UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

Tournament details
Dates	9 April 2024 – 24 September 2025
Teams	48 (from 1 confederation)
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The UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying competition will be 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, ^[1] which will be played on a four-year basis and featuring 16 teams. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

Russia was banned from qualifying following the country's invasion of Ukraine. ^[4]

Format

The qualifying competition consists of three rounds: ^{[3] [5]}

• Preliminary round: The 12 teams that enter this round are drawn into three groups. Each group is played in a single round-robin format, with one of the teams selected as hosts before the draw. Each group 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) are drawn into ten groups. Each group is played in a home-and-away round-robin format. The ten group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the eight best runners-up advance to the play-offs.
• Play-offs: The eight teams are drawn into four ties, each tie will be played by home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualifiers.

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round and main round, 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 14.01, 14.02 and 17.01): ^[5]

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. (Main round only) Away goals scored in all group matches;
8. (Main round only) Wins in all group matches;
9. (Main round only) Away wins in all group matches;
10. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
11. UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;
12. 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);

To determine the eight best runners-up from the main round. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 16.01): ^[5]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. 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, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 22.01). ^[5]

Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA Futsal International Match Calendar. ^[5]

Schedule for UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

Round	Draw	Dates
Preliminary round	25 January 2024	9 – 14 April 2024
Main round	30 May 2024	9 – 18 December 2024, 27 January – 5 February 2025, 3 – 12 March 2025, 7 – 16 April 2025
Play-offs	15 May 2025	15–24 September 2025

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

Final tournament hosts

Team	Coeff. [6]	Rank
Latvia	1387.402	27
Lithuania	1195.790	33

Participating teams for UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

Teams entering main round Team Coeff. [6] Rank   Portugal 2715.953 1   Spain 2495.409 3   Kazakhstan 2418.002 4   Ukraine 2056.591 5   Croatia 1976.252 6   Finland 1970.212 7   France 1967.701 8   Poland 1924.072 9   Slovenia 1898.780 10   Serbia 1884.558 11   Italy 1873.140 12   Netherlands 1862.329 13   Czech Republic 1811.644 14   Romania 1806.321 15   Azerbaijan 1795.390 16   Georgia 1761.015 17   Slovakia 1664.887 18   Hungary 1635.528 19   Armenia 1626.853 20   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1609.649 21   Belarus 1521.865 22   Moldova 1514.719 23   Belgium 1504.554 24   North Macedonia 1451.512 25   Germany 1433.349 26   Sweden 1327.701 28   Montenegro 1306.735 29   Kosovo 1264.444 30   England 1204.183 31   Denmark 1199.225 32   Albania 1177.965 34   Norway 1173.463 35   Greece 1164.389 36   Turkey 1131.406 37

Teams entering preliminary round Team Coeff. [6] Rank   Israel 1128.385 38   Cyprus 1090.591 39    Switzerland 1066.246 40   Bulgaria 1031.006 41   Andorra 916.855 43   Malta 830.007 44   Gibraltar 809.650 45   Austria 794.108 46   Estonia 787.508 47   San Marino 762.906 48   Scotland 755.050 49   Northern Ireland 717.420 50

Did not enter

Team	Coeff. [6]	Rank
Russia [4]	2547.159	2
Wales	1011.432	42
Iceland	-	NR
Faroe Islands	-	NR
Liechtenstein	-	NR
Luxembourg	-	NR
Republic of Ireland	-	NR

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. ^[3]

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.

Draw ^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
San Marino   Scotland   Northern Ireland	Gibraltar   Austria   Estonia	Bulgaria   Andorra   Malta	Israel   Cyprus    Switzerland

Groups

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the main round. The preliminary round was played 9 – 14 April 2024.

