2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates22 October 2015 – 13 April 2016
Teams45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played89
Goals scored539 (6.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Cardinal (8 goals)
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The UEFA qualifying competition for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup was a men's futsal competition that determined the seven European national teams taking part in the final tournament in Colombia.[1]

The national teams from a total of 45 UEFA member associations entered the qualifying competition. Denmark, Gibraltar, Sweden and Wales made their FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying debuts.[2]

Format[]

The qualifying competition consisted of three rounds:[3]

  • Preliminary round: The 23 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into five groups of four teams and one group of three teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts (if a group was drawn without pre-selected hosts, the hosts were selected afterwards by agreement or draw by UEFA). The six group winners advanced to the main round.
  • Main round: The 28 teams (22 highest-ranked teams and six preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts. The seven group winners and the seven runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
  • Play-offs: The 14 teams were drawn into seven ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the seven qualified teams.

Tiebreakers[]

In the preliminary round and main round, 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 a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[3]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament 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 mini-tournament, 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 mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Coefficient ranking;
  10. Drawing of lots.

In the play-offs, the team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualified for the final tournament. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.[3]

Schedule[]

The qualifying matches were played on the following dates.[2]

Stage Dates
Preliminary round 22–25 October 2015
Main round 10–13 December 2015
Play-offs 22 March & 12 April 2016

Entrants[]

The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[3]

The 22 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 23 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round.[2] The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws.

Teams entering main round
Seeding position 1
Team Coeff Rank
 Spain 8.410 1
 Italy (H) 8.278 2
 Russia 8.167 3
 Portugal (H) 7.000 4
 Ukraine 5.889 5
 Croatia (H) 4.667 6
 Czech Republic (H) 4.528 7
Seeding position 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Serbia 4.528 8
 Romania 4.444 9
 Slovenia 4.167 10
 Azerbaijan 3.722 11
 Hungary (H) 2.667 12
 Slovakia 2.556 13
 Netherlands (H) 2.167 14
Seeding position 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Belarus 2.111 15
 Belgium 1.944 16
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.778 17
 Turkey (H) 1.722 18
 Kazakhstan 1.667 19
 Poland 1.444 20
 North Macedonia 1.333 21
Seeding position 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Norway 1.222 22
Teams entering preliminary round
Seeding position 1
Team Coeff Rank
 Latvia 1.167 23
 France 1.056 24
 Finland 1.000 25
 Georgia 0.917 26
 Greece 0.833 27
 Israel (H) 0.833 28
Seeding position 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Moldova 0.694 29
 England 0.667 30
 Montenegro 0.611 31
 Lithuania (H) 0.611 32
 Bulgaria 0.611 33
 Armenia 0.444 34
Seeding position 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Andorra 0.389 35
 Albania 0.389 36
 Sweden 0.333 37
 Cyprus (H) 0.333 38
 Denmark 0.222 39
  Switzerland 0.222 40
Seeding position 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Gibraltar 0.111 42
 Estonia 0.000 43
 Wales 0.000 44
 Malta 0.000 45
 San Marino 0.000 46
Notes
  • Iceland (Coeff: 0.222; Rank 41), Republic of Ireland (Coeff: 0.000; Rank 47), (no rank), (no rank), Germany (no rank), (no rank), (no rank), Northern Ireland (no rank), and Scotland (no rank) did not enter.
  • Gibraltar entered despite being a non-FIFA member and thus ineligible for the World Cup.
  • Teams which were pre-selected as preliminary round or main round hosts were denoted by (H). As only three teams were pre-selected as preliminary round hosts, three preliminary round groups were drawn without pre-selected hosts, and the hosts would be selected afterwards by agreement or draw by UEFA.

The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 2 July 2015, 14:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[4][5] Each group in the preliminary round and main round contained one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4, except for one group in the preliminary round which contained one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3. The six teams which qualified from the preliminary round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were placed in seeding position 4 for the main round draw. In the preliminary round draw, the teams which were pre-selected as hosts could not be drawn in the same group, while in the main round draw, the teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from a separate pot, while being placed in their groups according to their seeding positions.

