2011 EMF miniEURO

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2011 Minifootball European Championships
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Dates5–6 November
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Romania.svg  Romania (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Third placeFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Fourth placeFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
2010
2012

The 2011 European minifootball Championships was the second edition of the unofficial European minifootball championships, a forerunner of the EMF miniEURO, a competition for national Small-sided football teams. It was hosted in Tulcea, Romania, from 5 to 6 November 2011. [1]

Contents

The defending champions, Romania, kept their title by overcoming Czech Republic 5–4 on penalties after 3–3 in the final. [2] [3] [4]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the knockout stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3300112+99
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 31115614
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 30213852
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30125831
Source: [ citation needed ]
5 November 2011
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg5–0Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg3–2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg3–1Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg2–2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 220064+26
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 210174+33
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 20023850
Source: [ citation needed ]
5 November 2011
Moldova  Flag of Moldova.svg2–3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svg1–5Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova

Knockout stage

The knockout stage matches were played on 6 November 2011. If a match is drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4
 
 
 
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1
 
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3 (5)
 
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3 (4)
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1 (2)
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1 (0)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0

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