UEFA Europsko futsal prvenstvo 2012 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Croatia |
Dates | 31 January – 11 February |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Spain (6th title) |
Runners-up | Russia |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | Croatia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 109 (5.45 per match) |
Attendance | 95,519 (4,776 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Jordi Torras (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | Kike |
The UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 was the eighth official edition of the UEFA European Championship for national futsal teams. It was hosted by Croatia, and was played from January, 31 to February, 11. 12 teams competed for the title, with 11 teams gain entries from qualification rounds, while Croatia gained an automatic entry as hosts. The championship was played in the two biggest Croatian cities, Zagreb and the 15,024 seater Arena Zagreb and in Split, at the 10,931 capacity Spaladium Arena.
Spain defended their title, having won it for the sixth consecutive time. [1]
Three nations had made bids for the 2012 Championship. Alongside Croatia, Belgium – which had failed in the 2010 bid – made a new bid with Antwerp and Charleroi, while Macedonia made one with the city of Skopje. Croatia was selected to host the Championship by a decision made on 24 March 2010, at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Arena | Arena Zagreb | Spaladium Arena |
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Picture | ||
City | Zagreb | Split |
Capacity | 15,024 | 10,931 |
Forty-two nations took part in 2012 edition. Host nation qualified directly, while other had to go through qualification rounds.
The qualification was played in two stages, with 24 sides competing in the preliminary round between 20–24 January 2011. The group winners progressed to join the other 18 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which was taking place between 24–27 February 2011, 24 teams were split in 6 groups of 4 teams. The winners and best five second-placed teams joined Croatia in the finals.
Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament 1 |
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Croatia | Hosts | 2 (1999, 2001) |
Spain | Group 1 winner | 7 ( 1996 , 1999, 2001 , 2003, 2005 , 2007 , 2010 ) |
Azerbaijan | Group 1 runner-up | 1 (2010) |
Russia | Group 2 winner | 7 (1996, 1999 , 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010) |
Serbia | Group 2 runner-up | 3 (1999, 2007, 2010) |
Portugal | Group 3 winner | 5 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010) |
Czech Republic | Group 4 winner | 5 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010) |
Romania | Group 4 runner-up | 1 (2007) |
Ukraine | Group 5 winner | 6 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010) |
Turkey | Group 5 runner-up | 0 (debut) |
Italy | Group 6 winner | 7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003 , 2005, 2007, 2010) |
Slovenia | Group 6 runner-up | 2 (2003, 2010) |
UEFA announced the seedings on Monday, 28 February 2011, one day after the qualification was concluded. Croatia was automatically seeded as A1. The Draw was scheduled for 9 September 2011 in the Croatian capital Zagreb.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Croatia (host, assigned to A1) |
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 |
Czech Republic | 4 – 5 | Croatia |
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Belej 24' Kopecký 35' Roman Mareš 37' Novak 38' (o.g.) | Report | Grcić 9' Marinović 23', 38' Despotović 29' Novak 37' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 |
Slovenia | 3 – 6 | Ukraine |
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Legchanov 27' (o.g.) Uršič 33' Čujec 38' | Report | Klochko 5' Legchanov 8', 21', 29' Zhurba 9' Pavlenko 16' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Italy | 3 – 1 | Turkey |
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Ippoliti 7', 30' Gabriel Lima 37' | Report | Yasin Erdal 2' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
Serbia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 0 |
Portugal | 4 – 1 | Azerbaijan |
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Cardinal 3' Felipe 4' (o.g.) Marinho 26' Ricardinho 38' | Report | Farajzade 7' |
Azerbaijan | 8 – 9 | Serbia |
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Felipe 1', 9' Farzaliyev 5' Jadder Dantas 11', 23', 32' Thiago 34' Bojović 39' (o.g.) | Report | Bojović 6', 8', 29', 39' Rajčević 9' Kocić 22', 27' Lazić 23' Pavićević 37' |
Serbia | 1 – 2 | Portugal |
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Ricardinho 31' (o.g.) | Report | Arnaldo 21' Pedro Cary 36' |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
6 February 2012 – Split | ||||||||||
Croatia | 1 (3) | |||||||||
9 February 2012 – Zagreb | ||||||||||
Ukraine | 1 (1) | |||||||||
Croatia | 2 | |||||||||
7 February 2012 – Split | ||||||||||
Russia | 4 | |||||||||
Russia | 2 | |||||||||
11 February 2012 – Zagreb | ||||||||||
Serbia | 1 | |||||||||
Russia | 1 | |||||||||
6 February 2012 – Zagreb | ||||||||||
Spain | 3 | |||||||||
Romania | 3 | |||||||||
9 February 2012 – Zagreb | ||||||||||
Spain | 8 | |||||||||
Spain | 1 | |||||||||
7 February 2012 – Zagreb | ||||||||||
Italy | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
Italy | 3 | |||||||||
11 February 2012 – Zagreb | ||||||||||
Portugal | 1 | |||||||||
Croatia | 1 | |||||||||
Italy | 3 | |||||||||
Romania | 3 – 8 | Spain |
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Gherman 8', 14' Matei 25' | Report | Torras 3', 19', 29' Aicardo 13', 27' Rafa Usín 16' Lin 30' Ortiz 37' |
Croatia | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Ukraine |
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Ovsyannikov 17' (o.g.) | Report | Chepornyuk 30' |
Penalties | ||
Grcić Jelovčić Novak | 3 – 1 | Kondratyuk Zhurba Pavlenko Legchanov |
Rank | Team |
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Spain | |
Russia | |
Italy | |
4 | Croatia |
5 | Portugal |
6 | Serbia |
7 | Romania |
8 | Ukraine |
9 | Czech Republic |
10 | Azerbaijan |
11 | Slovenia |
12 | Turkey |
2012 UEFA Futsal Championship winners |
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Spain Sixth title |
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