UEFA Futsal Euro 2022

Summary

The 2022 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2022, was the 12th 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 the Netherlands.

UEFA Futsal Euro 2022
Europees kampioenschap zaalvoetbal 2022
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam and Groningen
Dates19 January – 6 February
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Spain
Fourth place Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored173 (5.41 per match)
Attendance16,380 (512 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kazakhstan Birzhan Orazov
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Portugal Zicky Té
2018
2026

This is the first tournament to be held on a four-year basis and featuring 16 teams, as the competition was previously played every two years and included 12 teams since 2010. It took place between 19 January and 6 February 2022.[1]

Portugal won their second title in a row after defeating Russia in the final 4–2, thus becoming the second national team, after Spain, to successfully defend the title.

Host selection edit

The bidding procedure for hosting was launched on 12 October 2018, with a deadline of 21 January 2019 to express their interest in hosting. Seven associations expressed an interest in hosting:[2]

The final proposal had to delivered with the bid dossier by 30 May 2019 at the latest, and UEFA received three bids:[3]

The UEFA Executive Committee selected the Netherlands as hosts on 24 September 2019 in Ljubljana.[4][5]

Qualification edit

The 15 teams which joined automatically qualified hosts Netherlands in the finals were decided by qualifying running from 29 January 2020 to November 2021.[6][7]

Qualified teams edit

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Futsal Euro1
  Netherlands Hosts 24 September 2019 5 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2014)
  Croatia Group 1 winners 9 March 2021 5 (1999, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Russia Group 2 winners 9 March 2021 11 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Azerbaijan Group 3 winners 9 March 2021 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Group 4 winners 10 March 2021 0 (Debut)
  Kazakhstan Group 5 winners 6 April 2021 2 (2016, 2018)
  Spain Group 6 winners 9 March 2021 11 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Italy Group 7 winners 9 March 2021 11 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Portugal Group 8 winners 12 April 2021 9 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Georgia Among best six runners-up 9 April 2021 0 (Debut)
  Slovenia Among best six runners-up 12 April 2021 6 (2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Finland Among best six runners-up 13 April 2021 0 (Debut)
  Slovakia Among best six runners-up 13 April 2021 0 (Debut)
  Poland Among best six runners-up 14 April 2021 2 (2001, 2018)
  Ukraine Among best six runners-up 14 April 2021 10 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Serbia Play-off winners 17 November 2021 6 (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Final draw edit

The final draw was held in Zeist on 18 October 2021.[8] The teams were seeded according to the UEFA senior men's futsal national team coefficient rankings, with the winner of the play-off taking the ranking of the contender with the higher coefficient, Serbia.[9] 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).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Spain (1)
  Russia (2)
  Portugal (3)
  Kazakhstan (4)

  Croatia (5)
  Azerbaijan (6)
  Serbia (7)
  Italy (8)

  Ukraine (10)
  Slovenia (11)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (12)
  Poland (13)

  Finland (14)
  Slovakia (16)
  Georgia (17)
  Netherlands (hosts) (19)

Venues edit

The tournament was held at two venues:[10]

Amsterdam Groningen
Ziggo Dome
Capacity: 10,500
MartiniPlaza
Capacity: 4,500
   

Due to COVID-19 restrictions in the Netherlands, initial games of the tournament were held behind closed doors. In the evening of 25 January, the Dutch government allowed a limited number of spectators to attend matches. On 26 January only fans who purchased tickets before the spectator ban could attend, and from 27 January ticket sales were open to the general public.[11] The capacity limits for the rest of the tournament were 1,250 at Ziggo Dome and 650 at MartiniPlaza.[12]

Squads edit

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. During the final tournament, each team is allowed to replace a maximum of one outfield player if he is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament. Each team is also allowed to temporarily replace a goalkeeper if there are fewer than two healthy goalkeepers.[7]

Group stage edit

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 20.01 and 20.02):[7]

  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 ranking for the final draw.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Knockout stage
2   Ukraine 3 1 0 2 8 5 +3 3[a]
3   Netherlands (H) 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3[a]
4   Serbia 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3[a]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ukraine 3 Pts, +4 GD; Netherlands 3 Pts, 0 GD; Serbia 3 Pts, −4 GD
Serbia  2–4  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nikola Jelić (Croatia), Chiara Perona (Italy)
Netherlands  3–2  Ukraine
  • Saadouni   21'34"
  • Attaibi   23'16"
  • Bouzambou   29'15"
Report
  • Zvarych   0'52"
  • Shoturma   37'00"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)