Preliminary round[]

Times were CEST (UTC+2), except for matches on 25 October 2015 which were CET (UTC+1).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Moldova (H) 3 2 1 0 21 4 +17 7 Main round
2  Georgia 3 2 1 0 20 4 +16 7
3  Andorra 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 3
4  Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 5 31 −26 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Georgia 15–1 Gibraltar
4'
5', 23'
7', 25'
11'
14', 34'
20', 20'
22'
29'
36', 37'
39'		 Report 19' (pen.)
Referee: Nikola Jelić (Croatia), Victor Berg-Audic (France)
Moldova 7–0 Andorra
3', 14', 30'
4'
12'
16', 32'		 Report
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus)
Andorra 1–3 Georgia
38' Report 9'
31', 34'
Referee: Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus), Nikola Jelić (Croatia)
Moldova 12–2 Gibraltar
5', 23', 35', 40'
8', 14', 39'
14', 14'
26'
30'
33'		 Report 2'
38'
Referee: Victor Berg-Audic (France), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)
Gibraltar 2–4 Andorra
7'
28'		 Report 16', 18'
30', 32'
Referee: Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus), Victor Berg-Audic (France)
Georgia 2–2 Moldova
30'
33'		 Report 15'
23'
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Nikola Jelić (Croatia)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden (H) 3 2 1 0 16 8 +8 7 Main round
2  Greece 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
3  Montenegro 3 1 1 1 9 8 +1 4
4  San Marino 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Greece 2–1 San Marino
13'
19'		 Report 35'
Agnebergshallen, Uddevalla
Referee: Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria), Septimiu Burtescu (Romania)
Sweden 3–3 Montenegro
8'
9'
30'		 Report 17'
Drašković 17'
35'
Agnebergshallen, Uddevalla
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland)
Montenegro 3–5 Greece
Drašković 5', 31'
5'		 Report 3'
7'
34'
36'
38'
Agnebergshallen, Uddevalla
Referee: Septimiu Burtescu (Romania), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)
Sweden 9–4 San Marino
6'
S. Abraham 7', 9'
9', 17'
10', 40'
31'
40'		 Report 7'
20'
22'
35'
Agnebergshallen, Uddevalla
Referee: Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland), Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria)
San Marino 0–3 Montenegro
Report Drašković 18', 28'
40'
Agnebergshallen, Uddevalla
Referee: Septimiu Burtescu (Romania), Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria)
Greece 1–4 Sweden
33' Report 6', 15'
16'
26'
Agnebergshallen, Uddevalla
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Damian Jaruchiewicz (Poland)

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Main round
2  Albania 3 2 0 1 11 6 +5 6
3  Lithuania (H) 3 1 0 2 4 12 −8 3
4  Malta 3 0 0 3 6 16 −10 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
France 8–2 Malta
Rabei 7'
11'
13', 22', 35'
Ramirez 28'
30'
38'		 Report 20'
33'
Referee: Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia), Sreten Vasić (Serbia)
Lithuania 2–5 Albania
4'
40'		 Report 31'
31'
39'
39'
40'
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Olli Niemelä (Finland)
Lithuania 2–1 Malta
12'
36'		 Report Milijic 6'
Referee: Sreten Vasić (Serbia), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)
Albania 0–1 France
Report 2'
Referee: Olli Niemelä (Finland), Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia)
Malta 3–6 Albania
12'
25'
Milijic 38'		 Report 9', 37'
12'
19' (pen.), 23'
33'
Referee: Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia), Olli Niemelä (Finland)
France 6–0 Lithuania
6', 21'
12'
20', 20'
27'		 Report
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Sreten Vasić (Serbia)

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 3 3 0 0 14 7 +7 9 Main round
2  Cyprus (H) 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 6
3  Estonia 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
4  Armenia 3 0 0 3 6 9 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Latvia 6–2 Estonia
6'
19', 38'
38'
39'
40'		 Report 14'
18'
Referee: Gabriel Gherman (Romania), Talgat Kosmukhambetov (Kazakhstan)
Cyprus 3–2 Armenia
3', 7', 29' Report 17'
Babayan 17'
Referee: Juan Gallardo (Spain), Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan)
Armenia 3–4 Latvia
Nasibyan 5'
18'
39'		 Report 1'
23'
Babayan 39' (o.g.)
40'
Referee: Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan), Gabriel Gherman (Romania)
Cyprus 4–1 Estonia
7' (o.g.)
21', 24'
31'		 Report Paapsi 37'
Referee: Talgat Kosmukhambetov (Kazakhstan), Juan Gallardo (Spain)
Estonia 2–1 Armenia
Paapsi 12'
25'		 Report 5'
Referee: Talgat Kosmukhambetov (Kazakhstan), Yusif Nurullayev (Azerbaijan)
Latvia 4–2 Cyprus
2', 35'
6'
30'		 Report 12'
27'
Referee: Gabriel Gherman (Romania), Juan Gallardo (Spain)

