2017–18 UEFA Futsal Cup

For the 2017–18 UEFA Futsal Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017–18 UEFA Futsal National Team coefficient rankings, calculated based on the following:[5]

• UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 final tournament and qualifying competition
• UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 final tournament and qualifying competition
• 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition

Since the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Inter FS, are from the top three-ranked associations, the fourth-ranked association can also enter two teams.

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1 Russia 10,605 2 2 Spain 10,017 3 Portugal 9,250 4 Italy 8,889 5 Ukraine 7,944 1 6 Azerbaijan 7,544 7 Slovenia 6,389 8 Kazakhstan 6,333 9 Serbia 5,556 10 Croatia 5,556 11 Czech Republic 4,667 12 Romania 4,278 13 Hungary 4,222 14 Slovakia 3,389 15 Netherlands 3,333 16 Belgium 3,278 17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,000 18 Belarus 2,667 19 Poland 2,056

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 20 Macedonia 2,000 1 21 Finland 1,583 22 Turkey 1,444 23 France 1,278 24 Latvia 1,222 25 Georgia 1,028 26 Norway 1,000 27 Sweden 0,944 28 England 0,944 29 Greece 0,889 30 Moldova 0,750 31 Denmark 0,722 32 Montenegro 0,667 33 Bulgaria 0,611 34 Switzerland 0,472 35 Armenia 0,444 36 Andorra 0,389 37 Lithuania 0,389

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 38 Albania 0,333 1 39 Israel 0,333 40 Cyprus 0,222 41 Wales 0,222 42 Estonia 0,111 43 Gibraltar 0,111 44 Malta 0,000 45 San Marino 0,000 46 Scotland 0,000 (NR) Germany 0.000 Kosovo Austria Luxembourg Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Faroe Islands 0 (DNE) Iceland Liechtenstein

Notes

• (TH) – Additional berth for title holders
• (DNE) – Did not enter
• (NR) – No rank (association did not enter in the competitions used for computing coefficients)

Following expansion of the tournament, the top-ranked teams no longer receive byes to the elite round, and the number of teams in the main round is increased from 24 to 32. Teams are ranked according to their UEFA club coefficients,[6] computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they enter and their seeding positions in the preliminary and main round draws:[7]

• The title holders and the teams ranked 1–22 or 23 (depending on the number of entries) enter the main round, divided into Path A and Path B.
  • Path A contains the title holders and the teams ranked 1–11 and 16–19, and the 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four. The top three teams of each group advance to the elite round.
  • Path B contains the teams ranked 12–15 and 20–22 or 23, and together with the preliminary round qualifiers (8 or 9 teams), the 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four. The winners of each group advance to the elite round.
• The remaining teams enter the preliminary round, and are drawn into groups of three or four. The winners of each group plus one or more best runners-up advance to main round Path B.

The elite round remains to be contested by 16 teams, drawn into four groups of four, where the group winners and runners-up from main round Path A are seeded into the top two pots and kept apart if they are from the same group. The winners of each group advance to the final tournament, which is played in the same knockout format as before.

A record total of 56 teams from 52 associations entered this season's competition.[8] Two associations had no league as of 2016–17 (Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein). The champions of Iceland (UMF Selfoss) did not enter. Northern Ireland launched a futsal league in 2016, and entered for the first time, with their entrant to be confirmed after the draw in July 2017.

Among the entrants, 24 teams entered the main round and 32 teams entered the preliminary round. The hosts for the eight preliminary round groups and the eight main round groups were announced by UEFA on 20 June 2017.[9]

Legend

• TH: Futsal Cup title holders
• CH: National champions
• RU: National runners-up
• (H): Preliminary and main round hosts

Main round Rank Team Coeff.[6] Path Seed TH Inter FS (CH)[10] 57,000 A 1 1 Kairat Almaty (CH)[11] 45,500 2 Sporting CP (CH)[12] 38,166 3 Barcelona (RU)[10] 37,667 4 Dina Moskva (RU)[13] 28,334 2 5 Dinamo Moskva (CH)[13] 25,001 6 EP Chrudim (CH)[14] 19,502 7 Ekonomac (CH)[15] (H) 19,001 8 Nikars Riga (CH)[16] 16,500 3 9 Pescara (RU)[17] 16,500 10 Braga/AAUM (RU)[12] 15,833 11 Győri ETO (CH)[18] 14,168 12 Slov-Matic Bratislava (CH)[19] (H) 14,000 B 1 13 Araz Naxçivan (CH)[20] 13,001 14 Halle-Gooik (CH)[21] 11,000 15 Nacional Zagreb (CH)[22] (H) 10,001 16 Luparense (CH)[17] (H) 9,167 A 4 17 Brezje Maribor (CH)[23] (H) 7,833 18 Stalitsa Minsk (CH)[24] (H) 6,001 19 Prodexim Kherson (CH)[25] 5,501 20 Garges Djibson (CH)[26] 5,167 B 2 21 Autobergamo Deva (CH)[27] (H) 4,834 22 Sievi Futsal (CH)[28] (H) 4,834 23 STU Telasi (CH)[29] 4,168

Preliminary round Rank Team Coeff.[6] Seed 24 Shkupi (CH)[30] 3,334 1 25 Levski Sofia Zapad (CH)[31] 2,875 26 Helvécia (CH)[32] 2,834 27 BTS Rekord Bielsko-Biała (CH)[33] 2,501 28 Anorthosis Famagusta (CH)[34] (H) 2,500 29 Jahn Regensburg (CH)[35] 2,084 30 Flamurtari Vlorë (CH)[36] 1,751 31 Liburni Gjakovë (CH)[37] 1,667 32 Titograd (CH)[38] 1,584 2 33 ZVV 't Knooppunt (CH)[39] 1,500 34 Doukas SAC (CH)[40] 1,500 35 Classic Chişinău (CH)[41] 1,375 36 Mostar SG Staklorad (CH)[42] (H) 1,334 37 IFK Uddevalla (CH)[43] (H) 1,167 38 Luxol St Andrews (CH)[44] 1,167 39 Lynx (CH)[45] 0,834 40 Sjarmtrollan IL (CH)[46] (H) 0,667 3 41 København (CH)[47] (H) 0,584 42 Leo (CH)[48] 0,584 43 Transylvania (CH)[49] 0,584 44 Encamp (CH)[50] 0,500 45 Vytis (CH)[51] 0,500 46 Diamantz Linz (CH)[52] (H) 0,500 47 Arnavutköy Belediyespor (CH)[53] 0,500 48 Maccabi Futsal (CH)[54] 0,417 4 49 Tre Fiori (CH)[55] 0,251 50 Narva United (CH)[56] 0,250 51 Differdange 03 (CH)[57] (H) 0,167 52 Wrexham (CH)[58] 0,084 53 Minerva (CH)[59] (H) 0,000 54 TMT Futsal Club (CH)[60] 0,000 55 Belfast United (CH)[61] 0,000

The draws for the preliminary and main rounds were held on 6 July 2017, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[62][63] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:[8]

• In the preliminary round, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 24 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.
• In the main round Path A, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
• In the main round Path B, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–2 and two group winners from the preliminary round. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions, including the eight group winners from the preliminary round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, which were first allocated to fill position 4 of all groups before position 3.

Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Azerbaijan/Armenia 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 numerical order of the groups.

In the preliminary round, main round, and elite 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):[4]

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 club coefficient;
10. Drawing of lots.

The top three teams of each group advanced to the elite round.