UEFA Futsal Championship explained

Current:	UEFA Futsal Euro 2026
Organiser:	UEFA
Founded:	1996
Number Of Teams:	46 (Qualifiers) 16 (Finals)
Region:	Europe
Current Champions:	(2nd title)
Most Successful Team:	(7 titles)

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).

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
13. UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

Editions

	Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Teams
width=15% style="background:#fff68f"	Winner	Score	width=15% style="background:silver"	Runner-up	width=15% style="background:#a67d3d"	Third Place	Score	width=15% style="background:#9acdff"	Fourth Place
1	1996 Details	Spain		5–3			3–2		6 (18)
2	1999 Details	Spain		3–3 4–2			3–0		8 (25)
3	2001 Details	Russia		2–1			2–1		8 (26)
4	2003 Details			1–0			By Points		8 (29)
5	2005 Details	Czech Republic		2–1			3–1		8 (34)
6	2007 Details	Portugal		3–1			3–2		8 (34)
7	2010 Details	Hungary		4–2			5–3		12 (39)
8	2012 Details	Croatia		3–1			3–1		12 (43)
9	2014 Details	Belgium		3–1			8–4		12 (45)
10	2016 Details	Serbia		7–3			5–2		12 (47)
11	2018 Details	Slovenia		3–2			1–0		12 (47)
12	2022 Details	Netherlands		4–2			4–1		16 (50)
13	2026 Details	Latvia & Lithuania		–			–		16 (50)

Debut of teams

width=40 rowspan=2	Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Teams	width=40		width=40
	,,,,,	6	6
	,,	3	9
	,	2	11
		1	12
		1	13
		1	14
	,	2	16
		1	17
	–	0	17
		1	18
		1	19
	,,,	4	23
	,	2	25

Performance by nations

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists	Total
	7 (1996*, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016)	bgcolor=silver	2 (1999*, 2018)	2 (2014, 2022)	–	1 (2003)	12
	2 (2003*, 2014)	bgcolor=silver	1 (2007)	3 (1999, 2005, 2012)	2 (1996, 2001)	–	8
	2 (2018, 2022)	bgcolor=silver	1 (2010)	–	2 (2007*, 2014)	–	5
	1 (1999)	bgcolor=silver	6 (1996, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022)	3 (2001*, 2007, 2018)	–	–	10
	–	bgcolor=silver	2 (2001, 2003)	–	2 (2005, 2022)	–	4
	–	–	1 (2010)	–	1 (2003)	2
	–	–	1 (2016)	1 (2018)	–	2
	–	–	1 (1996)	–	–	1
	–	–	–	1 (1999)	–	1
	–	–	–	1 (2010)	–	1
	–	–	–	1 (2012*)	–	1
	–	–	–	1 (2016*)	–	1

* = hosts

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• – 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 (6)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2007 (8)	2010 (12)	2012 (12)	2014 (12)	2016 (12)	2018 (12)	2022 (16)	2026 (16)	Years
	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	10th	9th	8th	7th	9th		6
	•	•	•	•	•	•	9th	•	•	•	•	•		1
	3rd	8th	•	7th	•	•	9th	•	10th	•	•	•		5
	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16th		1
	•	5th	5th	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=#9acdff style="border:3px solid darkred"	4th	8th	9th	•	11th		6
	•	•	6th	SF	5th	8th	3rd	9th	11th	11th	•	•		8
	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th		1
	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10th	•		1
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6th		1
	•	•	•	•	5th	•	9th	•	•	10th	•	•		3
	4th	3rd	4th	bgcolor=Gold style="border:3px solid darkred"	1st	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	5th	3rd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	5th	9th	14th		12
		•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	4th	5th		3
	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	1
	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	1
	6th	4th	7th	•	5th	•	•	•	12th	•	•	10th		6
	•	•	8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11th	15th		3
	•	6th	•	5th	5th	bgcolor=#9acdff style="border:3px solid darkred"	4th	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	5th	4th	7th	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st		10
	×	×	×	×	•	6th	•	7th	6th	•	12th	•		4
	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid darkred"	3rd	6th	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	5th	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	×	12
		5th	5th	6th	•	bgcolor=#9acdff style="border:3px solid darkred"	4th	8th	12th		6 (7)^[3]
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th		1
	•	•	•	8th	•	•	9th	11th	7th	12th	5th	13th		7
	bgcolor=Gold style="border:3px solid darkred"	1st	bgcolor=Silver style="border:3px solid darkred"	2nd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	SF	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd		12
	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	12th	•	•	•	•		1
	5th	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	4th	7th	5th	8th	5th	6th	6th	4th		11
	•	7th	•	•	•		1 (7)

Summary (1996-2022)

Rank	width=200	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1		12	59	43	11	5	227	94	+133	140
2		12	56	34	7	15	178	114	+64	109
3		12	50	29	9	12	146	87	+59	96
4		10	41	21	7	13	124	104	+20	70
5		11	42	14	6	22	111	109	+2	48
6		7	23	8	5	10	54	66	–12	29
7		3	14	7	3	4	49	34	+15	24
8		6	18	6	3	9	56	72	–16	21
9		6	18	5	4	9	37	57	–20	19
10		8	24	5	3	16	64	110	–46	18
11		6	19	3	3	13	39	71	–32	12
12		4	11	3	0	8	25	40	–15	9
13		5	14	2	3	9	17	42	–25	9
14		7	18	2	3	13	36	68	–32	9
15		1	4	2	0	2	6	14	–8	6
16		1	4	1	1	2	9	13	–4	4
17		1	4	1	1	2	9	17	–8	4
18		3	8	0	2	6	12	34	–22	2
19		1	2	0	1	1	7	9	–2	1
20		1	2	0	1	1	6	14	–8	1
21		1	3	0	0	3	4	11	–7	0
22		1	2	0	0	2	1	8	–7	0
23		3	7	0	0	7	16	34	–18	0

FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifiers

Legend

1st – Champions2nd – Runners-up3rd – Third place4th – Fourth place

• QF – Quarterfinals
• R2 – Round 2 (1989 - 2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
• R1 – Round 1

     – Hosts

• • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

width=170	Team											Total
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray							QF			1
	4th	R2	R2								3
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray			R2							1
					R2	R1	R2		R2		4
	R1										1
										Q	1
	R1										1
	R2	R1	R2		2nd	3rd	3rd	R2			7
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray					R2	4th	Q	3
	bgcolor=gray									R1		1
	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid darkred"	2nd	R2	R2	R2							4
		R2									1
				3rd	R2	R1	QF	4th	1st	Q	7
	bgcolor=gray		R1	3rd	4th		4th	QF	2nd	QF		7
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray						R2		R2		2
	R1	3rd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid darkred"	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	QF	QF	Q	10
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		4th		R2	R2	QF	R2		Q	6

See also

• • UEFA Women's Futsal Championship UEFA Under-21 Futsal Championship
• UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship
• Futsal Finalissima
• UEFA Futsal Champions League
• Futsal European Clubs Championship
• European Futsal Cup Winners Cup
• European Women's Futsal Tournament
• European Universities Futsal Championships
• UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
• UEFS Futsal Women's Championship
• European Minifootball Federation
• EMF EURO

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship 2020-22. UEFA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20191107235418/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/61/92/34/2619234_DOWNLOAD.pdf. 7 November 2019. dead.
2. Web site: 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.