2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) explained

Tourney Name:FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Year:2025
Dates:[1]
Country:Main round:
Group 1: Serbia
Group 2: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group 3: Czech Republic
Group 4: Moldova
Elite round:
France and Italy
Num Teams:25
Confederations:1
Matches:33
Goals:220
Attendance:5329
Top Scorer: Sara Boutimah
(6 goals)
Nextseason:2029
Updated:19 October 2024

The European qualifying competition for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup is the women's futsal competition that will determine the four UEFA teams in the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup in the Philippines.

Format

The qualifying competition consists of two stages:[2]

Teams

A total of 25 (out of 55) UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, with England, France and Norway making their competitive debuts.[3] [4] The teams were seeded based on their Women's Futsal National Team Coefficient ranking.[5] The two highest-ranked teams advanced directly to the elite round, while the remaining teams entered the main round.

Teams entering main round
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Notes

Schedule

The qualifying matches are scheduled on dates within the FIFA Futsal International Match Calendar.[1]

Schedule for 2025 FIFA
Futsal Women's World Cup European qualifying
RoundDrawDates
Main round30 May 2024[6] 15–19 October 2024
Elite round31 October 202418–23 March 2025

Main round

The winners of each group will advance to the elite round, where they will join Spain and Portugal, who receive byes.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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

Qualified teams

The top two in each group qualify for the finals.

Teams that received a bye to this round
Teams qualified from the main round

Draw

The draw for the Elite round took place on 31 October, 2024. Pot 1 consisted of the two host countries (which were drawn into position 2 of the two groups), Pot 3 consisted of the two teams which received a bye to this round. They were drawn into position 1 of either group.[7]

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Result

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

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Group B

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Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup

The following four teams from UEFA qualified for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.

TeamQualified asQualified on
Elite round Group A winnersMarch 2025
Elite round Group A runners-upMarch 2025
Elite round Group B winnersMarch 2025
Elite round Group B runners-upMarch 2025

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Futsal Women's World Cup qualifying: Format, calendar. UEFA. 16 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup. UEFA. 16 September 2024.
  3. Web site: Road to Glory: UEFA Qualifying Unveiled for Inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup 2025. 28 January 2024. futsalfocus.net. 16 September 2024.
  4. Web site: England name first EVER futsal Lionesses squad as they fight for a place at the first Women's World Cup in 2025. 13 September 2024. dailymail.co.uk. 16 September 2024.
  5. Web site: UEFA women's futsal national team coefficient ranking. uefa.com. UEFA. 16 September 2024.
  6. Web site: Futsal Women's World Cup qualifying main round draw. 30 May 2024. uefa.com. UEFA. 16 September 2024.
  7. Web site: Futsal Women's World Cup elite round draw Women’s Futsal European Qualifiers . UEFA.com . 29 October 2024 . en.