UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying|
Dates | 9 April 2024 – 24 September 2025 |
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Teams | 48 (from 1 confederation) |
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Matches played | 138 |
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Goals scored | 802 (5.81 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) | Yevhenii Zhuk (9 goals) |
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2030 →
All statistics correct as of 16 April 2025[1]. |
The UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying competition is a men's futsal competition that determines the 14 teams joining the automatically qualified co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania in the UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 final tournament.[2][3]
A total of 48 UEFA member national teams entered the competition. Apart from co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania, the remaining 46 teams entered the qualifying competition. The 34 teams with the highest futsal men's national-team coefficient ranking taken in December 2023 were given byes to the main round, while the remaining 12 teams entered in the preliminary round.[4]
Russia was banned from qualifying following the country's invasion of Ukraine.[5]
The qualifying competition consists of three rounds:[4][6]
- Preliminary round: The 12 teams that entered this round were drawn into three groups. Each group played a single round-robin, with one of the teams selected as hosts before the draw. For each group, the winners and runners-up advance to the main round.
- Main round: The 40 teams (34 teams with the highest coefficient ranking, and six teams from the preliminary round) were drawn into ten groups. Each group played a home-and-away round-robin. The ten group winners qualified for the final tournament, while the eight best runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
- Play-offs: The eight teams will be drawn into four ties, each tie will be two-legged home-and-away matches to determine the last four qualifiers.
Tiebreakers
In the preliminary round and main round, teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01, 14.02 and 17.01):[6]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- (Preliminary round only) 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);
- (Main round only) Away goals scored in all group matches;
- (Main round only) Wins in all group matches;
- (Main round only) Away wins in all group matches;
- Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;
To determine the eight best runners-up from the main round. The following criteria were applied (Regulations Article 16.01):[6]
- Points;
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Disciplinary points;
- UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;
In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, two 5-minute periods of extra time are played at the end of the second leg. The team which scores more goals during extra time qualifies for the next stage. If both teams score the same number of goals during extra time, a penalty shoot-out determines which team qualifies for the next stage (Regulations Article 22.03).[6]
Schedule
The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA Futsal International Match Calendar.[6]
Schedule for UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying
Round
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Draw
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Dates
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Preliminary round
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25 January 2024
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9–14 April 2024
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Main round
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30 May 2024
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- 11–18 December 2024,
- 30 January – 5 February 2025,
- 6–12 March 2025,
- 10–16 April 2025
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Play-offs
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3 July 2025
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15–24 September 2025
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Entrants
The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on all FIFA and UEFA national senior men's futsal team matches played since the UEFA European qualifying competition for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[6]
The 34 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 12 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the main round draw, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking.[7]
Participating teams for UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying
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- Notes
- Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.
- NR: No rank.
Preliminary round
Draw
The draw for the preliminary round took place at 14:00 CET, 25 January 2024. The seeding was based on the Elo-based futsal men's national-team coefficient ranking taken in December 2023. The 12 teams were drawn into 3 groups of four.[4]
The draw started with pot 1 and ended with pot 4, with each team selected then allocated into groups alphabetically. The pots for the draw are shown below.
Groups
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the main round. The preliminary round was played 9 – 14 April 2024.
All matches within each group were hosted by one of the participating associations. The hosts were
Cyprus,
Austria, and
Switzerland. When establishing the match schedule, the host association is placed in position 1, and the visiting teams in positions 2, 3 and 4, according to their coefficient rankings.[6]
Group A
- ^ a b Tied on head-to-head, total goal difference, and total goals scored. Disciplinary points: Cyprus –4, Andorra –6.
Group B
Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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Qualification
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1
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Austria (H)
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3
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3
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0
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0
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7
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3
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+4
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9
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Main round
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2
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Bulgaria
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3
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1
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1
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1
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4
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2
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+2
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4
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3
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Israel
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3
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0
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2
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1
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3
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4
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−1
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2
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4
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San Marino
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3
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0
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1
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2
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3
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8
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−5
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1
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Group C
Main round
Draw
The draw for the main round took place on 30 May 2024. The seeding were based on the new Elo-based futsal men's national-team coefficient ranking. The 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups of four. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were not to be drawn in the same group as Kosovo. Each team played one home and one away match against each other team in its group.[4][8]
The ten group winners qualified for the UEFA Futsal EURO 2026, while the eight best runners-up qualified for the play-offs.[6]
Group 1
- ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Romania +5, Germany –5.
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
- ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Greece +1, Sweden –1.
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Ranking of second-placed teams
Source:
UEFARules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) coefficient ranking.
Play-offs
Draw
The draw for the main round play-offs took place on 3 July 2025 at 12:00 CEST (UTC+2).[9] The eight teams were drawn into four ties, played over two legs between 15 and 24 September 2025, to decide the last four qualifiers.[4][6][10]
Matches
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualify for UEFA Futsal Euro 2026.[4]
Team
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Qualified as
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Qualified on
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Previous appearances in Futsal Euro1
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Latvia |
Co-host |
2 December 2023 |
0 (Debut)
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Lithuania |
Co-host |
2 December 2023 |
0 (Debut)
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Ukraine |
Group 1 winners |
11 April 2025 |
11 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
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Belarus |
Group 2 winners |
11 April 2025 |
1 (2010)
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Poland |
Group 3 winners |
10 April 2025 |
3 (2001, 2018, 2022)
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Slovenia |
Group 4 winners |
10 April 2025 |
7 (2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
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Croatia |
Group 5 winners |
11 April 2025 |
6 (1999, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022)
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Armenia |
Group 6 winners |
12 March 2025 |
0 (Debut)
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Portugal |
Group 7 winners |
5 February 2025 |
10 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
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Spain |
Group 8 winners |
15 April 2025 |
12 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
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Czechia |
Group 9 winners |
12 March 2025 |
8 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
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France |
Group 10 winners |
16 April 2025 |
1 (2018)
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Play-off winner |
23 September 2025 |
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Play-off winner |
23 September 2025 |
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Play-off winner |
24 September 2025 |
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Play-off winner |
24 September 2025 |
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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