UEFA Futsal Euro 2018

A total of 48 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Germany and Kosovo which entered for the first time), and with the hosts Slovenia qualifying automatically, the other 47 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition, which took place from January to September 2017, consisted of three rounds: • Preliminary round: The 26 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into seven groups – five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The seven group winners 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. Final draw The final draw was held on 29 September 2017, 12:00 CEST (UTC+2), at Ljubljana Castle in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. Hosts Slovenia were assigned to position A1 in the draw, and the remaining teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, except that title holders Spain were automatically placed into Pot 1. 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. ==Venues==

All matches were played at the 12,480-capacity for futsal matches Arena Stožice in Ljubljana. ==Match officials==

A total of 16 match officials were appointed for the final tournament. • Saša Tomić (Croatia) • Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic) • Marc Birkett (England) • Timo Onatsu (Finland) • Cédric Pelissier (France) • Balázs Farkas (Hungary) • Gábor Kovács (Hungary) • Angelo Galante (Italy) • Alessandro Malfer (Italy) • Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal) • Bogdan Sorescu (Romania) • Vladimir Kadykov (Russia) • Admir Zahovič (Slovenia) • Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain) • Alejandro Martínez Flores (Spain) • Kamil Çetin (Turkey) ==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. ==Group stage==

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 16 October 2017. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. ;Tiebreakers 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 19.01 and 19.02): Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

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 (Regulations Articles 20.02 and 20.03). Bracket Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Third place match Final ==Ranking and statistics==

Final ranking All-star squad Top five players are bolded. Awards ==Goalscorers==

;7 goals • Ricardinho ;6 goals • Bruno Coelho ;5 goals • Eder Lima ;4 goals • Douglas Jr. • Pedro Cary ;3 goals • Bolinha • Taynan da Silva • Serik Zhamankulov • Pola ;2 goals • Everton Cardoso • Abdessamad Mohammed • Souheil Mouhoudine • André Coelho • Dragan Tomić • Igor Osredkar • Marc Tolrà • Taras Korolyshyn • Petro Shoturma ;1 goal • Eduardo • Samir Alla • Landry N'Gala • Massimo De Luca • Humberto Honorio • Leo Higuita • Birzhan Orazov • Mikhail Pershin • Pavel Taku • Michał Kubik • Dominik Solecki • Tiago Brito • Fábio Cecílio • Nílson Miguel • Pany Varela • Florin Ignat • Dumitru Stoica • Sávio Valadares • Ivan Chishkala • Robinho • Slobodan Rajčević • Denis Ramić • Alen Fetić • Gašper Vrhovec • Adolfo • Bebe • Joselito • Lin • Miguelín • Solano • Oleksandr Pediash • Volodymyr Razuvanov ;1 own goal • Azdine Aigoun (playing against Spain) • Chingiz Yesenamanov (playing against Spain) • Carlos Ortiz (playing against France) ==References==