2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Futsal Cup
Year:2016–17
Dates:Qualifying rounds:

Final tournament:
28–30 April 2017
Num Teams:Final tournament: 4
Total: 52
Associations:51
Champion Other: Inter FS
Count:4
Second Other: Sporting CP
Third Other: Kairat Almaty
Fourth Other: Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk
Matches:112
Goals:817
Top Scorer:Season total:
Bolinha
Alen Fetić
Nenê
Rami Tirkkonen
Denis Totošković

Final tournament:
Ricardinho [1]
Prevseason:2015–16
Nextseason:2017–18

The 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 31st edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament. This was the 16th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format organized by UEFA.

In the final, Inter FS defeated Sporting CP to win their fourth title. Kairat Almaty defeated Ugra Yugorsk, who were the defending champions, to finish third.

Teams

A total of 52 teams from 51 of the 55 UEFA member associations entered the tournament, which was a record number of entries and included first-time entrants from Kosovo and San Marino.[2] Each association could enter one team, the winners of their regular top domestic futsal league (or in special circumstances, the runners-up). Moreover, the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup qualified automatically as title holders, and thus their association could enter a second team.[3]

Teams were ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they entered. The top four teams (with the title holders being the automatic top seed) entered the elite round, the next 16 teams (ranked 5–20) entered the main round, and the bottom 32 teams (ranked 21–52) entered the preliminary round.

For teams entering the preliminary round or main round, they were assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw, with eight teams pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and six teams pre-selected as hosts for the main round (marked by (H) below).[4]

RankAssociationTeamQualified through
Elite round
1 Russia2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup34.000align=center rowspan=4—
2 KazakhstanKairat Almaty2015–16 Kazakhstani Futsal Championship50.333
3 SpainInter FS2015–16 Primera División de Futsal43.500
4 RussiaDinamo Moskva2015–16 Russian Futsal Super League33.000
Main round
5 PortugalSporting CP2015–16 Liga Portuguesa de Futsal26.166align=center rowspan=61
6 AzerbaijanAraz Naxçivan2015–16 Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League20.501
7 SerbiaEkonomac (H)2015–16 Serbian Prva Futsal Liga20.000
8 Czech RepublicEP Chrudim (H)2015–16 Czech Futsal First League19.001
9 HungaryETO Győr2015–16 Futsal Nemzeti Bajnokság I14.168
10 LatviaNikars Riga2015–16 Latvian Futsal Premier League12.500
11 BelarusLSM Lida2015–16 Belarusian Futsal Premier League10.833align=center rowspan=62
12 MacedoniaŽelezarec Skopje (H)2015–16 Macedonian Futsal First League9.501
13 BelgiumHalle-Gooik2015–16 Belgian Futsal Division 19.000
14 BulgariaGrand Pro Varna (H)2015–16 Bulgarian Premiere Futsal League8.625
15 FranceKremlin-Bicêtre United2015–16 Championnat de France de Futsal8.500
16 RomaniaCity'US Târgu Mureș2015–16 Futsal Liga I6.834
17 UkraineEnergia Lviv (H)2015–16 Extra-Liga6.834align=center rowspan=43
18 SlovakiaPinerola Bratislava2015–16 Slovak Futsal Extraliga6.500
19 ItalyReal Rieti (H)2015–16 Futsal Serie A6.334
20 CroatiaNacional Zagreb2015–16 Croatian Prva HMNL5.501
Preliminary round
21 CyprusAPOEL Nicosia2015–16 Cypriot Futsal First Division5.000align=center rowspan=81
22 GreeceAthina 902015–16 Hellenic Futsal Premiere League4.500
23 Bosnia and HerzegovinaCentar Sarajevo2015–16 Premier Futsal League of Bosnia and Herzegovina4.167
24 EnglandOxford City Lions2015–16 FA National Futsal League3.834
25 FinlandSievi Futsal (H)2015–16 Futsal-Liiga3.001
26 GermanyHamburg Panthers2015–16 DFB Futsal Cup2.750
27 NetherlandsAmsterdam SV2015–16 Topdivisie2.667
28 SloveniaBrezje Maribor (H)2015–16 Slovenian Futsal League2.500
29 GeorgiaTbilisi State University2015–16 Georgian Futsal League1.834align=center rowspan=82
30 SwedenIFK Göteborg2015–16 Swedish Futsal League1.584
31 DenmarkJB Futsal Gentofte2015–16 Danish Futsal Championship1.250
32 PolandZduńska Wola2015–16 Futsal Ekstraklasa1.167
33 Republic of IrelandBlue Magic FC Dublin2015–16 Irish Futsal National League1.083
34 NorwaySandefjord2015–16 NFF Futsal Eliteserie1.083
35 TurkeyIstanbul Üniversitesi SK2015–16 Turkish Futsal League0.999
36 AndorraFC Encamp (H)2015–16 Futsal Primera Divisió0.999
37 MoldovaClassic Chișinău (H)2015–16 Moldovan Futsal National Division0.875align=center rowspan=83
38 GibraltarLynx FC2015–16 Gibraltarian Futsal League0.834
39 AlbaniaKF Tirana2015–16 Albanian Futsal Championship0.750
40 MaltaValletta FC2015–16 Maltese Futsal Premier Division0.750
41 MontenegroMilitary Futsal Team (H)2015–16 Montenegrin Futsal First League0.584
42 AustriaSC Kaiserebersdorf (H)2015–16 Austrian Futsal Liga0.584
43 IsraelASA Tel Aviv2015–16 Israeli Futsal League0.500
44 ArmeniaASUE Futsal (H)2015–16 Armenian Futsal Premier League0.334
45 SwitzerlandAFM Futsal Maniacs2015–16 Swiss Futsal Championship0.334align=center rowspan=84
46 EstoniaFC Cosmos2015–16 Saalijalgpalli Meistriliiga0.250
47 LithuaniaFC Baltija (H)2015–16 Lithuanian Futsal Championship0.167
48 WalesCardiff University Futsal Club2015–16 Wales Futsal League0.000
49 ScotlandWattcell Futsal Club2015–16 Scottish Futsal League0.000
50 LuxembourgFC Munsbach2015–16 Luxembourg Futsal League0.000
51 KosovoFC Feniks2015–16 Kosovo Futsal League0.000
52 San MarinoTre Fiori2015–16 Campionato Sammarinese di Futsal0.000
+Did not enter
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Northern Ireland