Serbia  1–6  Ukraine
  • Tomić   38'59"
Report
  • Zvarych   1'10"33'54"
  • Vasić   5'51" (o.g.)
  • Abakshyn   14'27"
  • Cherniavskyi   19'12"
  • Korsun   38'40"
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Grøndal Nissen (Denmark), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)
Portugal  4–1  Netherlands
Report
  • Bouyouzan   32'34"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vedran Babić (Croatia), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Ukraine  0–1  Portugal
Report Zicky Té   36'13"
Attendance: 448[13]
Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)
Netherlands  2–3  Serbia
  • Martinus   2'08"
  • Rakić   22'31" (o.g.)
Report
  • Rajčević   26'23"
  • Ramić   31'35"
  • Stojčevski   32'05"
Attendance: 1,250[14]
Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy), Nicola Manzione (Italy)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 14 7 +7 7 Knockout stage
2   Finland 3 1 1 1 7 10 −3 4
3   Slovenia 3 0 2 1 7 8 −1 2
4   Italy 3 0 2 1 6 9 −3 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Kazakhstan  4–4  Slovenia
Report
  • Totošković   10'33"
  • Fideršek   22'50"
  • Čeh   30'42"
  • Turk   32'25"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Victor Berg-Audic (France)
Italy  3–3  Finland
  • Nicolodi   2'28"
  • De Matos   29'02"38'44"
Report
  • Alamikkotervo   0'53"29'12"
  • Autio   32'23"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Petar Radojčić (Serbia)

Italy  2–2  Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)
Finland  2–6  Kazakhstan
  • Hosio   12'39"
  • Korpela   23'18"
Report
  • Orazov   17'02"31'03"
  • Higuita   24'06"
  • Knaub   28'55"33'09"
  • Valiullin   39'41"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)

Slovenia  1–2  Finland
Hozjan   37'54" Report
  • Jyrkiäinen   32'11"
  • Savolainen   34'44"
Attendance: 1,250[15]
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Victor Chaix (France)
Kazakhstan  4–1  Italy
Report Nicolodi   12'31""
Attendance: 395[16]
Referee: Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 9 Knockout stage
2   Slovakia 3 1 1 1 8 12 −4 4
3   Croatia 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4   Poland 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Russia  7–1  Slovakia
  • Antoshkin   9'58"22'54"29'35"
  • Sokolov   10'21"34'30"
  • Robinho   28'16"
  • Milovanov   36'33"
Report
  • Kozár   2'17"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)
Poland  1–3  Croatia
  • Hoły   13'25"
Report
  • Horvat   7'19"
  • Sekulić   13'40"
  • Jelovčić   17'17"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)

Croatia  0–4  Russia
Report
  • Antoshkin   2'33"25'55"
  • Paulinho   11'11"
  • Chishkala   19'15"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Victor Chaix (France), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Poland  2–2  Slovakia
  • Kriezel   6'24"
  • Hoły   32'35"
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Viktor Bugenko (Moldova), Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia)

Slovakia  5–3  Croatia
  • Směřička   7'20"34'12"
  • Kozár   19'44"
  • Drahovský   20'06"27'04" (pen.)
Report
  • Postružin   14'13"
  • Horvat   35'05"
  • Jelovčić   37'54"
Attendance: 670[17]
Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)
Russia  5–1  Poland
  • Sokolov   5'42"
  • Davydov   15'31"
  • Chishkala   21'11"28'20"
  • Milovanov   36'44"
Report
  • Leszczak   19'24" (pen.)
Attendance: 1,250[18]
Referee: David Urdánoz Apezteguía (Spain), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 2 1 0 15 3 +12 7 Knockout stage
2   Georgia 3 2 0 1 5 11 −6 6
3   Azerbaijan 3 1 1 1 8 7 +1 4
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Georgia  3–2  Azerbaijan
  • Elisandro   9'31"
  • Sebiskveradze   26'54"
  • Thales   31'30" (pen.)
Report
  • Vilela   5'14"6'26"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland)
Spain  5–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
  • Bošković   11'30"
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Chiara Perona (Italy)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–2  Georgia
  • Kahvedžić   6'19"
Report
  • Thales   24'59"
  • Petry Branco   27'47"
Attendance: 46[19]
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Vedran Babić (Croatia)
Spain  2–2  Azerbaijan
Report
Attendance: 80[20]
Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)

