The UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 was the ninth edition of the European Championship for men's national futsal teams organised by UEFA. It was hosted for the first time in Belgium, from 28 January to 8 February 2014, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2011.

The final tournament was contested by twelve teams, eleven of which joined the hosts after overcoming a qualifying tournament. The matches were played in two venues in the city of Antwerp, the Lotto Arena (group stage) and the Sportpaleis (knockout stage). Television coverage was provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

The defending champions, Spain, were beaten in the semifinals by Russia and thus failed to reach their fifth consecutive tournament final. In the decisive match, Italy defeated Russia 3–1 to win their second title. Spain defeated Portugal 8–4 in the third place match to secure a ninth consecutive podium finish. The top scorer of the tournament was Eder Lima of Russia, with eight goals.

Venues

The final tournament matches were played in two venues located in Antwerp's Merksem district. The Lotto Arena hosted the twelve group stage matches, while the remaining eight matches, including the final, were staged in the Sportpaleis arena.

Antwerp Lotto Arena Sportpaleis 5,218 15,089

Qualification

The qualification draw was made in Nyon on 4 December 2012.

Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1, 2 00Hosts 4 (1996, 1999, 2003, 2010) Group 1 winner 8 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) Group 2 winner 2 (2010, 2012) Group 3 winner 8 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) Group 4 winner 8 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) Group 5 winner 6 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) Group 6 winner 6 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) Group 7 winner 3 (2003, 2010, 2012) Play-off winner 7 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012) Play-off winner 2 (2007, 2012) Play-off winner 4 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2005) Play-off winner 3 (1999, 2001, 2012) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year 2 Italic indicates host for that year

Draw The final tournament draw was held in Antwerp's Centrum Elzenveld, on 4 October 2013.Seedings confirmed for Futsal EURO drawUEFA Futsal EURO 2014 draw to take place in Antwerp

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (hosts; assigned to A1)  (holders)

Match officials UEFA named sixteen match officials to referee matches at the 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro final tournament.

NationalityNameDate of birth

Squads

Group stage In the group stage, a total of twelve matches (three matches per group) were played between 28 January and 2 February at a rate of two matches each day. The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progressed to the knockout stage, while the third-placed team was eliminated from the tournament.

Tie-breaking If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied: Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question; Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question. If, after having applied criteria 1–3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1–3 are reapplied to determine their final ranking. If this does not lead to a decision, the following criteria apply: Superior goal difference in all group matches; Higher number of goals scored in all group matches; Fair play ranking of the teams in question; Drawing of lots.

Key to colours in group tables Team advanced to the knockout stage

All times local (CET or UTC+01:00).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage The knockout stage matches, which includes quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-off and the final, will be played at the Sportpaleis arena. If a match is drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, an extra-time consisting of two five-minute periods is played. If teams are still leveled after extra-time, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner. In the third place match, the extra-time is skipped and the decision goes directly to kicks from the penalty mark.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. TeamFinal result1 5401188+1012Champions2 53112211+1110Runners-up3 53112612+1410Third place4 52121817+17Fourth place5 31112204Eliminated in Quarter-finals6 310268–237 3102913–438 302178–129 2101713–63Eliminated in Group stage10 201116–5111 2011411–7112 2002112–110

Goalscorers Only goals scored in the final tournament are considered.

8 goals Eder Lima

5 goals Fernandão

4 goals

Rodolfo Fortino Gabriel Lima Gašper Vrhovec

3 goals

Franko Jelovčić Sergio Romano Cardinal Joel Queirós Ricardinho Robinho Sergei Sergeev Aicardo Sergio Lozano Pola Rafa Usín

2 goals

Rafael Matija Capar Michal Belej Gonçalo Alves Bruno Coelho Cirilo Dmitri Lyskov Kristjan Čujec Raúl Campos Lin Miguelín José Ruiz

1 goal

Amadeu Augusto Vitaliy Borisov Edu Felipe Omar Rahou Saša Babić Dario Marinović Roman Mareš Jiří Novotný Saad Assis Daniel Giasson Humberto Honorio Stefano Mammarella Michele Miarelli Murilo Vampeta Mohamed Attaibi Pedro Cary Pedro Costa João Matos Arnaldo Pereira Vlad Iancu Robert Lupu Florin Matei Emil Răducu Aleksandr Fukin Nikolai Pereverzev Vladislav Shayakhmetov Alen Fetić Uroš Kroflič Igor Osredkar Ortiz Dmytro Sorokin Yevgen Valenko Marian Șotărcă Sergei Abramov

1 own goal Saad Salhi (against Romania) Aleksandr Fukin (against Portugal)

References

External links Official UEFA website