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 7 July 2016, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5] [6] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:[4]

Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Azerbaijan/Armenia, Kosovo/Serbia, and Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina would not be drawn into the same group. Should any of the above teams win their preliminary round group and qualify for a main round group with a team they cannot play against, they would be swapped with the next available team in their seeding position following the alphabetical order of the groups.[4]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[7]

RoundDrawDates
Preliminary round7 July 201616–21 August 2016
Main round11–16 October 2016
Elite round21 October 201622–27 November 2016
Final tournament4 March 2017Semi-finals: 28 April 2017
Third place match & Final: 30 April 2017

Format

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.

In the final tournament, the four qualified teams play in knockout format (semi-finals, third place match, and final), either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams, or at a neutral venue.

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 apply;
  5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches;
  7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings are determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Coefficient ranking;
  10. Drawing of lots.

Preliminary round

The eight group winners advanced to the main round to join the 16 teams which received byes to the main round.

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Main round

The six group winners and the six group runners-up advanced to the elite round to join the four teams which received byes to the elite round.

All times were CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Elite round

The draw for the elite round was held on 21 October 2016, 13:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8] [9] [10] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one team which received byes to the elite round, and either two group winners and one group runner-up from the main round, or one group winner and two group runners-up from the main round. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts (marked by (H) below) were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Teams from the same main round group could not be drawn in the same group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, FC Feniks (Kosovo) and Ekonomac (Serbia) could not have been drawn into the same group.

+Bye to elite round
width=220Team
Ugra Yugorsk
Kairat Almaty (H)
Inter FS
Dinamo Moskva
+Advanced from main round
Groupwidth=190Winnerswidth=190Runners-up
1 ETO Győr Brezje Maribor (H)
2 Araz Naxçivan FC Feniks
3 Nikars Riga Hamburg Panthers
4 Ekonomac Nacional Zagreb (H)
5 Sporting CP (H) Real Rieti
6 EP Chrudim City'US Târgu Mureș

The four group winners advanced to the final tournament.

All times were CET (UTC+1).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final tournament

The hosts of the final tournament was selected by UEFA from the four qualified teams,[11] with UEFA announcing on 9 December 2016 that it would be hosted by Kairat Almaty at the Almaty Arena, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[12]

The draw for the final tournament was held on 4 March 2017, 15:45 ALMT (UTC+6), at the Almaty Central Stadium in Almaty, during half-time of the 2017 Kazakhstan Super Cup.[13] [14] The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions.

In the final tournament, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time would be used in the third place match.[3]

Bracket

All times are CEST (UTC+2); local times, ALMT (UTC+6), are in parentheses.[15]

Semi-finals

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Final

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamTotal
1 Bolinha Araz Naxçivan—81—9
Alen Fetić Brezje Maribor423—
Nenê APOEL Nicosia81——
Rami Tirkkonen Sievi Futsal9———
Denis Totošković Brezje Maribor531—
6 Diogo Sporting CP—3508
Divanei Kairat Almaty——71
Archil Sebiskveradze Tbilisi State University44——

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ricardinho top scores at Futsal Cup finals. UEFA.com. 30 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Record entry for 2016/17 UEFA Futsal Cup. UEFA.com. 5 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA Futsal Cup 2016/17. UEFA.com. 4 March 2016.
  4. Web site: UEFA Futsal Cup 2016/17 Draw Procedure & Coefficient Rankings. UEFA.
  5. Web site: UEFA Futsal Cup preliminary & main round draws. UEFA.com. 7 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Futsal Cup preliminary and main round draws. UEFA.com. 7 July 2016.
  7. Web site: 2016/17 UEFA Futsal Cup calendar. UEFA.com.
  8. Web site: UEFA Futsal Cup elite round draw. UEFA.com. 21 October 2016.
  9. Web site: UEFA Futsal Cup elite round hosts confirmed. UEFA.com. 18 October 2016.
  10. Web site: UEFA Futsal Cup elite round draw. UEFA.com. 21 October 2016.
  11. Web site: 2016/17 UEFA Futsal Cup finals. UEFA.com.
  12. Web site: Almaty Arena to stage UEFA Futsal Cup finals. UEFA.com. 9 December 2016.
  13. Web site: UEFA Futsal Cup final tournament draw. UEFA.com. 4 March 2017.
  14. Web site: Semi-final draw: Inter v Kairat, Ugra v Sporting. UEFA.com. 4 March 2017.
  15. Web site: 2017 UEFA Futsal Cup final tournament programme. UEFA.com.

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