UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying explained

Tourney Name:UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying
Num Teams:47
Confederations:1
Matches:86
Goals:510
Top Scorer: Halim Selmanaj
Archil Sebiskveradze
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2022

The UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying competition was a men's futsal competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Slovenia in the UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 final tournament.[1]

A total of 47 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Germany and Kosovo who entered for the first time).[2]

Format

The qualifying competition consists of three rounds:[3]

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round and main round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):[3]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient;
  10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the best third-placed team from the main round, the following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):[3]

  1. Points;
  2. Goal difference;
  3. Goals scored;
  4. Disciplinary points;
  5. UEFA coefficient;
  6. Drawing of lots.

In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 20.01).[3]

Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on the following dates.[2]

StageDates
Preliminary round24 January – 2 February 2017
Main round3–12 April 2017
Play-offs10–13 & 24–27 September 2017

Entrants

The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[3] [4]

The 21 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 26 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw, with seven teams each pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and the main round (marked by (H) below).[2]

+Final tournament hosts
width=210Team !
6,389 7
+Teams entering main round
+Seeding position 1
width=210Team !
10,605 1
10,017 2
9,250 3
8,889 4
(H) 7,944 5
(H) 7,544 6
(H) 6,333 8
+Seeding position 2
width=210Team !
5,556 9
5,556 10
4,667 11
(H) 4,278 12
4,222 13
3,389 14
3,333 15
+Seeding position 3
width=210Team !
3,278 16
3,000 17
(H) 2,667 18
(H) 2,056 19
2,000 20
1,583 21
(H) 1,444 22
+Teams entering preliminary round
+Seeding position 1
width=130Team !
1,278 23
(H) 1,222 24
(H) 1,028 25
1,000 26
0,944 27
0,944 28
0,889 29
+Seeding position 2
width=130Team !
0,750 30
0,722 31
0,667 32
(H) 0,611 33
0,472 34
0,444 35
0,389 36
+Seeding position 3
width=130Team !
(H) 0,389 37
0,333 38
0,333 39
(H) 0,222 40
(H) 0,222 41
0,111 42
(H) 0,111 43
+Seeding position 4
width=130Team !
0,000 44
0,000 45
0,000 46
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— —
Notes
+Did not enter
width=210Team !
— —
— —
— —
— —
— —
— —
— —

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 21 October 2016, 14:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[5] [6] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Azerbaijan/Armenia, Spain/Gibraltar, 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.

Preliminary round

All times are 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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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Main round

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group 1

Note: Belarus were originally to host.

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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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Group 7

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Play-offs

The draw for the play-offs was held on 6 July 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[7] [8] There were no seedings, with the only restriction that the best third-placed team (Poland) could not be drawn against the runner-up from the same main round group (Serbia).[9]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

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Serbia won 8–7 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.----France won 6–5 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.----Romania won 9–6 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.----Poland won 7–6 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in Futsal Euro1
5 (2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
10 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
9 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
8 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
10 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1 (2016)
10 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
5 (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016)
0 (debut)
3 (2007, 2012, 2014)
1 (2001)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

The following players scored six goals or more in the qualifying competition:

9 goals
7 goals
6 goals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slovenia selected to host Futsal EURO 2018. UEFA.com. 26 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Germany and Kosovo among Futsal EURO entrants. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 1 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship, 2017–18. UEFA.com. PDF.
  4. Web site: UEFA Futsal National Teams coefficient rankings 2017/18. UEFA.com.
  5. Web site: UEFA Futsal EURO preliminary & main round draws. UEFA.com. 21 October 2016.
  6. Web site: UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 qualifying draw. UEFA.com. 21 October 2016.
  7. Web site: UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 play-off draw. UEFA.com. 6 July 2017.
  8. Web site: Futsal EURO play-off draw made. UEFA.com. 6 July 2017.
  9. Web site: Watch the Futsal EURO play-off draw on Thursday. UEFA.com. 30 June 2017.

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