2025 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship

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2025 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship
Campionatul UEFA de Futsal Sub-19 ani din 2025
(in Romanian)
Tournament details
Host country Moldova
City Chișinău
Dates28 September – 5 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
2023

The 2025 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Futsal Euro 2025) will be the fourth edition of the UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship, the biennial international youth futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. [1] The tournament will be hosted at the Chișinău Arena, Moldova from 28 September to 5 October 2025. [1] A total of eight will participate in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 being eligible to participate. [2]

Contents

Qualification

A total of 36 teams are participating, with 35 competing for a spot alongside hosts Moldova [1] in the finals. The 25 nations with the highest rankings, including Portugal, Spain, and 2023 semi-finalists Slovenia and Ukraine, will enter directly into the main round between 25 and 30 March. The other ten teams will compete in the preliminary round between 21 and 26 January 2025, aiming to secure the final three spots in the main round.

The qualifying draw was held on 31 October 2024. [3]

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in Under-19 Futsal Euro 1
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Hosts21 October 20240 (debut)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Main round Group 1 winners30 March 20252 (2022, 2023)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Main round Group 2 winners29 March 20253 (2019, 2022, 2023)
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal Main round Group 3 winners30 March 20253 (2019, 2022, 2023)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Main round Group 4 winners29 March 20251 (2023)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Main round Group 5 winners29 March 20253 (2019, 2022, 2023)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Main round Group 6 winners28 March 20250 (debut)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Main round Group 7 winners29 March 20250 (debut)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.


Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.02): [2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. 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);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
  10. Drawing of lots.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova (H)00000000
3Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 00000000
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 28 September 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Moldova  Flag of Moldova.svgvFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Portugal  Flag of Portugal (official).svgvFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
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Italy  Flag of Italy.svgvFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
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Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgvFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
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Moldova  Flag of Moldova.svgvFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
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Italy  Flag of Italy.svgvFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 00000000
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 00000000
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 28 September 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgvFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
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Spain  Flag of Spain.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
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Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svgvFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svgvFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
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Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgvFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. [2]

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
3 October – Chișinău
 
 
 
 
5 October – Chișinău
 
 
 
 
 
3 October – Chișinău
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

Winner group AvRunner-up Group B

Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Moldova to host 2025 U19 Futsal EURO in Chișinău". UEFA. 24 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship, 2022/23". UEFA. 16 August 2022.
  3. "2025 Under-19 Futsal EURO preliminary and main round draws". UEFA. Retrieved 9 December 2024.