All matches within each group are hosted by one of the participating associations. The hosts are   Cyprus,   Austria, and    Switzerland. In the preliminary round, the schedule of each group is as follows: ^[5]

Day	Schedule
Day 1	Arrival
Day 2	2 v 4, 3 v 1
Day 3	3 v 2, 1 v 4
Day 4	Rest day
Day 5	4 v 3, 1 v 2
Day 6	Departure

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. ^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cyprus (H)	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7 [lower-alpha 1]	Main round
2	Andorra	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Estonia	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	5	8	−3	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head, total goal difference, and total goals scored. Disciplinary points: Cyprus 4, Andorra 6.

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09)

11:00 EEST

Cyprus	2–1	Estonia
Savva  34'00" El Kebbe  39'30"	Report	Vnukov  18'02"

Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia

Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy), Rastislav Behancin (Slovakia)

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09)

15:30 EEST

Andorra	3–2	Northern Ireland
Adrià Blat  11'35" Torres Domenjo  29'52" Rodríguez  39'25"	Report	Millar  0'20" Dobney  37'46"

Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia

Referee: Viktor Bugenko (Moldova), Done Ristovski (North Macedonia)

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10 April 2024 (2024-04-10)

11:00 EEST

Cyprus	3–2	Northern Ireland
Lakoufis  4'16" El Kebbe  16'14" Constantinides  17'49"	Report	Millar  17'12" Gunn  29'53"

Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia

Referee: Done Ristovski (North Macedonia), Chiara Perona (Italy)

10 April 2024 (2024-04-10)

15:30 EEST

Estonia	1–2	Andorra
Vnukov  27'51" (pen.)	Report	Adrià Blat  17'07" Dos Santos  39'40"

Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia

Referee: Rastislav Behancin (Slovakia), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)

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12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)

11:00 EEST

Andorra	2–2	Cyprus
Regalo Figueiredo  33'55" Debboun  39'24"	Report	Kouloumbris  11'42" Tsitsos  24'46"

Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia

Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy), Done Ristovski (North Macedonia)

12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)

15:30 EEST

Northern Ireland	1–2	Estonia
Millar  32'11"	Report	Vnukov  0'14", 7'20"

Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia

Referee: Rastislav Behancin (Slovakia), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Main round
2	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	Israel	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	San Marino	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

14:00 CEST

Israel	1–1	San Marino
Adani  29'02"	Report	Busignani  22'07"

Sportzentrum, Eisenstadt

Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Darko Boskovic (Switzerland)

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

17:00 CEST

Austria	1–0	Bulgaria
Jatic  26'48"	Report

Sportzentrum, Eisenstadt

Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Mislav Džeko (Croatia)

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12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)

15:00 CEST

Bulgaria	0–0	Israel
	Report

Sportzentrum, Eisenstadt

Referee: Mislav Džeko (Croatia), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)

12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)

18:00 CEST

Austria	3–1	San Marino
Jatic  1'54" Steinwandter  15'32", 37'39"	Report	Moretti  31'40"

Sportzentrum, Eisenstadt

Referee: Darko Boskovic (Switzerland), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)

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14 April 2024 (2024-04-14)

11:00 CEST

San Marino	1–4	Bulgaria
Mattioli  28'09"	Report	Dimov  5'26" Asenov  13'56" Dobrichov  18'51", 36'40"

Sportzentrum, Eisenstadt

Referee: Darko Boskovic (Switzerland), Mislav Džeko (Croatia)

14 April 2024 (2024-04-14)

14:00 CEST

Israel	2–3	Austria
Piven  25'51" T. Shkolnik  39'25"	Report	Skrgić  1'42" Meitz  13'34" Kreka  38'22"

Sportzentrum, Eisenstadt

Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malta	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Main round
2	Switzerland (H)	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Gibraltar	3	1	0	2	4	16	−12	3
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 April 2024 (2024-04-10)

17:00 CEST

Malta	4–1	Scotland
Telisi  2'28" Sammut  5'32" C. Alves  25'16" Borg  25'41" (pen.)	Report	Lawless  38'45"

Mobiliar Arena, Bern

Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Mariia Myslovska (Ukraine)

