The UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 was the eighth official edition of the UEFA European Championship for national futsal teams. It was hosted by Croatia, and was played from January, 31 to February, 11. 12 teams competed for the title, with 11 teams gain entries from qualification rounds, while Croatia gained an automatic entry as hosts. The championship was played in the two biggest Croatian cities, Zagreb and the 15,024 seater Arena Zagreb and in Split, at the 10,931 capacity Spaladium Arena.

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2012 UEFA Futsal Euro 2012

UEFA Europsko futsal prvenstvo 2012
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Dates	31 January – 11 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (6th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	109 (5.45 per match)
Attendance	95,519 (4,776 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jordi Torras (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Kike
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Spain defended their title, having won it for the sixth consecutive time.^[1]

Three nations had made bids for the 2012 Championship. Alongside Croatia, Belgium – which had failed in the 2010 bid – made a new bid with Antwerp and Charleroi, while Macedonia made one with the city of Skopje. Croatia was selected to host the Championship by a decision made on 24 March 2010, at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Forty-two nations took part in 2012 edition. Host nation qualified directly, while other had to go through qualification rounds.

The qualification was played in two stages, with 24 sides competing in the preliminary round between 20–24 January 2011. The group winners progressed to join the other 18 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which was taking place between 24–27 February 2011, 24 teams were split in 6 groups of 4 teams. The winners and best five second-placed teams joined Croatia in the finals.

Qualified teams

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Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament1
Croatia	00Hosts	2 (1999, 2001)
Spain	00Group 1 winner	7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Azerbaijan	00Group 1 runner-up	1 (2010)
Russia	00Group 2 winner	7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Serbia	00Group 2 runner-up	3 (1999, 2007, 2010)
Portugal	00Group 3 winner	5 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Czech Republic	00Group 4 winner	5 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Romania	00Group 4 runner-up	1 (2007)
Ukraine	00Group 5 winner	6 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Turkey	00Group 5 runner-up	0 (debut)
Italy	00Group 6 winner	7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Slovenia	00Group 6 runner-up	2 (2003, 2010)

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UEFA announced the seedings on Monday, 28 February 2011, one day after the qualification was concluded. Croatia was automatically seeded as A1. The Draw was scheduled for 9 September 2011 in the Croatian capital Zagreb.