The 2018 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2018, was the 11th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It was hosted for the first time in Slovenia, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on 26 January 2015.^[1] Slovenia was chosen ahead of other bids from Macedonia and Romania.

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UEFA Futsal Euro 2018

Evropsko prvenstvo v futsalu 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Ljubljana
Dates	30 January – 10 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	91 (4.55 per match)
Attendance	101,934 (5,097 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ricardinho (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Ricardinho
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The final tournament was contested from 30 January to 10 February and comprised 12 teams, eleven of which joined the hosts Slovenia after overcoming a qualifying tournament. Matches took place at the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana. In their second appearance in the competition's final after 2010, Portugal defeated seven-time winners and defending champions Spain 3–2, after extra-time, to win their first European title.^[2]

This was the last tournament to be held on a two-year basis and featuring 12 teams, as the competition will be played every four years, starting from 2022, and include 16 teams.^[3]

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Germany and Kosovo which entered for the first time), and with the hosts Slovenia qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament.^[4] The qualifying competition, which took place from January to September 2017, consisted of three rounds:^[5]

• Preliminary round: The 26 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into seven groups – five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The seven group winners advanced to the main round.
• Main round: The 28 teams (21 highest-ranked teams and seven preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The seven group winners qualified directly to the final tournament, while the seven runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the play-offs.
• Play-offs: The eight teams were drawn into four ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualified teams.

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.^[6]

More information Team, Method of qualification ...

Team	Method of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Slovenia	Hosts	6th	2016	Quarter-finals (2014)
Italy	Main round Group 1 winners	11th	2016	Champions (2003, 2014)
Azerbaijan	Main round Group 2 winners	5th	2016	Fourth place (2010)
Ukraine	Main round Group 3 winners	10th	2016	Runners-up (2001, 2003)
Portugal	Main round Group 4 winners	9th	2016	Runners-up (2010)
Spain	Main round Group 5 winners	11th	2016	Champions (1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Kazakhstan	Main round Group 6 winners	2nd	2016	Third place (2016)
Russia	Main round Group 7 winners	11th	2016	Champions (1999)
France	Play-off winners	1st	—	Debut
Poland	Play-off winners	2nd	2001	Group stage (2001)
Romania	Play-off winners	4th	2014	Quarter-finals (2012, 2014)
Serbia	Play-off winners	6th	2016	Fourth place (2016)

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Final draw

The final draw was held on 29 September 2017, 12:00 CEST (UTC+2), at Ljubljana Castle in Ljubljana, Slovenia.^[7][8] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. Hosts Slovenia were assigned to position A1 in the draw, and the remaining teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, except that title holders Spain were automatically placed into Pot 1.^[9]

Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and one team from Pot 3. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group or in groups scheduled to be played on the same day (due to a potential clash of teams and clash of fans). Therefore, if Russia were drawn in Group B, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group C or D, and if Russia were drawn in Group C or D, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group A or B.

More information Team, Coeff ...

Hosts + Pot 1 Team Coeff Rank  Slovenia (hosts) 6.389 7  Spain (holders) 10.017 2  Russia 10.605 1  Portugal 9.250 3

Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank  Italy 8.889 4  Ukraine 7.944 5  Azerbaijan 7.544 6  Kazakhstan 6.333 8

Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank  Serbia 5.556 9  Romania 4.278 12  Poland 2.056 19  France 1.278 23

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Ljubljana

Location of the 2018 UEFA Futsal Euro final tournament host city

All matches were played at the 12,480-capacity for futsal matches Arena Stožice in Ljubljana.^[1]

A total of 16 match officials were appointed for the final tournament.^[6]

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.^[5]

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 16 October 2017.^[10]

The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

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 19.01 and 19.02):^[5]

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. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).^[11]

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia (H)	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Serbia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Italy	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

More information Slovenia, 2–2 ...

Slovenia	2–2	Serbia
Fetić  3'42" Vrhovec  14'20"	Report	Ramić  17'03" Tomić  39'32"

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30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 10,212^[12]

Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

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More information Serbia, 1–1 ...

Serbia	1–1	Italy
Tomić  29'24"	Report	De Luca  31'42"

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1 February 2018 (2018-02-01)

20:45

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 3,527^[12]

Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

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More information Italy, 1–2 ...

Italy	1–2	Slovenia
Honorio  3'17"	Report	Osredkar  30'27", 38'55"

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3 February 2018 (2018-02-03)

20:45

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 10,342^[12]

Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martínez Flores (Spain)

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4	Knockout stage
2	Russia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Poland	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

More information Russia, 1–1 ...

Russia	1–1	Poland
Chishkala  35'10"	Report	Kubik  39'51"

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30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)

20:45

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 3,192^[12]

Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Cédric Pelissier (France)

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More information Poland, 1–5 ...

Poland	1–5	Kazakhstan
Solecki  27'56"	Report	Taynan  2'54" Orazov  8'56" Zhamankulov  19'01" Pershin  19'32" (2pen.) Douglas Jr.  36'41"

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1 February 2018 (2018-02-01)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 1,930^[12]

Referee: Alejandro Martínez Flores (Spain), Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)

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More information Kazakhstan, 1–1 ...

Kazakhstan	1–1	Russia
Douglas Jr.  23'25"	Report	Eder Lima  1'45"

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3 February 2018 (2018-02-03)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 7,018^[12]

Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Balázs Farkas (Hungary)

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	2	2	0	0	9	4	+5	6	Knockout stage
2	Ukraine	2	1	0	1	6	7	−1	3
3	Romania	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

More information Portugal, 4–1 ...

