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The 2022 UEFA Women's Futsal Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2022, was the second edition of the UEFA Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe.
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| Host country | Final tournament: Portugal |
| City | Gondomar |
| Dates | Qualifying rounds: 5 May – 22 October 2021 Final tournament: 1–3 July 2022[1] |
| Teams | Final tournament: 4 Qualifying: 24 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | Final tournament: 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Third place |  Ukraine |
| Fourth place |  Hungary |
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The final tournament of this edition would originally be held in February 2021, with the qualifying rounds originally taking place in 2020. However, on 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the final tournament had been postponed to March 2022, with the qualifying rounds postponed to 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] The tournament was again later rescheduled for July 2022 in the same venue previously chosen, Gondomar, Portugal.[1] Spain were the defending champions[4] and they successfully defended their title beating Portugal for a second time 3–3 (1–4 in penalties).[5]
A total of 24 (out of 55) UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying stage, with Gibraltar and Bosnia and Herzegovina making their debuts.[6] Based on their coefficient ranking, calculated based on results in the 2019 edition,[7] the 13 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 11 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round.[8] The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw. Three teams were pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and four teams were pre-selected as hosts for the main round.
The draws for the preliminary round and main round was held on 13 February 2020, 13:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[6] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
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Romania (Coeff. 1.000, Rank 14) are the only team to participate in 2019 qualifying but not in 2022 qualifying.In the preliminary round and main round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.
In the final tournament, the four qualified teams play in knockout format (semi-finals, third place match, and final), either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams, or at a neutral venue.
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 and 14.02):[8]
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Round | Draw | Dates | Original dates |
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| Preliminary round | 13 February 2020 | 4–9 May 2021 | 5–10 May 2020 |
| Main round | 19–24 October 2021 | 1–6 September 2020 | |
| Final tournament | 28 January 2022 |
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In the preliminary round and main round, the schedule of each group was as follows, with one rest day between matchdays 2 and 3 for four-team groups, and no rest days for three-team groups (Regulations Articles 18.04, 18.05 and 18.06):[8]
Note: For scheduling, the hosts are considered as Team 1, while the visiting teams are considered as Team 2, Team 3, and Team 4 according to their seeding positions.
| Matchday | Matches (4 teams) | Matches (3 teams) |
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| Matchday 1 | 2 v 4, 3 v 1 | 3 v 1 |
| Matchday 2 | 3 v 2, 1 v 4 | 2 v 3 |
| Matchday 3 | 4 v 3, 1 v 2 | 1 v 2 |
The winners of each group advance to the main round to join the 13 teams which receive byes. The preliminary round was originally scheduled to be played between 5 and 10 May 2020, but had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially to a later date comprised tentatively between June and September.[9][10] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the matches had been rescheduled to be played between 4 and 9 May 2021.[2][3]
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Slovakia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 | Main round |
| 2 |  Serbia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Northern Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Lithuania (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 |
| Serbia | 4–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Slovakia | 7–0 | Lithuania |
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| Slovakia | 3–2 | Serbia |
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| Lithuania | 0–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Northern Ireland | 0–8 | Slovakia |
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| Lithuania | 1–10 | Serbia |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Netherlands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 9 | Main round |
| 2 |  Armenia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Moldova (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 7–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Armenia | 8–0 | Moldova |
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| Armenia | 0–6 | Netherlands |
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| Moldova | 0–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–4 | Armenia |
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| Moldova | 0–8 | Netherlands |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Belgium |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Main round |
| 2 |  Gibraltar (H) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew[11] |
| Kazakhstan | Cancelled | Belgium |
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The winners of each group advance to the final tournament. The main round was originally scheduled to be played between 1 and 6 September 2020. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the matches had been rescheduled to be played between 19 and 24 October 2021.[2][3]
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Russia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Banned due to the invasion of Ukraine[12] |
| 2 | Hungary |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Belarus (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 0 |
| Russia | 2–1 | Netherlands |
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| Belarus | 1–6 | Netherlands |
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| Netherlands | 1–3 | Hungary |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Portugal |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | +26 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Poland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Croatia (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Slovenia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ukraine (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Finland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Belgium |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 |
| Belgium | 3–0 | Czech Republic |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Sweden (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Slovakia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 0 |
The final tournament was originally scheduled to be played between 11 and 14 February 2021. On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the matches had been rescheduled to be played between 24 and 27 March 2022.[2][3] However, in March 2022, UEFA announced that the finals had been postponed until further notice, the rescheduled dates were later confirmed to be in July 2022.[1]
Portugal were selected on 16 December 2021 from the four qualified teams to be the hosts of the final tournament.[13]
The following four teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Previous appearances in final tournament1 |
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| Russia | Main round Group 1 winners | 21 October 2021 | 1 (2019) |
| Portugal | Main round Group 2 winners | 23 October 2021 | 1 (2019) |
| Ukraine | Main round Group 3 winners | 24 October 2021 | 1 (2019) |
| Spain | Main round Group 4 winners | 23 October 2021 | 1 (2019) |
| Hungary[!] | Main round Group 1 runners-up | 2 May 2022 | 0 (debut) |
The draw for the final tournament was held on 28 January during the half-time of the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 final group match between Portugal and Ukraine.[14] The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions.
Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.
In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time is used in the third place match (Regulations Article 16.02 and 16.03).[8]
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| 1 July – Gondomar | ||||||
| Portugal | 6 | |||||
| 3 July – Gondomar | ||||||
| Hungary | 0 | |||||
| Portugal | 3 (1) | |||||
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| Spain | 3 (4) | |||||
| Ukraine | 0 | |||||
| Spain | 9 | |||||
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| 3 July – Gondomar | ||||||
| Hungary | 1 | |||||
| Ukraine | 2 | |||||
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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