UEFA Futsal Championship
| Organiser(s) | UEFA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Region | Europe |
| Teams | 46 (qualifiers) 16 (finals) |
| Qualifier for | Futsal Finalissima |
| Current champions | Spain (8th title) |
| Most championships | Spain (8 titles) |
| Website | uefa.com/futsaleuro |
| UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 | |
The UEFA European Futsal Championship[1] is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations).
History
The first tournament was held in Spain in 1996 and featured only six teams. The tournament was expanded to eight teams in 1999 and held every two years, and further to 12 teams in 2010.
After 2018, the tournament was expanded to 16 teams and held every four years, to avoid leap years when the FIFA Futsal World Cup is being played. The first 16-team tournament was held in 2022 in the Netherlands.[2]
Qualification
- 1996 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
- 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
- 2001 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
- 2003 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
- 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
- 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
- 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying
- UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 qualifying
- UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 qualifying
- UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying
- UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying
- UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying
- UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying
Editions
Debut of teams
| Year | Debuting teams | Successor teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | No. | CT | ||
| 1996 | Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Ukraine | 6 | 6 | |
| 1999 | Croatia, Portugal, Yugoslavia | 3 | 9 | |
| 2001 | Czech Republic, Poland | 2 | 11 | |
| 2003 | Slovenia | 1 | 12 | |
| 2005 | Hungary | 1 | 13 | |
| 2007 | Romania | 1 | 14 | Serbia |
| 2010 | Azerbaijan, Belarus | 2 | 16 | |
| 2012 | Turkey | 1 | 17 | |
| 2014 | – | 0 | 17 | |
| 2016 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 18 | |
| 2018 | France | 1 | 19 | |
| 2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, Slovakia | 4 | 23 | |
| 2026 | Armenia, Latvia, Lithuania | 3 | 26 | |
Performance by nations
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 8 (1996*, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2026) | 2 (1999*, 2018) | 2 (2014, 2022) | – | 1 (2003) | 13 |
| Portugal | 2 (2018, 2022) | 2 (2010, 2026) | – | 2 (2007*, 2014) | – | 6 |
| Italy | 2 (2003*, 2014) | 1 (2007) | 3 (1999, 2005, 2012) | 2 (1996, 2001) | – | 8 |
| Russia | 1 (1999) | 6 (1996, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022) | 3 (2001*, 2007, 2018) | – | – | 10 |
| Ukraine | – | 2 (2001, 2003) | – | 2 (2005, 2022) | – | 4 |
| Croatia | – | – | 1 (2026) | 1 (2012*) | – | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | – | – | 1 (2016) | 1 (2018) | – | 2 |
| Czech Republic | – | – | 1 (2010) | – | 1 (2003) | 2 |
| Belgium | – | – | 1 (1996) | – | – | 1 |
| Netherlands | – | – | – | 1 (1999) | – | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | – | – | – | 1 (2010) | – | 1 |
| Serbia | – | – | – | 1 (2016*) | – | 1 |
| France | – | – | – | 1 (2026) | – | 1 |
- * = hosts
Comprehensive team results by tournament
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semi-finalists
- 5th–8th – Fifth to Eighth place
- 9th–12th – Ninth to Twelfth place
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter
- × – Withdrew from the European Championship / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- — Country not affiliated to UEFA at that time
- — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
- — Hosts
| Team | 1996 (6) |
1999 (8) |
2001 (8) |
2003 (8) |
2005 (8) |
2007 (8) |
2010 (12) |
2012 (12) |
2014 (12) |
2016 (12) |
2018 (12) |
2022 (16) |
2026 (16) |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 9th | • | 6 |
| Belarus | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 2 |
| Belgium | 3rd | 8th | • | 7th | • | • | 9th | • | 10th | • | • | • | QF | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | 1 |
| Croatia | • | 5th | 5th | • | • | • | • | 4th | 8th | 9th | • | 11th | 3rd | 7 |
| Czech Republic | • | • | 6th | SF | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 9th | 11th | 11th | • | • | 14th | 9 |
| Finland | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | 1 |
| France | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | 4th | 2 |
| Georgia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 15th | 2 |
| Hungary | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 9th | • | • | 10th | • | • | 9th | 4 |
| Italy | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 9th | 14th | QF | 13 |
| Kazakhstan | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 4th | 5th | • | 3 | |||
| Latvia | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 1 |
| Lithuania | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 1 |
| Netherlands | 6th | 4th | 7th | • | 5th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | 10th | • | 6 |
| Poland | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 15th | 16th | 4 |
