UEFA Futsal Euro 2016

The 2016 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2016, was the 10th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It was hosted for the first time in Serbia, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012.^[1] Serbia was chosen ahead of other bids from Bulgaria and Macedonia.

UEFA Futsal Euro 2016

Европско првенство у футсалу 2016 Evropsko prvenstvo u futsalu 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Dates	2–13 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (7th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	129 (6.45 per match)
Attendance	113,961 (5,698 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Serik Zhamankulov Ricardinho Álex Miguelín Mario Rivillos (6 goals each)
Best player(s)	Miguelín
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The final tournament was contested from 2 to 13 February 2016 by twelve teams, eleven of which joined the hosts Serbia after overcoming a qualifying tournament. The matches were played in the Belgrade Arena in the city of Belgrade.

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying

A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Scotland which entered for the first time), and with the hosts Serbia qualifying automatically, the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament.^[2] The qualifying competition, which took place from January to September 2015, consisted of three rounds:^[3]

• Preliminary round: The 24 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The six group winners and the best runner-up advanced to the main round.
• Main round: The 28 teams (21 highest-ranked teams and seven preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The seven group winners qualified directly to the final tournament, while the seven runners-up and the best third-placed team advanced to the play-offs.
• Play-offs: The eight teams were drawn into four ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualified teams.

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Serbia	Hosts	5th	2012	Quarter-finals (2010, 2012)
Russia	Main round Group 1 winners	10th	2014	Champions (1999)
Spain	Main round Group 2 winners	10th	2014	Champions (1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012)
Italy	Main round Group 3 winners	10th	2014	Champions (2003, 2014)
Ukraine	Main round Group 4 winners	9th	2014	Runners-up (2001, 2003)
Slovenia	Main round Group 5 winners	5th	2014	Quarter-finals (2014)
Croatia	Main round Group 6 winners	5th	2014	Fourth place (2012)
Portugal	Main round Group 7 winners	8th	2014	Runners-up (2010)
Hungary	Play-off winners	3rd	2010	Group stage (2005, 2010)
Kazakhstan	Play-off winners	1st	—	Debut
Czech Republic	Play-off winners	8th	2014	Semi-finals (2003), Third place (2010)
Azerbaijan	Play-off winners	4th	2014	Fourth place (2010)

Final draw

The final draw was held on 2 October 2015, 12:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Belgrade Town Hall in Belgrade, Serbia,^[4] where former Serbian footballer Dejan Stanković was unveiled as the tournament ambassador and made the draw.^[5] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, with the hosts Serbia (assigned to position A1 in the draw) and the title holders Italy automatically placed into Pot 1.^[6]

Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and one team from Pot 3. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group or in groups scheduled to be played on the same day (due to a potential clash of teams and clash of fans). Therefore, if Russia were drawn in Group B, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group C or D, and if Russia were drawn in Group C or D, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group A or B.^[7]

Pot 1 Team Coeff Rank  Serbia (hosts) 4.528 8  Italy (holders) 8.278 2  Spain 8.410 1  Russia 8.167 3

Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank  Portugal 7.000 4  Ukraine 5.889 5  Croatia 4.667 6  Czech Republic 4.528 7

Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank  Slovenia 4.167 10  Azerbaijan 3.722 11  Hungary 2.667 12  Kazakhstan 1.667 19

Venues

Belgrade

Location of the 2016 UEFA Futsal Euro final tournament host city in Serbia

All matches were played at the Kombank Arena. During the course of the championship, the arena was renamed from Kombank Arena to Belgrade Arena, for sponsorship reasons.^[8][9] Originally the Pionir Arena was proposed to host group stage matches.

Belgrade
Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 11,161

Squads

Main article: UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.^[3]

Group stage

The schedule of the tournament was confirmed on 28 October 2015.^[10]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CET (UTC+1).^[11]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6	Knockout stage
2	Portugal	2	1	0	1	7	5	+2	3
3	Slovenia	2	0	0	2	3	11	−8	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Serbia	5–1	Slovenia
Janjić 14' (pen.) Kocić 21', 30' Rajčević 27' Pršić 34'	Report	Osredkar 3'

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 11,161^[12]

Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

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Slovenia	2–6	Portugal
Čujec 3' Vrhovec 20'	Report	Fábio Cecílio 5', 40' Ricardinho 16', 24', 33' Pedro Cary 31'

4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 2,270^[12]

Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia), Saša Tomić (Croatia)

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Portugal	1–3	Serbia
Ricardinho 15'	Report	Kocić 8' Rajčević 37' Simić 40'

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 11,161^[12]

Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain), Pascal Lemal (Belgium)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6	6	Knockout stage
2	Ukraine	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	3
3	Hungary	2	0	0	2	5	11	−6	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Spain	5–2	Hungary
Németh 8' (o.g.) Bebe 15' Miguelín 20', 29' Andresito 36'	Report	Dróth 24', 38'

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 5,100^[12]

Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)

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Hungary	3–6	Ukraine
Dróth 8', 34' Trencsényi 30'	Report	D. Sorokin 2' Bondar 7', 35' Ovsyannikov 25' Myko. Grytsyna 30' Valenko 36'