Group E[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 12 7 +5 9 Main round
2  Denmark 3 2 0 1 15 10 +5 6
3  Wales 3 1 0 2 9 12 −3 3
4  Israel (H) 3 0 0 3 8 15 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
England 4–2 Wales
9'
24'
27'
38'		 Report 4'
Zulkarnain 18'
Referee: Cédric Waroux (Belgium), Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus)
Israel 4–6 Denmark
13'
30'
32'
36'		 Report 4', 27'
13', 25', 29'
35'
Referee: Vyacheslav Daragan (Ukraine), Marjan Mladenovski (Macedonia)
Israel 3–6 Wales
15', 37'
39'		 Report 5'
12', 35'
Zulkarnain 18', 23'
39'
Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Cédric Waroux (Belgium)
Denmark 4–5 England
16', 23', 24'
34' (o.g.)		 Report 1', 6'
11' (o.g.)
23'
25'
Referee: Marjan Mladenovski (Macedonia), Vyacheslav Daragan (Ukraine)
Wales 1–5 Denmark
35' Report Johansson 3', 27'
6'
18'
29'
Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Marjan Mladenovski (Macedonia)
England 3–1 Israel
15'
21'
40'		 Report 36'
Referee: Vyacheslav Daragan (Ukraine), Cédric Waroux (Belgium)

Group F[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland (H) 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Main round
2  Bulgaria 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3   Switzerland 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Finland 3–0  Switzerland
12', 20'
34'		 Report
Referee: Lukáš Peško (Slovakia), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)
Switzerland  2–2 Bulgaria
2'
38'		 Report Shutev 22'
29'
Referee: Grigori Zelentsov (Russia), Lukáš Peško (Slovakia)
Bulgaria 0–0 Finland
Report
Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Grigori Zelentsov (Russia)

Main round[]

All times were CET (UTC+1).

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 18 5 +13 9 Play-offs
2  Hungary (H) 3 2 0 1 13 11 +2 6
3  Belgium 3 1 0 2 8 11 −3 3
4  England 3 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Ukraine 7–0 England
5', 12'
15'
16', 29'
Rogachov 29', 35'		 Report
Referee: Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia), Fredric Nilholt (Sweden)
Hungary 5–2 Belgium
5', 33'
9'
22'
39'		 Report Rahou 1'
Dujacquier 37'
Referee: Sebastian Stawicki (Poland), Robert Pieter Lenting (Netherlands)
Belgium 2–6 Ukraine
Lúcio 8'
Rahou 17'		 Report 6'
10', 18'
16'
26'
Rogachov 29' (pen.)
Referee: Robert Pieter Lenting (Netherlands), Sebastian Stawicki (Poland)
Hungary 5–4 England
16'
20'
21'
25'
35'		 Report 30'
31'
34'
40'
Referee: Fredric Nilholt (Sweden), Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia)
England 0–4 Belgium
Report 27'
28'
36' (o.g.)
40'
Referee: Robert Pieter Lenting (Netherlands), Fredric Nilholt (Sweden)
Ukraine 5–3 Hungary
3'
Ovsyannikov 19', 35'
Zhurba 22'
38' (pen.)		 Report 5' (pen.)
30'
37'
Referee: Sebastian Stawicki (Poland), Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia)

Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Azerbaijan 3 2 1 0 19 8 +11 7 Play-offs
2  Belarus 3 1 1 1 11 13 −2 4[a]
3  Croatia (H) 3 1 1 1 13 12 +1 4[a]
4  Sweden 3 0 1 2 5 15 −10 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head record (Belarus: 3 pts; Croatia: 0 pts).
Azerbaijan 8–2 Sweden
Borisov 3', 15'
Augusto 11'
Amadeu 11'
20'
Eduardo 25', 26', 36'		 Report 24'
33'
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria)
Croatia 4–7 Belarus
Jelovčić 20' (pen.)
22' (o.g.)
Matošević 27'
Marinović 33'		 Report 12'
26'
28', 31', 40'
36', 39'
Referee: Gerd Bylois (Belgium), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)
Belarus 2–7 Azerbaijan
15'
39'		 Report Augusto 4'
Eduardo 19', 19', 26'
Borisov 20'
25'
37'
Referee: Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria), Gerd Bylois (Belgium)
Croatia 5–1 Sweden
Matošević 2'
Suton 25', 33'
Marinović 30'
Grcić 36'		 Report S. Abraham 13'
Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Gábor Kovács (Hungary)
Sweden 2–2 Belarus
22'
32'		 Report 18'
26'
Referee: Gerd Bylois (Belgium), Trayan Enchev (Bulgaria)
Azerbaijan 4–4 Croatia
5'
Amadeu 28'
Borisov 29', 37'		 Report Jelovčić 24'
Suton 29'
Grcić 37'
38'
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)

Group 3[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Play-offs
2  Serbia 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Finland 3 1 0 2 9 7 +2 3
4  Turkey (H) 3 0 0 3 3 21 −18 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Russia 3–0 Finland
Kutuzov 17'
Milovanov 26'
Robinho 29'		 Report
Referee: Nuno Bogalho (Portugal), Veljko Bošković (Montenegro)
Turkey 0–6 Serbia
Report Rajčević 2', 38'
21'
Kocić 22', 37'
25'
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain), Andrej Topić (Croatia)
Serbia 1–2 Russia
Davydov 27' (o.g.) Report Eder Lima 22'
Lyskov 32'
Referee: Veljko Bošković (Montenegro), Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)
Turkey 2–8 Finland
39'
Erdal 40' (pen.)		 Report 8'
15'
20', 26', 31'
21' (o.g.)
24'
40'
Referee: Andrej Topić (Croatia), Nuno Bogalho (Portugal)
Finland 1–2 Serbia
38' Report Perić 3'
Kocić 22'
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain), Nuno Bogalho (Portugal)
Russia 7–1 Turkey
Eder Lima 3'
Robinho 4', 30'
15', 18'
26'
Pereverzev 36'		 Report Özcan 3'
Referee: Andrej Topić (Croatia), Veljko Bošković (Montenegro)

Group 4[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 22 2 +20 9 Play-offs
2  Netherlands (H) 3 2 0 1 8 12 −4 6
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 9 14 ��5 3
4  Latvia 3 0 0 3 4 15 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Spain 7–0 Latvia
Raúl Campos 6'
Fernandão 23'
Aicardo 34'
Pola 34'
Alex 35'
37'
Rivillos 40'		 Report
, Eindhoven
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Damir Radović (Serbia)
Netherlands 4–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
7' (o.g.)
9'
14'
16'		 Report 24' (pen.)
29' (o.g.)
30'
, Eindhoven
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Elchin Samadli (Azerbaijan)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–8 Spain
2' Report Miguelín 9' (pen.), 20', 26', 28'
Rivillos 19'
Alex 28'
Lin 30'
Bebe 34'
, Eindhoven
Referee: Elchin Samadli (Azerbaijan), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Netherlands 3–2 Latvia
23'
24'
39'		 Report 6'
40'
, Eindhoven
Referee: Damir Radović (Serbia), Saša Tomić (Croatia)
Latvia 2–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
13'
33'		 Report 23'
32'
38'
40', 40'
, Eindhoven
Referee: Damir Radović (Serbia), Saša Tomić (Croatia)
Spain 7–1 Netherlands
Aicardo 18', 18'
Alex 23', 32'
Bebe 33'
Pola 36'
38'		 Report 11'
, Eindhoven
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Elchin Samadli (Azerbaijan)

