European Futsal Championship 2018

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UEFA European Futsal Championship 2018
UEFA Futsal EURO 2018
Number of nations 12  (from 48 applicants)
European champion PortugalPortugal Portugal (1st title)
venue SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
Opening game January 30, 2018
Endgame February 10, 2018
Games 20th
Gates 91  (⌀: 4.55 per game)
Top scorer PortugalPortugal Ricardinho (7 goals)
Best player PortugalPortugal Ricardinho

The 11th European Futsal Championship was held from January 30th to February 10th 2018 in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana . Twelve national teams took part in the tournament, initially in groups and then in a knockout system . The Portuguese team won the title for the first time with a 3-2 win after extra time against Spain . The best player and top scorer was the Portuguese Ricardinho .

Award

At its meeting in Nyon on January 26, 2015, the UEFA Executive Committee decided that the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, would host the 2018 European Futsal Championship . The application of the Slovenian Football Association (NZS) prevailed against those of the Romanian Football Association (FRF) and that of the Football Association of Macedonia (FFM).

Venues

The European Championship was held in the modern Stožice Arena with a capacity of 12,480 spectators, which was the largest sports hall in Slovenia at the time of the event.

Ljubljana
European Futsal Championship 2018 (Slovenia)
Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Venue of the Futsal European Championship 2018
Arena Stožice
12,480 seats
Arena Stožice

qualification

Attendees

The European Championship 2018 was played for the fifth time with twelve teams. Slovenia was automatically qualified to host. A total of 47 nations competed for the remaining eleven places. In the first round, the 24 teams with the worst UEFA coefficient play against each other in seven groups. The group winners advanced to the next round, where they were drawn into seven groups of four along with the 21 remaining teams. The group winners and the four play-off winners 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
SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia RussiaRussia Russia PortugalPortugal Portugal SpainSpain Spain
ItalyItaly Italy KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan UkraineUkraine Ukraine AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
SerbiaSerbia Serbia PolandPoland Poland RomaniaRomania Romania FranceFrance France

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. SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia  2  1  1  0 003: 200  +1 04th
 2. SerbiaSerbia Serbia  2  0  2  0 003: 300  ± 0 02
 3. ItalyItaly Italy  2  0  1  1 002: 300  −1 01
January 30, 2018
Slovenia - Serbia 2: 2 (1: 1) report
1st February 2018
Serbia - Italy 1: 1 (0: 0) report
3rd February 2018
Italy - Slovenia 1: 2 (1: 0) report

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan  2  1  1  0 006: 200  +4 04th
 2. RussiaRussia Russia  2  0  2  0 002: 200  ± 0 02
 3. PolandPoland Poland  2  0  1  1 002: 600  −4 01
January 30, 2018
Russia - Poland 1: 1 (0: 0) report
1st February 2018
Poland - Kazakhstan 1: 5 (0: 4) report
3rd February 2018
Kazakhstan - Russia 1: 1 (0: 1) report

Group C

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. PortugalPortugal Portugal  2  2  0  0 009: 400  +5 06th
 2. UkraineUkraine Ukraine  2  1  0  1 006: 700  −1 03
 3. RomaniaRomania Romania  2  0  0  2 003: 700  −4 00
January 31, 2018
Portugal - Romania 4: 1 (2: 0) report
February 2, 2018
Romania - Ukraine 2: 3 (2: 1) report
4th February 2018
Ukraine - Portugal 3: 5 (0: 2) report

Group D

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SpainSpain Spain  2  1  1  0 005: 400  +1 04th
 2. AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan  2  1  0  1 005: 400  +1 03
 3. FranceFrance France  2  0  1  1 007: 900  −2 01
January 31, 2018
Spain - France 4: 4 (2: 2) report
February 2, 2018
France - Azerbaijan 3: 5 (1: 1) report
4th February 2018
Azerbaijan - Spain 0: 1 (0: 1) report

Final rounds

Tournament tree

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
5th February 2018        
 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia   0
February 8, 2018
 RussiaRussia Russia   2  
 RussiaRussia Russia   2
February 6, 2018
   PortugalPortugal Portugal   3  
 PortugalPortugal Portugal   8th
February 10, 2018
 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan   1  
 PortugalPortugal Portugal   3
5th February 2018
   SpainSpain Spain   2
 SerbiaSerbia Serbia   1
February 8, 2018
 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan   3  
 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan   5 (1) Game for third place
February 6, 2018
   SpainSpain Spain   5 (3)  
 UkraineUkraine Ukraine   0  RussiaRussia Russia   1
 SpainSpain Spain   1    KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan   0
February 10, 2018

(): Penalty Shootout

Quarter finals

5th February 2018 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia - RussiaRussia Russia 0: 2 (0: 0) report
5th February 2018 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana SerbiaSerbia Serbia - KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 1: 3 (0: 1) report
February 6, 2018 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana PortugalPortugal Portugal - AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 8: 1 (5: 1) report
February 6, 2018 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana UkraineUkraine Ukraine - SpainSpain Spain 0: 1 (0: 1) report

Semifinals

February 8, 2018 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana RussiaRussia Russia - PortugalPortugal Portugal 2: 3 (1: 0) report
February 8, 2018 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan - SpainSpain Spain 5: 5 n.v. (4: 4; 1: 2); 1: 3 i. P. report

Game for third place

February 10, 2018 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana RussiaRussia Russia - KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 1: 0 (0: 0) report

final

February 10, 2018 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana PortugalPortugal Portugal - SpainSpain Spain 3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1) report

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b de.uefa.com: Slovenia hosts the Futsal EURO 2018