4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 2,445^[12]

Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

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Ukraine	1–4	Spain
Myko. Grytsyna 38'	Report	Álex 20', 34' Rivillos 30', 40'

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 9,850^[12]

Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
3	Croatia	2	0	1	1	4	6	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Russia	2–1	Kazakhstan
Romulo 12', 12'	Report	Zhamankulov 13'

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 2,115^[12]

Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

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Kazakhstan	4–2	Croatia
Douglas 6' Suleimanov 7' Zhamankulov 17', 27'	Report	Matošević 7' Suton 33'

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 1,555^[12]

Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)

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Croatia	2–2	Russia
Robinho 9' (o.g.) Novak 25'	Report	Abramov 12' Pereverzev 39'

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 1,550^[12]

Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Knockout stage
2	Azerbaijan	2	1	0	1	6	8	−2	3
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	5	13	−8	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Italy	3–0	Azerbaijan
Alex Merlim 20', 21' Giasson 29'	Report

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 2,200^[12]

Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)

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Azerbaijan	6–5	Czech Republic
Farzaliyev 6' Borisov 7' De Araujo 12' Eduardo 20' Augusto 27' Rafael 40'	Report	Záruba 10' Holý 12' Rešetár 16' Novotný 24' Kovács 31'

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 1,756^[12]

Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria)

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Czech Republic	0–7	Italy
	Report	Fortino 1', 22' Gabriel Lima 11' Alex Merlim 21' Koudelka 22' (o.g.) Honorio 24' Patias 33'

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 1,020^[12]

Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Knockout stage

If a match was drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, an extra time consisting of two five-minute periods would be played. If teams were still leveled after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. In the third place match, the extra time would be skipped and the decision would go directly to kicks from the penalty mark.^[3]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 February – Belgrade
	Serbia	2
					11 February – Belgrade
	Ukraine	1
					Serbia	2
	9 February – Belgrade
					Russia (a.e.t.)	3
	Russia	6
									13 February – Belgrade
	Azerbaijan	2
									Russia	3
	8 February – Belgrade
									Spain	7
	Spain	6
					11 February – Belgrade
	Portugal	2
					Spain	5
	9 February – Belgrade
					Kazakhstan	3			Third place
	Italy	2
									13 February – Belgrade
	Kazakhstan	5
									Serbia	2
									Kazakhstan	5

Quarter-finals

Serbia	2–1	Ukraine
Kocić 2' Simić 40'	Report	Myko. Grytsyna 24'

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 11,161^[12]

Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania), Marc Birkett (England)

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Portugal	2–6	Spain
Ricardinho 23', 26'	Report	Miguelín 13' (pen.) Rivillos 15', 40' Álex 18', 35' Raúl Campos 23'

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 8,850^[12]

Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

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Russia	6–2	Azerbaijan
Abramov 7', 26' Romulo 15' Eder Lima 25', 39', 40'	Report	Augusto 8', 29'

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 2,205^[12]

Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium), Timo Onatsu (Finland)

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Kazakhstan	5–2	Italy
Leo 16', 40' Zhamankulov 19' Yesenamanov 23' Nurgozhin 37'	Report	Fortino 23' Canal 37'

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 1,740^[12]

Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Cédric Pelissier (France)

Semi-finals

Serbia	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Russia
Kocić 26' Simić 36'	Report	Eder Lima 13' Abramov 33' Romulo 44'

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 11,161^[12]

Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

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Spain	5–3	Kazakhstan
Bebe 8' Miguelín 17' Raúl Campos 18', 39' Álex 27'	Report	Dovgan 4' Leo 36' Zhamankulov 38'

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 7,150^[12]

Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

Third place match

Serbia	2–5	Kazakhstan
Rakić 38' Rajčević 40'	Report	Douglas 20', 30', 34' Zhamankulov 21' Higuita 32'

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

18:30

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 11,161^[12]

Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Final

Russia	3–7	Spain
Romulo 20' Robinho 32' Milovanov 40'	Report	Álex 9' Pola 16', 17' Rivillos 17', 36' Miguelín 31', 35'

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

21:00

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Attendance: 8,350^[12]

Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)

Final ranking

Rank Team  Spain  Russia  Kazakhstan 4  Serbia 5  Italy 6  Ukraine 7  Portugal 8  Azerbaijan 9  Croatia 10  Hungary 11  Czech Republic 12  Slovenia

2016 UEFA Futsal Euro champions  Spain 7th title

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Serik Zhamankulov
• Ricardinho
• Álex
• Miguelín
• Mario Rivillos

5 goals

• Mladen Kocić
• Romulo

4 goals

• Zoltán Dróth
• Douglas Júnior
• Sergei Abramov
• Eder Lima

3 goals

• Augusto
• Rodolfo Fortino
• Alex Merlim
• Leo Jaraguá
• Slobodan Rajčević
• Miloš Simić
• Raúl Campos
• Mykola Grytsyna

