UEFA Futsal Euro 2016
The 2016 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2016, was the 10th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It was hosted for the first time in Serbia, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012.[1] Serbia was chosen ahead of other bids from Bulgaria and Macedonia.
| Европско првенство у футсалу 2016 Evropsko prvenstvo u futsalu 2016 | |
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 Logo of UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  |
| City | Belgrade |
| Dates | 2–13 February 2016 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Third place |  |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 129 (6.45 per match) |
| Attendance | 113,961 (5,698 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  (6 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | |
The final tournament was contested from 2 to 13 February 2016 by twelve teams, eleven of which joined the hosts Serbia after overcoming a qualifying tournament. The matches were played in the Belgrade Arena in the city of Belgrade.
Qualification
A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Scotland which entered for the first time), and with the hosts Serbia qualifying automatically, the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament.[2] The qualifying competition, which took place from January to September 2015, consisted of three rounds:[3]
- Preliminary round: The 24 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The six group winners and the best runner-up 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.
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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| Hosts | 5th | 2012 | Quarter-finals (2010, 2012) |
| Main round Group 1 winners | 10th | 2014 | Champions (1999) |
| Main round Group 2 winners | 10th | 2014 | Champions (1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) |
 | Main round Group 3 winners | 10th | 2014 | Champions (2003, 2014) |
 | Main round Group 4 winners | 9th | 2014 | Runners-up (2001, 2003) |
 | Main round Group 5 winners | 5th | 2014 | Quarter-finals (2014) |
 | Main round Group 6 winners | 5th | 2014 | Fourth place (2012) |
| Main round Group 7 winners | 8th | 2014 | Runners-up (2010) |
 | Play-off winners | 3rd | 2010 | Group stage (2005, 2010) |
| Play-off winners | 1st | — | Debut |
 | Play-off winners | 8th | 2014 | Semi-finals (2003), Third place (2010) |
 | Play-off winners | 4th | 2014 | Fourth place (2010) |
Final draw
The final draw was held on 2 October 2015, 12:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Belgrade Town Hall in Belgrade, Serbia,[4] where former Serbian footballer Dejan Stanković was unveiled as the tournament ambassador and made the draw.[5] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, with the hosts Serbia (assigned to position A1 in the draw) and the title holders Italy automatically placed into Pot 1.[6]
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.[7]
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Venues
All matches were played at the Kombank Arena. During the course of the championship, the arena was renamed from Kombank Arena to Belgrade Arena, for sponsorship reasons.[8][9] Originally the Pionir Arena was proposed to host group stage matches.
| Venue | Belgrade Arena |
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| Capacity | 11,161 |
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Squads
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.[3]
Group stage
The schedule of the tournament was confirmed on 28 October 2015.[10]
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
- If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
- Superior goal difference in all group matches;
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
- If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, CET (UTC+1).[11]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
| Serbia | 5–1 | |
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Janjić  Kocić Rajčević Pršić |
Report | Osredkar |
| Slovenia | 2–6 | |
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| Čujec Vrhovec |
Report | Fábio Cecílio Ricardinho Pedro Cary |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 |
| Hungary | 3–6 | |
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| Dróth Trencsényi |
Report | D. Sorokin Bondar Ovsyannikov Myko. Grytsyna Valenko |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| Russia | 2–1 | |
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| Romulo |
Report | Zhamankulov |
| Kazakhstan | 4–2 | |
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| Douglas Suleimanov Zhamankulov |
Report | Matošević Suton |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0 |
| Italy | 3–0 | |
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| Alex Merlim Giasson |
Report |
| Azerbaijan | 6–5 | |
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| Farzaliyev Borisov De Araujo Eduardo Augusto Rafael |
Report | Záruba Holý Rešetár Novotný Kovács |
| Czech Republic | 0–7 | |
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| Report | Fortino Gabriel Lima Alex Merlim Koudelka Honorio Patias |
Knockout stage
If a match was drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, an extra time consisting of two five-minute periods would be played. If teams were still leveled after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. In the third place match, the extra time would be skipped and the decision would go directly to kicks from the penalty mark.[3]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 8 February – Belgrade | ||||||||||
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| 11 February – Belgrade | ||||||||||
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| 9 February – Belgrade | ||||||||||
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| 6 | |||||||||
| 13 February – Belgrade | ||||||||||
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| 8 February – Belgrade | ||||||||||
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| 9 February – Belgrade | ||||||||||
| 3 | Third place | ||||||||
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| 13 February – Belgrade | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
| Portugal | 2–6 | |
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| Ricardinho |
Report | Miguelín Rivillos Álex Raúl Campos |
| Russia | 6–2 | |
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| Abramov Romulo Eder Lima |
Report | Augusto |
Semi-finals
| Serbia | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Kocić Simić |
Report | Eder Lima Abramov Romulo |
| Spain | 5–3 | |
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| Bebe Miguelín Raúl Campos Álex |
Report | Dovgan Leo Zhamankulov |
Third place match
Final ranking
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Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
Source: UEFA.com[13]
Awards
- Golden Player:[14]
- Golden Shoe:[15]
- Silver Shoe:[15]
- Bronze Shoe:[15]
- All-star squad:[12]
Sponsorship
| Global sponsors | National sponsors |
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Broadcasters
- Central America: ESPN
References
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- "Scotland among record Futsal EURO entry". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- "Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship, 2015–16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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- "Seedings set for Futsal EURO draw". UEFA.com. 28 September 2015.
- "Final tournament draw procedure" (PDF).
- "Belgrade Arena". UEFA. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- "UEFA prekrstila "Arenu"!". Večernje novosti. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- "UEFA Futsal EURO finals Belgrade schedule". UEFA.com. 28 October 2015.
- "Final tournament schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "UEFA Futsal EURO 2016 tournament review" (PDF). UEFA.com.
- "UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 – Tournament phase – Player statistics – Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- "Golden Player – 2016: Miguelín". UEFA.com.
- "Spain's Miguelín and Rivillos share Golden Shoe". UEFA.com. 13 February 2016.
- "adidas on board for UEFA EURO 2012". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
The long-term partnership between UEFA and adidas is to continue with rights granted to UEFA EURO 2012™ and 2016™ plus all other national-team competitions until 2017.
- UEFA. "Carlsberg signs as Official Sponsor for UEFA national team competitions". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "Coca-Cola signs for Euro 2012, 2016". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 22 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "Continental to sponsor Euro 2012 and 2016". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "Hisense signs as UEFA EURO 2016 global sponsor". UEFA.org. UEFA. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "Hyundai-Kia joins as official sponsor for UEFA Euro 2012™ and UEFA Euro 2016™". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "McDonald's signed up as official Euro sponsor". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "UEFA 2016 Futsal Championship". MONDO Sport&Flooring. MONDOWorldwide.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "SOCAR signs as Official Sponsor for UEFA national team competitions". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "Turkish Airlines joins UEFA EURO 2016 as Official Airline Partner". UEFA.org. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "Where to watch UEFA Futsal EURO 2016". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- شبکه ورزش
- Geraldes, Ivo (13 January 2016). "Campeonato da Europa de futsal transmitido pela TVI". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Global Media Group. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
External links
- Official website
- UEFA Futsal EURO Serbia 2016, UEFA.com