UEFA Futsal Euro 2016

UEFA Futsal Euro 2016

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Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Dates	2–13 February 2016
Teams	12 (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 played	20
Goals scored	129 (6.45 per match)
Attendance	163,962 (8,198 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mario Rivillos Plaza (6 goals)
Best player	Miguel Sayago
Best goalkeeper	Higuita

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.

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
Serbia	Hosts	05 !5th	2012	05 !Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
Russia	Main round Group 1 winners	10 !10th	2014	01 !Champions (1999)
Spain	Main round Group 2 winners	10 !10th	2014	01 !Champions (1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012)
Italy	Main round Group 3 winners	10 !10th	2014	01 !Champions (2003, 2014)
Ukraine	Main round Group 4 winners	09 !9th	2014	02 !Runners-up (2001, 2003)
Slovenia	Main round Group 5 winners	05 !5th	2014	05 !Quarter-finals (2014)
Croatia	Main round Group 6 winners	05 !5th	2014	04 !Fourth place (2012)
Portugal	Main round Group 7 winners	08 !8th	2014	02 !Runners-up (2010)
Hungary	Play-off winners	03 !3rd	2010	06 !Group stage (2005, 2010)
Kazakhstan	Play-off winners	01 !1st	—	99 !Debut
Czech Republic	Play-off winners	08 !8th	2014	03 !Semi-finals (2003), Third place (2010)
Azerbaijan	Play-off winners	04 !4th	2014	04 !Fourth 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 Team Coeff Rank  Serbia (hosts) 4.528 8  Italy (holders) 8.278 2  Spain 8.410 1  Russia 8.167 3

Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank  Portugal 7.000 4  Ukraine 5.889 5  Croatia 4.667 6  Czech Republic 4.528 7

Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank  Slovenia 4.167 10  Azerbaijan 3.722 11  Hungary 2.667 12  Kazakhstan 1.667 19

Venues

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.

Venue	Belgrade Arena
Capacity	11,161
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 February – Belgrade
	Serbia	2
					11 February – Belgrade
	Ukraine	1
					Serbia	2
	9 February – Belgrade
					Russia (a.e.t.)	3
	Russia	6
									13 February – Belgrade
	Azerbaijan	2
									Russia	3
	8 February – Belgrade
									Spain	7
	Portugal	2
					11 February – Belgrade
	Spain	6
					Spain	5
	9 February – Belgrade
					Kazakhstan	3			Third Place
	Kazakhstan	5
									13 February – Belgrade
	Italy	2
									Serbia	2
									Kazakhstan	5

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Final ranking

Goalscorers

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• Tomáš Koudelka (playing against Italy)
• Péter Németh (playing against Spain)
• Robinho (playing against Croatia)

Source: UEFA.com^[12]

Sponsorship

Global sponsors	National sponsors
Adidas[13] Carlsberg[14] Coca-Cola[15] Continental[16] Hisense[17] Kia[18] McDonald's[19] Mondo[20] SOCAR[21] Turkish Airlines[22]	Intersport Komercijalna banka Radio S Lav pivo

Broadcasters

• Azerbaijan: CBC Sport^[23]
• Brazil: Globosat^[23]
• Caribbean: ESPN
•  Central America: ESPN
• Europe: Eurosport^[23]
• Hungary: MTV^[23]
• Iran: Varzesh^[24]
• Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Radio and Television Corporation^[23]
• Malaysia: Astro^[23]
• Middle East and North Africa: beIN Sports^[23]
• Mexico: ESPN Latin America
• Portugal: TVI^[25]
• Russia: Match TV^[23]
• Serbia: RTS^[23]
• South America: ESPN
• Spain: Mega (Spanish television channel) (Atresmedia)^[26]
• United States: ESPN (English) and ESPN Deportes (Spanish)

References

External links

• Official website
• UEFA Futsal EURO Serbia 2016, UEFA.com