2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship

2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
City	Riga
Dates	8–14 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	78 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adrián Rodríguez; Antonio Pérez; (5 goals each)

The 2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Futsal Euro 2019) was the first edition of the UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship, the biennial international youth futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe.[1][2] The tournament was held at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia between 8–14 September 2019.[3][4]

A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Spain won the title to become the first UEFA Under-19 Futsal Euro champions.[5]

Host selection

The bid requirements were made available on 13 April 2018. A total of seven countries declared interest in hosting the tournament:

Only Georgia and Latvia submitted the bid dossier by the deadline of 25 July. Latvia were appointed as hosts by the UEFA Executive Committee on 27 September 2018.[3][4]

Qualification

A total of 35 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Latvia qualifying automatically, the other 34 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[6] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[7]

Preliminary round: The eight lowest-ranked teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The two group winners advanced to the main round.
Main round: The 28 teams (26 highest-ranked teams and two 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 to the final tournament.

The qualifying draw was held on 1 November 2018. The preliminary round was held between 21 and 26 January 2019, and the main round was held between 26 and 31 March 2019.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification
Latvia	Hosts
Poland	Main round Group 1 winners
Netherlands	Main round Group 2 winners
Portugal	Main round Group 3 winners
Ukraine	Main round Group 4 winners
Spain	Main round Group 5 winners
Russia	Main round Group 6 winners
Croatia	Main round Group 7 winners

Final draw

The final draw was held on 7 June 2019, 21:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Daugava Stadium in Riga, Latvia.[8] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Latvia were assigned to position A1 in the draw. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn into the same group.

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 25 June 2019.[9]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-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 18.01 and 18.02):[7]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
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);
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	13	2	+11	9	Knockout stage
2	Poland	3	2	1	7	6	+1	6	Knockout stage
3	Russia	3	1	2	8	8	0	3
4	Latvia (H)	3	0	3	2	14	−12	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

8 September 2019

17:30

Poland	3–2	Russia
Krzysztof Iwanek 10:03 Jakub Raszkowski 16:15 Bartosz Borowik 31:04 (2pen.)	Report	Pavel Karpov 3:27, 32:25

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Attendance: 475[10]

Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Vedran Babić (Croatia)

8 September 2019