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.

UEFA Futsal Euro 2016
Европско првенство у футсалу 2016
Evropsko prvenstvo u futsalu 2016
Tournament details
Host countrySerbia
CityBelgrade
Dates2–13 February
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (7th title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Kazakhstan
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored129 (6.45 per match)
Attendance113,961 (5,698 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kazakhstan Serik Zhamankulov
Portugal Ricardinho
Spain Álex
Spain Miguelín
Spain Mario Rivillos
(6 goals each)
Best player(s)Spain Miguelín
2014
2018

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

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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

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The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
  Serbia Hosts 5th 2012 Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
  Russia Main round Group 1 winners 10th 2014 Champions (1999)
  Spain Main round Group 2 winners 10th 2014 Champions (1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012)
  Italy Main round Group 3 winners 10th 2014 Champions (2003, 2014)
  Ukraine Main round Group 4 winners 9th 2014 Runners-up (2001, 2003)
  Slovenia Main round Group 5 winners 5th 2014 Quarter-finals (2014)
  Croatia Main round Group 6 winners 5th 2014 Fourth place (2012)
  Portugal Main round Group 7 winners 8th 2014 Runners-up (2010)
  Hungary Play-off winners 3rd 2010 Group stage (2005, 2010)
  Kazakhstan Play-off winners 1st Debut
  Czech Republic Play-off winners 8th 2014 Semi-finals (2003), Third place (2010)
  Azerbaijan Play-off winners 4th 2014 Fourth place (2010)

Final draw

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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]

Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
  Serbia (hosts) 4.528 8
  Italy (holders) 8.278 2
  Spain 8.410 1
  Russia 8.167 3
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
  Portugal 7.000 4
  Ukraine 5.889 5
  Croatia 4.667 6
  Czech Republic 4.528 7
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
  Slovenia 4.167 10
  Azerbaijan 3.722 11
  Hungary 2.667 12
  Kazakhstan 1.667 19

Venues

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Belgrade
Location of the 2016 UEFA Futsal Euro final tournament host city in Serbia

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.

Belgrade
Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 11,161
 

Squads

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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

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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]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. 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;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. 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).
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia (H) 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 6 Knockout stage
2   Portugal 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 3
3   Slovenia 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia  5–1  Slovenia
Janjić   14' (pen.)
Kocić   21', 30'
Rajčević   27'
Pršić   34'
Report Osredkar   3'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

Slovenia  2–6  Portugal
Čujec   3'
Vrhovec   20'
Report Fábio Cecílio   5', 40'
Ricardinho   16', 24', 33'
Pedro Cary   31'
Attendance: 2,270[12]
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia), Saša Tomić (Croatia)

Portugal  1–3  Serbia
Ricardinho   15' Report Kocić   8'
Rajčević   37'
Simić   40'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain), Pascal Lemal (Belgium)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6 6 Knockout stage
2   Ukraine 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 3
3   Hungary 2 0 0 2 5 11 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain  5–2  Hungary
Németh   8' (o.g.)
Bebe   15'
Miguelín   20', 29'
Andresito   36'
Report Dróth   24', 38'
Attendance: 5,100[12]
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)

Hungary  3–6  Ukraine
Dróth   8', 34'
Trencsényi   30'
Report D. Sorokin   2'
Bondar   7', 35'
Ovsyannikov   25'
Myko. Grytsyna   30'
Valenko   36'
Attendance: 2,445[12]
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

Ukraine  1–4  Spain
Myko. Grytsyna   38' Report Álex   20', 34'
Rivillos   30', 40'
Attendance: 9,850[12]
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Knockout stage
2   Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
3   Croatia 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Russia  2–1  Kazakhstan
Romulo   12', 12' Report Zhamankulov   13'
Attendance: 2,115[12]
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

Kazakhstan  4–2  Croatia
Douglas   6'
Suleimanov   7'
Zhamankulov   17', 27'
Report Matošević   7'
Suton   33'
Attendance: 1,555[12]
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)

Croatia  2–2  Russia
Robinho   9' (o.g.)
Novak   25'
Report Abramov   12'
Pereverzev   39'
Attendance: 1,550[12]
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 6 Knockout stage
2   Azerbaijan 2 1 0 1 6 8 −2 3
3   Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 5 13 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Italy  3–0  Azerbaijan
Alex Merlim   20', 21'
Giasson   29'
Report
Attendance: 2,200[12]
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)

Azerbaijan  6–5  Czech Republic
Farzaliyev   6'
Borisov   7'
De Araujo   12'
Eduardo   20'
Augusto   27'
Rafael   40'
Report Záruba   10'
Holý   12'
Rešetár   16'
Novotný   24'
Kovács   31'
Attendance: 1,756[12]
Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria)

Czech Republic  0–7  Italy
Report Fortino   1', 22'
Gabriel Lima   11'
Alex Merlim   21'
Koudelka   22' (o.g.)
Honorio   24'
Patias   33'
Attendance: 1,020[12]
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Knockout stage

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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

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 February – Belgrade
 
 
  Serbia2
 
11 February – Belgrade
 
  Ukraine1
 
  Serbia2
 
9 February – Belgrade
 
  Russia (a.e.t.)3
 
  Russia6
 
13 February – Belgrade
 
  Azerbaijan2
 
  Russia3
 
8 February – Belgrade
 
  Spain7
 
  Spain6
 
11 February – Belgrade
 
  Portugal2
 
  Spain5
 
9 February – Belgrade
 
  Kazakhstan3 Third place
 
  Italy2
 
13 February – Belgrade
 
  Kazakhstan5
 
  Serbia2
 
 
  Kazakhstan5
 

Quarter-finals

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Serbia  2–1  Ukraine
Kocić   2'
Simić   40'
Report Myko. Grytsyna   24'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania), Marc Birkett (England)

Portugal  2–6  Spain
Ricardinho   23', 26' Report Miguelín   13' (pen.)
Rivillos   15', 40'
Álex   18', 35'
Raúl Campos   23'
Attendance: 8,850[12]
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

Russia  6–2  Azerbaijan
Abramov   7', 26'
Romulo   15'
Eder Lima   25', 39', 40'
Report Augusto   8', 29'
Attendance: 2,205[12]
Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium), Timo Onatsu (Finland)

Kazakhstan  5–2  Italy
Leo   16', 40'
Zhamankulov   19'
Yesenamanov   23'
Nurgozhin   37'
Report Fortino   23'
Canal   37'
Attendance: 1,740[12]
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Cédric Pelissier (France)

Semi-finals

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Serbia  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Russia
Kocić   26'
Simić   36'
Report Eder Lima   13'
Abramov   33'
Romulo   44'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

Spain  5–3  Kazakhstan
Bebe   8'
Miguelín   17'
Raúl Campos   18', 39'
Álex   27'
Report Dovgan   4'
Leo   36'
Zhamankulov   38'
Attendance: 7,150[12]
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

Third place match

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Serbia  2–5  Kazakhstan
Rakić   38'
Rajčević   40'
Report Douglas   20', 30', 34'
Zhamankulov   21'
Higuita   32'
Attendance: 11,161[12]
Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Final

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Russia  3–7  Spain
Romulo   20'
Robinho   32'
Milovanov   40'
Report Álex   9'
Pola   16', 17'
Rivillos   17', 36'
Miguelín   31', 35'
Attendance: 8,350[12]
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)

Final ranking

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Goalscorers

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6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com[13]

Awards

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Sponsorship

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Global sponsors National sponsors

Broadcasters

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References

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  27. ^ شبکه ورزش
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