European Futsal Championship 2012 / Qualification

The qualification for the Futsal European Championship 2012 took place in spring 2011 in a total of eleven groups in different countries. In addition to the EM host Croatia , the other eleven starting places were secured in the qualification. In the preliminary round, the participants with the worst UEFA coefficient played against each other in four groups. The first three in the group advanced to the qualifying round.

For the final tournament from January 31 to February 11, 2012 in Zagreb and Split , Spain, Azerbaijan, Russia, Serbia, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Italy and Slovenia qualified.

participating countries

Preliminary round

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Moldova	Armenia	England	Bulgaria	Albania	Andorra
Montenegro	Greece	Estonia	France	Finland	Norway
Switzerland	Iceland	Georgia	Lithuania	San Marino	Ireland
Turkey	Latvia	North Macedonia	Malta	Cyprus	Israel

Qualifying round

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F.
Azerbaijan	Finland	North Macedonia	Norway	Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina
France	Netherlands	Poland	Romania	Turkey	Italy
Kazakhstan	Russia	Portugal	Slovakia	Ukraine	Latvia
Spain	Serbia	Belarus	Czech Republic	Hungary	Slovenia

Preliminary round

The teams highlighted in color moved into the qualifying round.

Group 1

team	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference	Goal difference	Points
Turkey	3	2	0	1	11: 6	+ 05	6th
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	9: 9	± 00	6th
Moldova	3	1	0	2	8:10	- 02nd	3
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	8:11	- 03	3

Group 2

team	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference	Goal difference	Points
Latvia	3	3	0	0	11: 5	+ 06	9
Iceland	3	2	0	1	15:10	+ 05	6th
Greece	3	0	1	2	6:11	- 05th	1
Armenia	3	0	1	2	4:10	- 06	1

Group 3

team	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference	Goal difference	Points
North Macedonia	3	3	0	0	11: 4	+ 07	9
Georgia	3	2	0	1	13: 2	+11	6th
England	3	1	0	2	4: 9	- 05th	3
Estonia	3	0	0	3	4:17	-13	0

Group 4

team	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference	Goal difference	Points
France	3	3	0	0	11: 3	+ 08	9
Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	14: 5	+ 09	6th
Lithuania	3	1	0	2	9:10	- 01	3
Malta	3	0	0	3	2:18	-16	0

Group 5

team	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference	Goal difference	Points
Finland	3	2	1	0	18: 2	+16	7th
Albania	3	2	0	1	11: 7	+ 04	6th
Cyprus	3	1	1	1	13:11	+ 02	4th
San Marino	3	0	0	3	4:16	-12	0

Group 6

team	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference	Goal difference	Points
Norway	3	3	0	0	19: 6	+13	9
Andorra	3	2	0	1	9: 9	± 00	6th
Israel	3	1	0	2	7:11	- 04th	3
Ireland	3	0	0	3	1:10	- 09	0

Qualifying round

The colored teams in the tables qualified for the final tournament in Hungary.

Group A

The games were played at the Palace of Sport in Baku , Azerbaijan .

team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
Spain	3	3	0	0	17: 3	+14	9
Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	13:13	± 00	6th
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	5:11	- 06	3
France	3	0	0	3	2:10	- 08	0

February 24, 2011, Baku
Spain	-	France	4-0
February 24, 2011, Baku
Azerbaijan	-	Kazakhstan	6: 3
February 25, 2011, Baku
Kazakhstan	-	Spain	0: 5
February 25, 2011, Baku
Azerbaijan	-	France	4: 2
February 27, 2011, Baku
France	-	Kazakhstan	0: 2
February 27, 2011, Baku
Spain	-	Azerbaijan	8: 3

Group B

The games were played at the Topsportcentrum in Rotterdam , the Netherlands .