| Portugal | • | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 7th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 11 |
| Romania | × | × | × | × | • | 6th | • | 7th | 6th | • | 12th | • | • | 4 |
| Russia | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | × | 12 |
| Serbia | 5th | 5th | 6th | • | 4th | 8th | 12th | • | 6 (7)[3] | |||||
| Slovakia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | 1 |
| Slovenia | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | 9th | 11th | 7th | 12th | 5th | 13th | 10th | 8 |
| Spain | 1st | 2nd | 1st | SF | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 13 |
| Turkey | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Ukraine | 5th | • | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 4th | QF | 12 |
| Yugoslavia | • | 7th | • | • | • | 1 (7)[3] | ||||||||
Summary (1996–2026)
- As of UEFA Futsal Euro 2026
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 13 | 65 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 254 | 102 | +152 | 158 |
| 2 | Russia | 12 | 56 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 178 | 114 | +64 | 109 |
| 3 | Italy | 13 | 54 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 154 | 99 | +55 | 100 |
| 4 | Portugal | 11 | 47 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 153 | 117 | +36 | 85 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 12 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 123 | 119 | +4 | 54 |
| 6 | Serbia | 7 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 66 | –12 | 29 |
| 7 | Croatia | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 69 | –15 | 28 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 24 |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 72 | –16 | 21 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 9 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 74 | 123 | –49 | 19 |
| 11 | France | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 12 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 6 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 71 | –32 | 12 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 8 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 79 | –35 | 12 |
| 14 | Belgium | 6 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 65 | –35 | 12 |
| 15 | Romania | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 40 | –15 | 9 |
| 16 | Armenia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Georgia | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 23 | –15 | 7 |
| 18 | Finland | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 4 |
| 19 | Slovakia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 17 | –8 | 4 |
| 20 | Belarus | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 22 | –14 | 4 |
| 21 | Hungary | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 43 | –20 | 4 |
| 22 | Latvia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 3 |
| 23 | Lithuania | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | –3 | 2 |
| 24 | Poland | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 45 | –29 | 2 |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | –7 | 0 |
| 26 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
Medals (1996–2026)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Russia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- – Not an UEFA member
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
| Team | 1989 |
1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2021 |
2024 |
2028 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | QF | 1 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 4th | R2 | R2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Croatia | R2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | R2 | R1 | R2 | R2 | 4 | |||||||
| Denmark | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| France | 4th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Italy | R2 | R1 | R2 | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | R2 | 7 | ||||
| Kazakhstan | R2 | 4th | QF | 3 | ||||||||
| Lithuania | R1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2nd | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | 5 | ||||||
| Poland | R2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 3rd | R2 | R1 | QF | 4th | 1st | R2 | 7 | ||||
| Russia | R1 | 3rd | 4th | 4th | QF | 2nd | QF | 7 | ||||
| Serbia | R2 | R2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain | R1 | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | QF | QF | R2 | 10 | |
| Ukraine | 4th | R2 | R2 | QF | R2 | 3rd | 6 |
See also
- UEFA Women's Futsal Championship
- UEFA Under-21 Futsal Championship
- UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship
- Futsal Finalissima
- UEFA Futsal Champions League
- Futsal European Clubs Championship
- European Futsal Cup Winners Cup
- European Women's Futsal Tournament
- European Universities Futsal Championships
- UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
- UEFS Futsal Women's Championship
- European Minifootball Federation
- EMF EURO
References
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Futsal Championship 2020-22" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2019.
- ^ "UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions". UEFA. 4 April 2017.
- ^ a b The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 all the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.