UEFA Futsal Championship

The UEFA European Futsal Championship[1] is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations).

UEFA Futsal Championship
Organising bodyUEFA
Founded1996
RegionEurope
Number of teams46 (Qualifiers)
16 (Finals)
Qualifier forFutsal Finalissima
Current champions Portugal
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Spain (7 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The first tournament was held in Spain in 1996 and featured only six teams. The tournament was expanded to eight teams in 1999 and held every two years, and further to 12 teams in 2010.

After 2018, the tournament was expanded to 16 teams and held every four years, to avoid leap years when the FIFA Futsal World Cup is being played. The first 16-team tournament was held in 2022 in the Netherlands.[2]

Qualification

  1. 1996 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
  2. 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
  3. 2001 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
  4. 2003 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
  5. 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
  6. 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
  7. 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying
  8. UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 qualifying
  9. UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 qualifying
  10. UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying
  11. UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying
  12. UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying

Editions

# Year Host Final Third place match Teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1996
Details
Spain
Spain

Spain
5–3
Russia

Belgium
3–2 (a.e.t.)
Italy
6 (18)
2 1999
Details
Spain
Spain

Russia
3–3 (a.e.t.)
4–2 (p)

Spain

Italy
3–0
Netherlands
8 (25)
3 2001
Details
Russia
Russia

Spain
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Ukraine

Russia
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Italy
8 (26)
4 2003
Details
Italy
Italy

Italy
1–0
Ukraine
 Spain and  Czech Republic 8 (29)
5 2005
Details
Czech Republic
Czech Republic

Spain
2–1
Russia

Italy
3–1
Ukraine
8 (34)
6 2007
Details
Portugal
Portugal

Spain
3–1
Italy

Russia
3–2
Portugal
8 (34)
7 2010
Details
Hungary
Hungary

Spain
4–2
Portugal

Czech Republic
5–3
Azerbaijan
12 (39)
8 2012
Details
Croatia
Croatia

Spain
3–1 (a.e.t.)
Russia

Italy
3–1
Croatia
12 (43)
9 2014
Details
Belgium
Belgium

Italy
3–1
Russia

Spain
8–4
Portugal
12 (45)
10 2016
Details
Serbia
Serbia

Spain
7–3
Russia

Kazakhstan
5–2
Serbia
12 (47)
11 2018
Details
Slovenia
Slovenia

Portugal
3–2 (a.e.t.)
Spain

Russia
1–0
Kazakhstan
12 (47)
12 2022
Details
Netherlands
Netherlands

Portugal
4–2
Russia

Spain
4–1
Ukraine
16 (50)
13 2026
Details
16 (50)

Debut of teams

Trophy
Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. CT
1996 Belgium,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Russia,  Spain,  Ukraine66
1999 Croatia,  Portugal,  FR Yugoslavia39
2001 Czech Republic,  Poland211
2003 Slovenia112
2005 Hungary113
2007 Romania114 Serbia
2010 Belarus,  Azerbaijan216
2012 Turkey117
2014017
2016 Kazakhstan118
2018 France119
2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Finland,  Georgia,  Slovakia423
2026

Performance by nations

Team Winners Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-finalists Total
 Spain 7 (1996*, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016) 2 (1999*, 2018) 2 (2014, 2022) 1 (2003) 12
 Italy 2 (2003*, 2014) 1 (2007) 3 (1999, 2005, 2012) 2 (1996, 2001) 8
 Portugal 2 (2018, 2022) 1 (2010) 2 (2007*, 2014) 5
 Russia 1 (1999) 6 (1996, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022) 3 (2001*, 2007, 2018) 10
 Ukraine 2 (2001, 2003) 2 (2005, 2022) 4
 Czech Republic 1 (2010) 1 (2003) 2
 Kazakhstan 1 (2016) 1 (2018) 2
 Belgium 1 (1996) 1
 Netherlands 1 (1999) 1
 Azerbaijan 1 (2010) 1
 Croatia 1 (2012*) 1
 Serbia 1 (2016*) 1
* = hosts

