European Futsal Championship 2016

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2016 UEFA European Futsal Championship
UEFA Futsal EURO 2016
Number of nations 12  (of an estimated 54 applicants)
European champion SpainSpain Spain (7th title)
venue SerbiaSerbia Serbia
Opening game February 2, 2016
Endgame February 13, 2016
Games 20th
Gates 129  (⌀: 6.45 per game)
spectator 146,020  (⌀: 7,301 per game)
Top scorer SpainSpain Álex Miguelín Ricardinho Rivillos Serik Schamankulow (6 goals each)
SpainSpain 
PortugalPortugal 
SpainSpain 
KazakhstanKazakhstan 

The 10th European Futsal Championship was held from February 2nd to 13th, 2016 in the Serbian capital Belgrade . Twelve national teams took part in the tournament, initially in groups and then in a knockout system . The tournament ambassador was Dejan Stanković .

Award

At its meeting in Istanbul on March 20, 2012, the UEFA Executive Committee decided that the Serbian capital Belgrade would host the 2016 European Futsal Championship . The application of the Serbian Football Association (FSS) prevailed against those of the Bulgarian Football Association (BFS) and that of the Football Association of Macedonia (FFM).

Venues

The European Championship was held in the modern Belgrade Arena with a capacity of 18,386 spectators, which is currently the largest sports hall in Serbia and one of the largest in Europe.

Belgrade
European Futsal Championship 2016 (Serbia)
Belgrade
Belgrade
Venue of the Futsal European Championship 2016
Belgrade Arena
18,386 seats
Belgrade Arena

qualification

Attendees

The 2016 European Championship was played for the fourth time with twelve teams. Serbia was automatically qualified to host. A total of 42 nations competed for the remaining eleven places. In the first round, the 24 teams with the worst UEFA coefficient played against each other in four groups. The group winners advanced to the next round, where they were drawn into six groups of four along with the 18 remaining teams. The group first and the five best second finally qualified for the finals.

The twelve participants in the final round were drawn into four groups.

Group A Group B Group C Group D
SerbiaSerbia Serbia SpainSpain Spain RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy
PortugalPortugal Portugal UkraineUkraine Ukraine CroatiaCroatia Croatia Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia HungaryHungary Hungary KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan

Preliminary round

The two best teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SerbiaSerbia Serbia  2  2  0  0 008: 200  +6 06th
 2. PortugalPortugal Portugal  2  1  0  1 007: 500  +2 03
 3. SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia  2  0  0  2 003:110  −8 00
February 2, 2016
Serbia - Slovenia 5: 1 (1: 1) report
4th February 2016
Slovenia - Portugal 2: 6 (2: 2) report
February 6, 2016
Portugal - Serbia 1: 3 (1: 1) report

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SpainSpain Spain  2  2  0  0 009: 300  +6 06th
 2. UkraineUkraine Ukraine  2  1  0  1 007: 700  ± 0 03
 3. HungaryHungary Hungary  2  0  0  2 005:110  −6 00
February 2, 2016
Spain - Hungary 5: 2 (3: 0) report
4th February 2016
Hungary - Ukraine 3: 6 (1: 2) report
February 6, 2016
Ukraine - Spain 1: 4 (0: 1) report

Group C

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. RussiaRussia Russia  2  1  1  0 004: 300  +1 04th
 2. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan  2  1  0  1 005: 400  +1 03
 3. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  2  0  1  1 004: 600  −2 01
3rd February 2016
Russia - Kazakhstan 2: 1 (2: 1) report
5th February 2016
Kazakhstan - Croatia 4: 2 (3: 1) report
February 7, 2016
Croatia - Russia 2: 2 (1: 1) report

Group D

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ItalyItaly Italy  2  2  0  0 010-000 +10 06th
 2. AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan  2  1  0  1 006: 800  −2 03
 3. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic  2  0  0  2 005:130  −8 00
3rd February 2016
Italy - Azerbaijan 3: 0 (1: 0) report
5th February 2016
Azerbaijan - Czech Republic 6: 5 (4: 3) report
February 7, 2016
Czech Republic - Italy 0: 7 (0: 2) report

Final rounds

Tournament tree

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
February 8, 2016        
 SerbiaSerbia Serbia   2
February 11, 2016
 UkraineUkraine Ukraine   1  
 SerbiaSerbia Serbia   2
February 9, 2016
   RussiaRussia Russia   3  
 RussiaRussia Russia   6th
February 13, 2016
 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan   2  
 RussiaRussia Russia   3
February 8, 2016
   SpainSpain Spain   7th
 PortugalPortugal Portugal   2
February 11, 2016
 SpainSpain Spain   6th  
 SpainSpain Spain   5 Game for third place
February 9, 2016
   KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan   3  
 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan   5  SerbiaSerbia Serbia   2
 ItalyItaly Italy   2    KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan   5
February 13, 2016

(): Penalty Shootout

Quarter finals

February 8, 2016 Belgrade Arena, Belgrade SerbiaSerbia Serbia - UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2: 1 (1: 0) report
February 8, 2016 Belgrade Arena, Belgrade PortugalPortugal Portugal - SpainSpain Spain 2: 6 (0: 3) report
February 9, 2016 Belgrade Arena, Belgrade RussiaRussia Russia - AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 6: 2 (2: 1) report
February 9, 2016 Belgrade Arena, Belgrade KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan - ItalyItaly Italy 5: 2 (2: 0) report

Semifinals

February 11, 2016 Belgrade Arena, Belgrade SerbiaSerbia Serbia - RussiaRussia Russia 2: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 1) report
February 11, 2016 Belgrade Arena, Belgrade SpainSpain Spain - KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 5: 3 (3: 1) report

Game for third place

February 13, 2016 Belgrade Arena, Belgrade SerbiaSerbia Serbia - KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 2: 5 (0: 1) report

final

February 13, 2016 Belgrade Arena, Belgrade RussiaRussia Russia - SpainSpain Spain 3: 7 (1: 4) report

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c de.uefa.com: Belgrade venue for Futsal EURO 2016