Group 5[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Play-offs
2  Slovenia 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 5
3  Czech Republic (H) 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
4  France 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Czech Republic 1–3 Kazakhstan
Cupák 8' Report Leo 13'
Yesenamanov 14'
Suleimenov 35'
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)
Slovenia 2–2 France
6'
Osredkar 20'		 Report 7'
16'
Referee: Franco Cachia (Malta), Josip Barton (Macedonia)
Kazakhstan 2–2 Slovenia
Yesenamanov 10'
19'		 Report R. Mordej 11'
Čujec 29'
Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), Franco Cachia (Malta)
Czech Republic 3–2 France
28'
Seidler 28'
M. Mareš 34'		 Report 22'
31'
Referee: Josip Barton (Macedonia), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
France 2–4 Kazakhstan
Leo 15' (o.g.)
34' (pen.)		 Report 1', 40'
16'
Douglas Jr. 25'
Referee: Josip Barton (Macedonia), Franco Cachia (Malta)
Slovenia 3–2 Czech Republic
R. Mordej 9'
Osredkar 14', 26'		 Report M. Mareš 19', 22'
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)

Group 6[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 3 0 0 17 3 +14 9 Play-offs
2  Poland 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 6
3  Romania 3 1 0 2 6 14 −8 3
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 4 14 −10 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Portugal 6–2 Poland
Fábio Cecílio 3'
Tiago Brito 9'
Cardinal 10', 19'
Djô 28'
Ricardinho 34'		 Report 14'
28'
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Nicola Manzione (Italy)
Romania 5–1 Norway
2' (o.g.)
M. Matei 7'
Stoica 34'
Răducu 40'
Iancu 40'		 Report 28'
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Moshe Bohbot (Israel)
Portugal 6–1 Norway
Fábio Cecílio 6', 20'
Fábio Lima 14'
Cardinal 29', 33'
Djô 39'		 Report Fonstad 25' (pen.)
Referee: Moshe Bohbot (Israel), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)
Poland 8–1 Romania
6'
17'
33'
35', 40', 40'
36'
39'		 Report M. Matei 36'
Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)
Norway 2–3 Poland
28'
30'		 Report 29', 31'
Fonstad 32' (o.g.)
Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Moshe Bohbot (Israel)
Romania 0–5 Portugal
Report Cardinal 1', 13'
Ricardinho 3', 40'
Fábio Cecílio 27'
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Group 7[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6[a] Play-offs
2  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6[a]
3  North Macedonia 3 2 0 1 8 9 −1 6[a]
4  Moldova 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ranked by head-to-head record (Italy: 3 pts, +4 GD; Slovakia: 3 pts, 0 GD; Macedonia: 3 pts, −4 GD).
Slovakia 3–1 Moldova
15'
Drahovský 23', 38'		 Report 32' (pen.)
Referee: Gabriel Gherman (Romania), Aleksandras Sliva (Lithuania)
Italy 6–1 North Macedonia
Romano 9'
21'
Merlim 23'
Canal 28'
Gabriel Lima 33'
Patias 35'		 Report 24'
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia), Vasilios Christodoulis (Greece)
North Macedonia 2–1 Slovakia
32'
33'		 Report 23'
Referee: Aleksandras Sliva (Lithuania), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)
Italy 3–1 Moldova
Merlim 2'
Patias 3'
Canal 7'		 Report 40'
Referee: Vasilios Christodoulis (Greece), Gabriel Gherman (Romania)
Moldova 2–5 North Macedonia
25'
40'		 Report 12'
15'
21'
38' (pen.)
40'
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia), Gabriel Gherman (Romania)
Slovakia 2–1 Italy
29', 31' Report Patias 3'
Referee: Aleksandras Sliva (Lithuania), Vasilios Christodoulis (Greece)

Play-offs[]

The draw for the play-offs was held on 12 February 2016, 12:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia.[6][7] The seven group winners were seeded, and the seven group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were paired with the unseeded teams, with the former hosting the second leg. Teams from the same main round group could not be drawn against each other.

Seeding[]

Group Winners
(Seeded in play-off draw) 		Runners-up
(Unseeded in play-off draw)
1  Ukraine  Hungary
2  Azerbaijan  Belarus
3  Russia  Serbia
4  Spain  Netherlands
5  Kazakhstan  Slovenia
6  Portugal  Poland
7  Italy  Slovakia

Summary[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slovenia  2–5  Spain 1–0 1–5
Slovakia  1–11  Ukraine 0–6 1–5
Poland  1–8  Kazakhstan 1–1 0–7
Serbia  2–4  Portugal 1–2 1–2
Belarus  3–6  Russia 1–4 2–2
Netherlands  5–9  Azerbaijan 1–5 4–4
Hungary  0–9  Italy 0–3 0–6

Matches[]

The first legs were played on 22 March, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 April 2016. Times were CET (UTC+1) for first legs, and CEST (UTC+2) for second legs.

