The 2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Futsal Euro 2023) was the third edition of the UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship, the biennial international youth futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. The tournament was hosted at the à ½atika Sport Centre in PoreÃÂ, Croatia from 3 to 10 September 2023. A total of eight teams participated in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 being eligible to participate.
In a rematch of the previous final, Portugal defeated two-time defending champions Spain by 6âÂÂ2 to secure their first title.
Seven teams qualified to join the hosts in the final tournament. The qualifying draw was held on 3 November 2022. The preliminary round was held between 18 and 21 January 2023, and the main round was held between 22 and 26 March 2023.
Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.
Tiebreakers
In the group stage, 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 18.01 and 18.02):
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.