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Tournament details | |
Host country | Latvia Lithuania Slovenia |
City | Riga Kaunas Ljubljana |
Dates | 20 January – 7 February |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
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The 2026 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2026, will be the 13th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe.
This will be the second tournament to be held on a four-year basis and featuring 16 teams after 2022. It will take place between 20 January and 7 February 2026. [1] The tournament will be co-hosted for the first time, with venues in Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovenia. [2] [3]
Portugal are the two-time defending champions after previously won in 2018 and 2022.
The bidding procedure for hosting was launched in 2022, with a deadline of January 2023 to express their interest in hosting.
The final proposal had to delivered with the bid dossier in May 2023 at the latest, and UEFA received four bids: [4]
Soon after, Belgium and France became two separate bids, while Latvia and Lithuania merged their bids.
On 2 December, Latvia and Lithuania were awarded the hosting rights in Hamburg, Germany. [7] [8] Slovenia were added as a co-host prior to the qualification play-offs, with two venues in Ljubljana. [3]
The 14 teams joining the automatically qualified co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania in the final tournament will be decided by a qualifying competition held between April 2024 and September 2025.
The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Date of qualification | App | First | Last | Streak | Best placement in tournament | WR |
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![]() | Co-host | 2 December 2023 | 1st | Debut | — | |||
![]() | Debut | — | ||||||
![]() | Group 7 winners | 5 February 2025 | 11th | 1999 | 2022 | 10 | Champions (2018, 2022) | — |
![]() | Group 6 winners | 12 March 2025 | 1st | Debut | — | |||
![]() | Group 9 winners | 9th | 2001 | 2016 | 1 | Third place (2003, 2010) | — | |
![]() | Group 3 winners | 10 April 2025 | 4th | 2022 | 3 | Group stage (2001, 2018, 2022) | — | |
![]() | Group 4 winners | 8th | 2003 | 7 | Quarter-finals (2014, 2018) | — | ||
![]() | Group 1 winners | 11 April 2025 | 12th | 1996 | 11 | Runners-up (2001, 2003) | — | |
![]() | Group 5 winners | 7th | 1999 | 2 | Fourth place (2012) | — | ||
![]() | Group 2 winners | 2nd | 2010 | 1 | Group stage (2010) | — | ||
![]() | Group 8 winners | 15 April 2025 | 13th | 1996 | 2022 | 13 | Champions (Seven times) [A] | — |
![]() | Group 10 winners | 16 April 2025 | 2nd | 2018 | 1 | Group stage (2018) | — | |
Play-off winners | 23 September 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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24 September 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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The final draw will be held at Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas on 24 October 2025. [12] Co-hosts Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia will be drawn into Groups A, B and C respectively, with Belarus also being drawn into either Group C or D, ensuring all their potential fixtures are played in Slovenia. [3]
The tournament will be held at four venues, with two in Ljubljana and one each in Riga and Kaunas. [3]
Riga, Latvia | Kaunas, Lithuania |
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Xiaomi Arena Capacity: 9,975 | Žalgiris Arena Capacity: 15,415 |
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Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
Arena Stožice Capacity: 12,480 | Tivoli Hall Capacity: 4,500 |
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The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.
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 20.01 and 20.02): [13]
All times are local, CET (UTC+1).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A2 | v | A4 |
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Latvia ![]() | v | A3 |
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A2 | v | A3 |
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A4 | v | ![]() |
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Latvia ![]() | v | A2 |
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A3 | v | A4 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B2 | v | B4 |
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B2 | v | B3 |
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B3 | v | B4 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | C4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C2 | v | C4 |
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C2 | v | C3 |
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C3 | v | C4 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | D4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D2 | v | D4 |
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D1 | v | D3 |
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D2 | v | D3 |
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D4 | v | D1 |
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D1 | v | D2 |
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D3 | v | D4 |
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where extra time is not played but a direct penalty shoot-out is used, instead.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 February – Xiaomi Arena, Riga | ||||||||||
Winner Group A | ||||||||||
5 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana | ||||||||||
Runner-up Group B | ||||||||||
Winner Quarter-final 1 | ||||||||||
2 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana | ||||||||||
Winner Quarter-final 2 | ||||||||||
Winner Group C | ||||||||||
7 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana | ||||||||||
Runner-up Group D | ||||||||||
Winner Semi-final 1 | ||||||||||
1 February – Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas | ||||||||||
Winner Semi-final 2 | ||||||||||
Winner Group B | ||||||||||
5 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana | ||||||||||
Runner-up Group A | ||||||||||
Winner Quarter-final 3 | ||||||||||
2 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana | ||||||||||
Winner Quarter-final 4 | Third place match | |||||||||
Winner Group D | ||||||||||
7 February – Arena Stožice, Ljubljana | ||||||||||
Runner-up Group C | ||||||||||
Loser Semi-final 1 | ||||||||||
Loser Semi-final 2 | ||||||||||
Winner Group A | Quarter-final 1 | Runner-up Group B |
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Winner Group C | Quarter-final 2 | Runner-up Group D |
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Winner Group B | Quarter-final 3 | Runner-up Group A |
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Winner Group D | Quarter-final 4 | Runner-up Group C |
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Winner Quarter-final 1 | Semi-final 1 | Winner Quarter-final 2 |
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Winner Quarter-final 3 | Semi-final 2 | Winner Quarter-final 4 |
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Loser Semi-final 1 | v | Loser Semi-final 2 |
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Winner Semi-final 1 | v | Winner Semi-final 2 |
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Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. During the final tournament, each team is allowed to replace a maximum of one outfield player if they are injured or ill preventing them from participating in the tournament. Each team is also allowed to temporarily replace a goalkeeper if there are fewer than two healthy goalkeepers. [13]