Georgia  0–8  Spain
Report
  • Borja   8'28"
  • Sergio Lozano   16'33" (pen.)
  • Chino   19'49"
  • Solano   21'00"
  • Todua   22'26" (o.g.)
  • Cecílio   26'52"
  • Adolfo   31'17"38'49"
Attendance: 437[21]
Referee: Andřej Černý (Czech Republic), Vedran Babic (Croatia)
Azerbaijan  4–2  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bolinha   6'22"
  • Eduardo   10'02"
  • Vilela   32'35"
  • Gallo   39'52"
Report
  • Radmilović   11'50" (pen.)
  • Kahvedžić   31'20"
Attendance: 1,250[22]
Referee: Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland), David Grøndal Nissen (Denmark)

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where extra time is not played but a direct penalty shoot-out is used, instead.[7]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
31 January – Amsterdam
 
 
  Portugal3
 
4 February – Amsterdam
 
  Finland2
 
  Portugal3
 
1 February – Amsterdam
 
  Spain2
 
  Spain5
 
6 February – Amsterdam
 
  Slovakia1
 
  Portugal4
 
31 January – Amsterdam
 
  Russia2
 
  Kazakhstan3
 
4 February – Amsterdam
 
  Ukraine5
 
  Ukraine2
 
1 February – Amsterdam
 
  Russia3 Third place match
 
  Russia3
 
6 February – Amsterdam
 
  Georgia1
 
  Spain4
 
 
  Ukraine1
 

Quarter-finals edit

Portugal  3–2  Finland
Report
  • Hosio   9'30"
  • Autio   26'54"
Attendance: 554[23]
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Cédric Pelissier (France)

Kazakhstan  3–5  Ukraine
Report
  • Shoturma   14'07"
  • Korsun   24'51"
  • Zvarych   29'40"
  • Razuvanov   38'19"
  • Lebid   38'44"
Attendance: 1,250[24]
Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)

Russia  3–1  Georgia
  • Niyazov   22'08"
  • Chishkala   27'32"39'54"
Report
  • Petry Branco   23'40"
Attendance: 1,250[25]
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)

Spain  5–1  Slovakia
Report
  • Serbin   33'48"
Attendance: 1,250[26]
Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Chiara Perona (Italy)

Semi-finals edit

Ukraine  2–3  Russia
  • Siryi   15'25"
  • Abakshyn   34'31"
Report
  • Sokolov   1'16"
  • Afanasyev   14'31"
  • Niyazov   30'01"
Attendance: 1,250[27]
Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Cédric Pelissier (France)

Portugal  3–2  Spain
Report
  • Raúl Gómez   0'17"
  • Chino   12'35"
Attendance: 1,250[28]
Referee: Nikola Jelić (Croatia), Vedran Babić (Croatia)

Third place match edit

Spain  4–1  Ukraine
  • Mellado   10'46"
  • Solano   17'54"
  • Boyis   30'40"
  • Adolfo   31'06"
Report
  • Cherniavskyi   16'52"
Attendance: 1,250[29]
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal)

Final edit

Portugal  4–2  Russia
Report
  • Sokolov   9'49"
  • Afanasyev   12'45"
Attendance: 1,250[30]
Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)

Ranking and statistics edit

  • Top eight teams advanced to the Knockout stage.

Final ranking edit

Tournament Music edit

Two songs were selected as the official tracks of the tournament:[31]

  • Blasterjaxx – God Mode (Official Futsal ’22 Kick-Off Tune)
  • MadBoys - We Made It (Official Futsal '22 GoalTune)

References edit

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  4. ^ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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  6. ^ "Futsal EURO 2022: format, calendar". UEFA.com. 2 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship 2020-22". UEFA.com.
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  15. ^ "Slovenia vs. Finland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Kazakhstan vs. Italy" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Slovakia vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Russia vs. Poland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Georgia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Spain vs. Azerbaijan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Georgia vs. Spain" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Azerbaijan vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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  26. ^ "Spain vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  27. ^ "Ukraine vs. Russia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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  31. ^ "UEFA FUTSAL EURO 2022 GOALTUNE CONTEST | Spinnin' Records". spinninrecords.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Futsal Euro Matches: 2022, UEFA.com