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finalists
  • 5th–8th – Fifth to Eighth place
  • 9th–12th – Ninth to Twelfth place
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •    — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter
  •  ×  – Withdrew from the European Championship / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  • Country not affiliated to UEFA at that time
  • Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  •    — Hosts
Team 1996
Spain
(6)
1999
Spain
(8)
2001
Russia
(8)
2003
Italy
(8)
2005
Czech Republic
(8)
2007
Portugal
(8)
2010
Hungary
(12)
2012
Croatia
(12)
2014
Belgium
(12)
2016
Serbia
(12)
2018
Slovenia
(12)
2022
Netherlands
(16)
2026
(16)
Years
 Azerbaijan4th10th9th8th7th9th 6
 Belarus9th 1
 Belgium3rd8th7th9th10th 5
 Bosnia and Herzegovina×16th 1
 Croatia5th5th4th8th9th11th 6
 Czech Republic6thSF5th8th3rd9th11th11th 8
 Finland×7th 1
 France×10th 1
 Georgia6th 1
 Hungary5th9th10th 3
 Italy4th3rd4th1st3rd2nd5th3rd1st5th9th14th 12
 Kazakhstan3rd4th5th 3
 Netherlands6th4th7th5th12th10th 6
 Poland8th11th15th 3
 Portugal6th5th5th4th2nd5th4th7th1st1st 10
 Romania××××6th7th6th12th 4
 Russia2nd1st3rd6th2nd3rd5th2nd2nd2nd3rd2nd 12
 Serbia5th5th6th4th8th12th 6 (7)[3]
 Slovakia8th 1
 Slovenia8th9th11th7th12th5th13th 7
 Spain1st2nd1stSF1st1st1st1st3rd1st2nd3rd 12
 Turkey××××××12th 1
 Ukraine5th2nd2nd4th7th5th8th5th6th6th4th 11
 FR Yugoslavia7th 1 (7)[3]

Summary (1996-2022)

RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1 Spain12594311522794+133140
2 Russia125634715178114+64109
3 Italy12472971114687+5994
4 Portugal104121713124104+2070
5 Ukraine114214622108111–349
6 Serbia72385105466–1229
7 Kazakhstan3147344934+1524
8 Azerbaijan6186395672–1621
9 Croatia6185493757–2019
10 Czech Republic824531664110–4618
11 Netherlands61933133971–3212
12 Romania4113082540–159
13 Belgium5142391742–259
14 Slovenia71823133668–329
15 Georgia14202614–86
16 Finland14112913–44
17 Slovakia14112917–74
18 Poland380261234–222
19 France1201179–21
20 Belarus12011614–81
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina13003411–70
22 Turkey1200218–70
23 Hungary370071636–200

Medals (1996-2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain72312
2 Italy2136
3 Portugal2103
4 Russia16310
5 Ukraine0202
6 Czech Republic0022
7 Belgium0011
 Kazakhstan0011
Totals (8 entries)12121337

FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifiers

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2 (19892008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  •    – Not an UEFA member
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team Netherlands
1989
Hong Kong
1992
Spain
1996
Guatemala
2000
Chinese Taipei
2004
Brazil
2008
Thailand
2012
Colombia
2016
Lithuania
2021
Uzbekistan
2024
Total
 AzerbaijanQF1
 Belgium4thR2R23
 CroatiaR21
 Czech RepublicR2R1R2R24
 DenmarkR11
 HungaryR11
 ItalyR2R1R22nd3rd3rdR27
 KazakhstanR24th2
 LithuaniaR11
 Netherlands2ndR2R2R24
 PolandR21
 Portugal3rdR2R1QF4th1st6
 RussiaR13rd4th4thQF2ndQF7
 SerbiaR2R22
 SpainR13rd2nd1st1st2nd2ndQFQF9
 Ukraine4thR2R2QFR25

See also

References

  1. "Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship 2020-22" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2019.
  2. "UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions". UEFA.com. 4 April 2017.
  3. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 all the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.
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