team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
Russia	3	3	0	0	10: 1	+ 09	9
Serbia	3	1	1	1	9: 6	+ 03	4th
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	8: 7	+ 01	4th
Finland	3	0	0	3	3:16	-13	0

February 24, 2011, Rotterdam
Russia	-	Finland	5: 1
February 24, 2011, Rotterdam
Netherlands	-	Serbia	3: 3
February 25, 2011, Rotterdam
Serbia	-	Russia	0: 3
February 25, 2011, Rotterdam
Netherlands	-	Finland	5: 2
February 27, 2011, Rotterdam
Finland	-	Serbia	0: 6
February 27, 2011, Rotterdam
Russia	-	Netherlands	2-0

Group C

The games were played in the Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa BBOSiR in Bielsko-Biała , Poland .

team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
Portugal	3	3	0	0	14: 2	+12	9
Belarus	3	1	1	1	5: 8	- 03	4th
Poland	3	0	1	2	4:10	- 06	1
North Macedonia	3	0	1	2	4: 7	- 03	1

February 24, 2011, Bielsko-Biała
Portugal	-	Macedonia	3: 1
February 24, 2011, Bielsko-Biała
Poland	-	Belarus	2: 2
February 25, 2011, Bielsko-Biała
Belarus	-	Portugal	1: 5
February 25, 2011, Bielsko-Biała
Poland	-	Macedonia	2: 2
February 27, 2011, Bielsko-Biała
Macedonia	-	Belarus	1: 2
February 27, 2011, Bielsko-Biała
Portugal	-	Poland	6-0

Group D

The games were played in the Sala Polivalentă in Târgu Mureş , Romania .

team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	9: 7	+ 02	6th
Romania	3	2	0	1	9: 7	+ 02	6th
Slovakia	3	2	0	1	13:10	+ 03	6th
Norway	3	0	0	3	4:11	- 07th	0

February 24, 2011, Târgu Mureș
Czech Republic	-	Norway	4: 3
February 24, 2011, Târgu Mureș
Romania	-	Slovakia	5: 6
February 25, 2011, Târgu Mureș
Slovakia	-	Czech Republic	3: 5
February 25, 2011, Târgu Mureș
Romania	-	Norway	3: 1
February 27, 2011, Târgu Mureș
Norway	-	Slovakia	0: 4
February 25, 2011, Târgu Mureș
Czech Republic	-	Romania	0: 1

Group E

The games were played in the Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv" in Kharkiv , Ukraine .

team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	20: 6	+14	9
Turkey	3	2	0	1	8:16	- 08	6th
Hungary	3	1	0	2	7:10	- 03	3
Belgium	3	0	0	3	8:11	- 03	0

February 24, 2011, Kharkiv
Ukraine	-	Belgium	4: 3
February 24, 2011, Kharkiv
Hungary	-	Turkey	2: 3
February 25, 2011, Kharkiv
Belgium	-	Hungary	3: 4
February 25, 2011, Kharkiv
Ukraine	-	Turkey	12: 2
February 27, 2011, Kharkiv
Turkey	-	Belgium	3: 2
February 27, 2011, Kharkiv
Hungary	-	Ukraine	1: 4

Group F.

The games were played in the Dvorana Tri Lilije in Laško , Slovenia .

team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
Italy	3	3	0	0	12: 1	+11	9
Slovenia	3	2	0	1	9: 6	+ 03	6th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4:11	- 07th	3
Latvia	3	0	0	3	6:13	- 07th	0

February 24, 2011, Laško
Italy	-	Latvia	6: 1
February 24, 2011, Laško
Slovenia	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5: 1
February 25, 2011, Laško
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Italy	0: 4
February 25, 2011, Laško
Slovenia	-	Latvia	4: 3
February 27, 2011, Laško
Latvia	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2: 3
February 27, 2011, Laško
Italy	-	Slovenia	2-0

Web links

• de.archive.uefa.com: Futsal EM
• rsssf.com: Results of qualifiers for 2012 (English)