Portugal	4–1	Romania
Pedro Cary  3'48" Fábio Cecílio  18'46" Ricardinho  35'29" Bruno Coelho  37'00"	Report	Stoica  33'21"

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31 January 2018 (2018-01-31)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 3,093^[12]

Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

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More information Romania, 2–3 ...

Romania	2–3	Ukraine
Valadares  4'57" Ignat  10'33"	Report	Korolyshyn  19'27" Pediash  27'50" Shoturma  39'41"

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2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)

20:45

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 796^[12]

Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)

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More information Ukraine, 3–5 ...

Ukraine	3–5	Portugal
Razuvanov  28'00" Korolyshyn  31'59" Shoturma  39'44"	Report	Bruno Coelho  2'18" Tiago Brito  12'22" Pedro Cary  33'13" Nílson Miguel  35'30" Ricardinho  36'16"

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4 February 2018 (2018-02-04)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 4,411^[12]

Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Timo Onatsu (Finland)

Group D

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Azerbaijan	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
3	France	2	0	1	1	7	9	−2	1

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

More information Spain, 4–4 ...

Spain	4–4	France
Adolfo  10'37" Aigoun  19'30" (o.g.) Solano  26'48" Bebe  37'42"	Report	Mohammed  8'37" Alla  16'20" Mouhoudine  20'13" Ortiz  26'13" (o.g.)

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31 January 2018 (2018-01-31)

20:45

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 2,060^[12]

Referee: Balázs Farkas (Hungary), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)

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More information France, 3–5 ...

France	3–5	Azerbaijan
N'Gala  6'59" Mohammed  20'05" Mouhoudine  39'33"	Report	Bolinha  2'26", 22'02", 23'30" Everton Cardoso  28'56" Eduardo  37'09"

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2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 912^[12]

Referee: Angelo Galante (Italy), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

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More information Azerbaijan, 0–1 ...

Azerbaijan	0–1	Spain
	Report	Pola  13'21"

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4 February 2018 (2018-02-04)

20:45

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 3,076^[12]

Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)

If a match is drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, an extra time consisting of two five-minute periods is played. If teams are still leveled after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner. In the third place match, the extra time is skipped and the decision goes directly to kicks from the penalty mark (Regulations Articles 20.02 and 20.03).^[5]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	5 February – Ljubljana
	Slovenia	0
					8 February – Ljubljana
	Russia	2
					Russia	2
	6 February – Ljubljana
					Portugal	3
	Portugal	8
									10 February – Ljubljana
	Azerbaijan	1
									Portugal (a.e.t.)	3
	5 February – Ljubljana
									Spain	2
	Serbia	1
					8 February – Ljubljana
	Kazakhstan	3
					Kazakhstan	5 (1)
	6 February – Ljubljana
					Spain (p)	5 (3)			Third place
	Ukraine	0
									10 February – Ljubljana
	Spain	1
									Russia	1
									Kazakhstan	0

Quarter-finals

More information Serbia, 1–3 ...

Serbia	1–3	Kazakhstan
Rajčević  35'24"	Report	Zhamankulov  6'07" Taynan  22'17" Douglas Jr.  39'37"

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5 February 2018 (2018-02-05)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 5,246^[12]

Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Marc Birkett (England)

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More information Slovenia, 0–2 ...

Slovenia	0–2	Russia
	Report	Eder Lima  26'12" Robinho  39'36"

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5 February 2018 (2018-02-05)

21:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 10,369^[12]

Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)

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More information Portugal, 8–1 ...

Portugal	8–1	Azerbaijan
Pedro Cary  2'05", 5'43" Pany Varela  9'40" Ricardinho  10'31", 19'32", 25'31", 31'15" Bruno Coelho  24'09"	Report	Everton Cardoso  0'54"

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6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 3,150^[12]

Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Saša Tomić (Croatia)

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More information Ukraine, 0–1 ...

Ukraine	0–1	Spain
	Report	Pola  17'02"

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6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)

21:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 2,351^[12]

Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Angelo Galante (Italy)

Semi-finals

More information Russia, 2–3 ...

Russia	2–3	Portugal
Eder Lima  3'12", 39'11"	Report	André Coelho  30'03", 35'44" Bruno Coelho  39'04"

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8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 6,023^[12]

Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Balázs Farkas (Hungary)

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More information Kazakhstan, 5–5 (a.e.t.) ...

Kazakhstan	5–5 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Taynan  7'04" Higuita  24'14" Taku  24'59" Douglas Jr.  38'41" Zhamankulov  47'33"	Report	Yesenamanov  15'34" (o.g.) Tolrà  18'42" Joselito  28'08" Pola  33'01" Miguelín  42'27"
Penalties
Taynan Pershin	1–3	Miguelín Ortiz Lin

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8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)

21:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 5,657^[12]

Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

Third place match

More information Russia, 1–0 ...

Russia	1–0	Kazakhstan
Éder Lima  28'51"	Report

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10 February 2018 (2018-02-10)

18:00

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 8,217^[12]

Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martínez Flores (Spain)

Final

More information Portugal, 3–2 (a.e.t.) ...

Portugal	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Ricardinho  00'59" Bruno Coelho  38'18", 49'05" (2pen.)	Report	Tolrà  18'54" Lin  31'36"

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10 February 2018 (2018-02-10)

20:45

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 10,352^[12]

Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Saša Tomić (Croatia)

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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