10 April 2024 (2024-04-10)

20:00 CEST

Switzerland	7–0	Gibraltar
Silverio  6'47", 8'43" Sammut  5'32" Marcoyannakis  9'32", 15'05" Gössi  26'41" Uebelhart  37'47" Barreira  38.24'	Report

Mobiliar Arena, Bern

Referee: Telmen Undrakh (Norway), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

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11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

17:00 CEST

Gibraltar	0–8	Malta
	Report	Zammit  1'13", 22'30", 33'14" Maikinho  5'01", 33'55", 34'57" C. Alves  12'23" Telisi  20'26"

Mobiliar Arena, Bern

Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

20:00 CEST

Switzerland	3–1	Scotland
Lanzendorfer  19'41" Kägi  20'16", 26'32"	Report	Holness  34'05"

Mobiliar Arena, Bern

Referee: Mariia Myslovska (Ukraine), Telmen Undrakh (Norway)

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13 April 2024 (2024-04-13)

15:00 CEST

Scotland	1–4	Gibraltar
McLaren  31'36"	Report	Parker  4'28" Ruiz  15'08", 22'40", 37'13"

Mobiliar Arena, Bern

Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Mariia Myslovska (Ukraine)

13 April 2024 (2024-04-13)

18:00 CEST

Malta	2–1	Switzerland
Telisi  3'13" Borg  25'58"	Report	Qerfoz  31'21"

Mobiliar Arena, Bern

Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Telmen Undrakh (Norway)

Main round

Draw

The draw for the main round will take place on 30 May 2024. The seeding will be based on the new Elo-based futsal men's national-team coefficient ranking. The 40 teams will be drawn into 10 groups of four. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Serbia, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina can not be drawn in the same group. Each team plays one home and one away match against each other team in its group. ^[3]

The ten group winners qualify for the UEFA Futsal EURO 2026, while the eight best runners-up qualify for the play-offs. ^[5]

The 34 teams entering directly in main round are:   Portugal (holders),   Spain,   Kazakhstan,   Ukraine,   France,   Finland,   Croatia,   Italy,   Poland,   Slovenia,   Azerbaijan,   Serbia,   Georgia,   Netherlands,   Romania,   Czech Republic,   Slovakia,   Hungary,   Bosnia and Herzegovina,   Armenia,   Belgium,   Belarus,   Moldova,   Germany,   North Macedonia,   Sweden,   Montenegro,   Kosovo,   England,   Denmark,   Albania,   Norway,   Greece, and   Turkey. ^[3]

The 6 teams advancing from the preliminary round are   Cyprus,   Andorra,    Switzerland,   Malta,   Austria, and   Bulgaria. ^{[3] [7]}

In the main round, the schedule of each group is as follows: ^[5]

Main round schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	2 v 3, 4 v 1
Matchday 2	1 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 3	3 v 1, 2 v 4
Matchday 4	1 v 3, 4 v 2
Matchday 5	3 v 2, 1 v 4
Matchday 6	2 v 1, 4 v 3

Groups

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
3	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Play-offs

Draw

The draw for the main round will take place on 15 May 2025. The eight teams are drawn into four ties, played over two legs, to decide the last four qualifiers. ^{[3] [5]}

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament. ^[3]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Futsal Euro 1
Latvia	Co-host	2 December 2023	0 (Debut)
Lithuania	Co-host	2 December 2023	0 (Debut)
10 teams	Group winner	16 April 2025
4 teams	Play-off winner	24 September 2025

¹Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

1. "Latvia and Lithuania selected to host Futsal EURO 2026". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023.
2. "UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 April 2017.
3. "Futsal EURO 2026: format, calendar". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023.
4. "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
5. "UEFA Documents". documents.uefa.com. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
6. "UEFA Men's Futsal National Team Coefficients". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 April 2024.
7. "Futsal EURO 2026 preliminary round guide | Futsal EURO". UEFA.com. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links

• Official website