2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament explained
The 2017 UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament was an international youth futsal competition organised by UEFA as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Two under-18 national teams each from Europe qualify for the boys' tournament and the girls' tournament.[1]
Players born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament, which was played in various venues between 1–4 November 2017.[2] [3] [4]
Format
The teams were drawn into groups of four teams (four groups for men's, two groups for women's). Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were selected as hosts.[2]
Men's tournament
| Tourney Name: | UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament – Men's |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Country: | Serbia |
| Country2: | Slovakia |
| Country3: | Croatia |
| Country4: | Slovenia |
| Dates: | 1–4 November 2017 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 202 |
The top 16 (out of 55) UEFA members in the UEFA men's futsal rankings were invited to the tournament.[2] [3]
- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.
- (H): Qualification group hosts
All times CET (UTC+1).
Group A
--------
Group B
--------
Group C
--------
Group D
--------
Overall ranking
Women's tournament
| Tourney Name: | UEFA Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament – Women's |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Country2: | Spain |
| Dates: | 1–4 November 2017 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Matches: | 12 |
| Goals: | 98 |
The top eight (out of 55) UEFA members in the UEFA men's futsal rankings were invited to the tournament.[2] [3]
- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.
- (H): Qualification group hosts
All times CET (UTC+1).
Group A
--------
Group B
--------
Overall ranking
Qualified teams for Youth Olympics
The following two teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.[5]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Youth Olympics |
|---|
| | 0 (debut) |
| (confirmed) | 0 (debut) | |
The following two teams from UEFA qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament.[6]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Youth Olympics |
|---|
| | 0 (debut) |
| | 0 (debut) | |
- Notes
- Since teams from the same association cannot play in both the Youth Olympics boys' and girls' tournaments, if teams from the same association qualify for both tournaments, they must nominate their preferred qualification team, and the next best ranked team will qualify instead if one of the qualified teams are not nominated.
- As participation in team sports (futsal, beach handball, field hockey, and rugby sevens) are limited to one team per gender for each National Olympic Committee (NOC), the participating teams of the 2018 Youth Olympics futsal tournament will be confirmed by mid-2018 after each qualified NOC confirms their participation and any unused qualification places are reallocated.[1]
Notes and References
- Web site: QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018. 23 March 2017. 7 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200807215144/https://comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/FIFA-Football.pdf. dead.
- Web site: UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions. UEFA.com. 4 April 2017.
- Web site: YOG Buenos Aires 2018 - Qualifiers. Futsal Planet. 2018-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143417/http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=20761. 2018-06-12. dead.
- Web site: Youth Olympics futsal qualifying report. UEFA.com. 7 November 2017.
- Web site: Buenos Aires 2018: men’s futsal tournament line-up confirmed. https://web.archive.org/web/20180820124712/https://www.fifa.com/mensyoutholympic/news/y=2018/m=8/news=pending-buenos-aires-2018-participantes-del-torneo-masculino-confirmados.html. dead. August 20, 2018. 19 August 2018.
- Web site: Buenos Aires 2018: women’s futsal tournament line-up taking shape. https://web.archive.org/web/20180820115349/https://www.fifa.com/womensyoutholympic/news/y=2018/m=8/news=buenos-aires-2018-women-s-futsal-tournament-line-up-taking-shape.html. dead. August 20, 2018. FIFA.com. 19 August 2018.