2 goals

• Fábio Cecílio
• Bebe
• Pola
• Dmytro Bondar

1 goal

• Vitaliy Borisov
• Fineo De Araujo
• Eduardo
• Rizvan Farzaliyev
• Rafael
• Vedran Matošević
• Tihomir Novak
• Josip Suton
• Michal Holý
• Michal Kovács
• Jiří Novotný
• Lukáš Rešetár
• Radim Záruba
• János Trencsényi
• Mauro Canal
• Daniel Giasson
• Humberto Honorio
• Gabriel Lima
• Alessandro Patias
• Aleksandr Dovgan
• Leo Higuita
• Dauren Nurgozhin
• Dinmukhambet Suleimenov
• Chingiz Yesenamanov
• Pedro Cary
• Ivan Milovanov
• Nikolai Pereverzev
• Robinho
• Slobodan Janjić
• Marko Pršić
• Stefan Rakić
• Kristjan Čujec
• Igor Osredkar
• Gašper Vrhovec
• Andresito
• Denys Ovsyannikov
• Dmytro Sorokin
• Yevgen Valenko

1 own goal

• Tomáš Koudelka (playing against Italy)
• Péter Németh (playing against Spain)
• Robinho (playing against Croatia)

Source: UEFA.com^[13]

Awards

• Golden Player:^[14] Miguelín
• Golden Shoe:^[15] Miguelín and Mario Rivillos, 6 goals, 4 assists (5 games)
• Silver Shoe:^[15] Álex (Spain) 6 goals, 2 assists (5 games)
• Bronze Shoe:^[15] Ricardinho 6 goals, 0 assists (3 games)
• All-star squad:^[12]
  • Miodrag Aksentijević (goalkeeper)
  • Leo Higuita (goalkeeper)
  • Paco Sedano (goalkeeper)
  • Sergei Abramov
  • Álex
  • Douglas Júnior
  • Mladen Kocić
  • Leo Jaraguá
  • Gabriel Lima
  • Miguelín
  • Marko Perić
  • Ricardinho
  • Mario Rivillos
  • Robinho

Sponsorship

Global sponsors	National sponsors
Adidas[16] Carlsberg[17] Coca-Cola[18] Continental[19] Hisense[20] Kia[21] McDonald's[22] Mondo[23] SOCAR[24] Turkish Airlines[25]	Intersport Komercijalna banka Radio S Lav pivo

Broadcasters

• Azerbaijan: CBC Sport^[26]
• Brazil: Globosat^[26]
• Caribbean: ESPN
•  Central America: ESPN
• Europe: Eurosport^[26]
• Hungary: MTV^[26]
• Iran: Varzesh^[27]
• Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Radio and Television Corporation^[26]
• Malaysia: Astro^[26]
• Middle East and North Africa: beIN Sports^[26]
• Mexico: ESPN Latin America
• Portugal: TVI^[28]
• Russia: Match TV^[26]
• Serbia: RTS^[26]
• South America: ESPN
• Spain: Mega (Spanish television channel) (Atresmedia)^[29]
• United States: ESPN (English) and ESPN Deportes (Spanish)

References

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2. "Scotland among record Futsal EURO entry". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 28 December 2014.
3. "Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship, 2015–16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
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9. "UEFA prekrstila "Arenu"!". Večernje novosti. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
10. "UEFA Futsal EURO finals Belgrade schedule". UEFA.com. 28 October 2015.
11. "Final tournament schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com.
12. "UEFA Futsal EURO 2016 tournament review" (PDF). UEFA.com.
13. "UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 – Tournament phase – Player statistics – Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
14. "Golden Player – 2016: Miguelín". UEFA.com.
15. "Spain's Miguelín and Rivillos share Golden Shoe". UEFA.com. 13 February 2016.
16. "adidas on board for UEFA EURO 2012". UEFA.com. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2016. The long-term partnership between UEFA and adidas is to continue with rights granted to UEFA EURO 2012™ and 2016™ plus all other national-team competitions until 2017.
17. UEFA. "Carlsberg signs as Official Sponsor for UEFA national team competitions". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
18. "Coca-Cola signs for Euro 2012, 2016". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 22 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
19. "Continental to sponsor Euro 2012 and 2016". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
20. "Hisense signs as UEFA EURO 2016 global sponsor". UEFA.org. UEFA. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
21. "Hyundai-Kia joins as official sponsor for UEFA Euro 2012™ and UEFA Euro 2016™". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
22. "McDonald's signed up as official Euro sponsor". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
23. "UEFA 2016 Futsal Championship". MONDO Sport&Flooring. MONDOWorldwide.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
24. "SOCAR signs as Official Sponsor for UEFA national team competitions". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
25. "Turkish Airlines joins UEFA EURO 2016 as Official Airline Partner". UEFA.org. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
26. "Where to watch UEFA Futsal EURO 2016". UEFA.com. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
27. شبکه ورزش
28. Geraldes, Ivo (13 January 2016). "Campeonato da Europa de futsal transmitido pela TVI". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Global Media Group. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
29. "La Eurocopa de Fútbol Sala se juega en Mega y Atresplayer". 15 January 2016.

External links

• Official website
• UEFA Futsal EURO Serbia 2016, UEFA.com