 39'
Álex 27'
Report Dovgan 4'
Leo 36'
Zhamankulov 38'
Attendance: 7,150[12]
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

Third place match

Serbia 2–5 Kazakhstan
Rakić 38'
Rajčević 40'
Report Douglas 20', 30', 34'
Zhamankulov 21'
Higuita 32'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Final

Russia 3–7 Spain
Romulo 20'
Robinho 32'
Milovanov 40'
Report Álex 9'
Pola 16', 17'
Rivillos 17', 36'
Miguelín 31', 35'
Attendance: 8,350[12]
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)

Final ranking

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Czech Republic Tomáš Koudelka (playing against Italy)
  • Hungary Péter Németh (playing against Spain)
  • Russia Robinho (playing against Croatia)

Source: UEFA.com[13]

Awards

Sponsorship

Global sponsors National sponsors

Broadcasters

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