Slovenia 1–0 Spain
Fetić 19' Report
Tabor Hall, Maribor
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Angelo Galante (Italy)
Spain 5–1 Slovenia
Raúl Campos 3', 35'
Ortiz 24'
Miguelín 40'
Aicardo 40' (pen.)		 Report 6'
Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium), Gerd Bylois (Belgium)

Spain won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Slovakia 0–6 Ukraine
Report 15', 23', 33'
Kiselyov 17'
28'
Zhurba 29'
, Nitra
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland), Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria)
Ukraine 5–1 Slovakia
7'
Zhurba 15', 18' (pen.)
26', 33'		 Report 28'
, Odessa
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain), Juan Gallardo (Spain)

Ukraine won 11–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Poland 1–1 Kazakhstan
40' Report 4'
Arena Szczecin, Szczecin
Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Ozan Soykan (Turkey)
Kazakhstan 7–0 Poland
Higuita 2'
5', 13'
Douglas Jr. 6', 15'
Leo 26'
30'		 Report
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania), Gabriel Gherman (Romania)

Kazakhstan won 8–1 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Serbia 1–2 Portugal
Perić 26' Report Matos 12'
Cardinal 15'
Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Nikola Jelić (Croatia)
Portugal 2–1 Serbia
Cardinal 24'
Tiago Brito 31'		 Report Ristić 26'
Attendance: 2254
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Balázs Farkas (Hungary)

Portugal won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Belarus 1–4 Russia
11' Report Robinho 4'
Abramov 9', 34'
Lyskov 13'
Referee: Tomasz Frak (Poland), Sebastian Stawicki (Poland)
Russia 2–2 Belarus
14'
Eder Lima 39'		 Report 19'
32'
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Nuno Bogalho (Portugal)

Russia won 6–3 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Netherlands 1–5 Azerbaijan
10' Report Amadeu 5', 29'
13'
Augusto 28'
Borisov 31'
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Azerbaijan 4–4 Netherlands
Farzaliyev 12'
Amadeu 15'
Eduardo 20'
Rafael 26'		 Report 14'
16'
Mossaoui 26'
28'
Baku Sports Hall, Baku
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)

Azerbaijan won 9–5 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Hungary 0–3 Italy
Report Merlim 23', 34'
Fortino 24'
Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Dejan Nikolić (Slovenia)
Italy 6–0 Hungary
Romano 3', 22'
Merlim 4'
11'
Fortino 15'
Kaká 27'		 Report
Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Italy won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams[]

The following seven teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament:[8]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Spain 12 April 2016 7 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Ukraine 12 April 2016 4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Kazakhstan 12 April 2016 1 (20002)
 Portugal 12 April 2016 4 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Russia 12 April 2016 5 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012)
 Azerbaijan 12 April 2016 0 (debut)
 Italy 13 April 2016 6 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2 Kazakhstan qualified as a member of the AFC in 2000.

Goalscorers[]

8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Armenia Armen Babayan (against Latvia)
  • Belarus (against Croatia)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (against Netherlands)
  • Denmark (against England)
  • England (against Belgium)
  • England (against Denmark)
  • Estonia (against Cyprus)
  • Kazakhstan Leo Jaraguá (against France)
  • Netherlands (against Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Norway (against Romania)
  • Norway Omar Fonstad (against Poland)
  • Russia Daniil Davydov (against Serbia)
  • Turkey (against Finland)

Source: UEFA.com[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "FIFA Futsal World Cup draw details". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the 2015/16 UEFA European qualifying competition for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup" (PDF). UEFA.org.
  4. ^ "Futsal World Cup preliminary & main round draws". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Futsal World Cup qualifying draws made". UEFA.com. 2 July 2015.
  6. ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off draw". UEFA.com.
  7. ^ "Play-off draw". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "Spain head up strong European contingent". FIFA.com. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016.
  9. ^ "UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 – Qualifying phase – Player statistics – Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

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