UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying

UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying

Tournament details
Dates	23 January – 27 September 2017
Teams	47 (from 1 confederation)

The UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying competition is a men's futsal competition that will determine the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Slovenia in the UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 final tournament.^[1]

Format

The qualifying competition consisted of three rounds:^[1]

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

Schedule

The qualifying matches were played on the following dates.

Stage	Dates
Preliminary round	23 January – 1 February 2017
Main round	3–12 April 2017
Play-offs	10–13 & 24–27 September 2017

Entrants

The 21 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 26 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round.^[1] The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws.

Final tournament hosts

Team
Slovenia

Teams entering main round

Seeding position 1 Team  Ukraine (H)  Azerbaijan (H)  Kazakhstan (H)  Spain  Russia  Portugal  Italy	Seeding position 2 Team  Romania (H)  Serbia  Croatia  Czech Republic  Hungary  Slovakia  Netherlands	Seeding position 3 Team  Belarus (H)  Poland (H)  Turkey (H)  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Finland  Macedonia

Teams entering preliminary round

Seeding position 1 Team  Latvia (H)  Georgia (H)  France  Norway  Sweden  England  Greece	Seeding position 2 Team  Bulgaria (H)  Moldova  Denmark  Montenegro   Switzerland  Armenia  Andorra	Seeding position 3 Team  Lithuania (H)  Cyprus (H)  Wales (H)  Gibraltar (H)  Albania  Israel  Estonia	Seeding position 4 Team  Malta  San Marino  Scotland  Germany (debut)  Kosovo (debut)

Did not enter
Austria
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Northern Ireland
Ireland

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 21 October 2016, 14:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[2][3] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the preliminary round, the 26 teams were drawn into seven groups: five groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4, and two groups of three containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3. First, the seven 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 19 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.
• In the main round, the 28 teams were drawn into seven groups of four, containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3 and one group winner from the preliminary round. First, the seven 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 21 teams (including the seven preliminary round winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw) were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.

Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Azerbaijan/Armenia, Spain/Gibraltar, Kosovo/Serbia, and Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot play in the same group. Therefore if Armenia, Gibraltar and/or Kosovo win their preliminary round group and qualify for a main round group with a team they cannot play against, they will be swapped with the next available team in position 4 following the alphabetical order of the groups.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Georgia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on January 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Wales (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on January 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Latvia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on January 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Bulgaria (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on January 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Cyprus (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on January 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lithuania (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on January 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Gibraltar (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on January 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Main round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Belarus (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs if best 3rd place
4	Winner Group A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs if best 3rd place
4	Winner Group D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs if best 3rd place
4	Winner Group G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Romania (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs if best 3rd place
4	Winner Group C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Poland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs if best 3rd place
4	Winner Group B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs if best 3rd place
4	Winner Group E	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Turkey (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs if best 3rd place
4	Winner Group F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 2017. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Play-offs

The four winners qualify for the final tournament.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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References

1. "Germany and Kosovo among Futsal EURO entrants". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 1 September 2016.
2. "UEFA Futsal EURO preliminary & main round draws". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
3. "UEFA Futsal EURO 2018 qualifying draw". UEFA.com. 21 October 2016.

External links

• Official website