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2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)

The European qualifying competition for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup was a men's futsal competition that determined the seven UEFA teams in the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.

Format

The qualifying competition consists of five stages:

  • Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked 24 teams play in the preliminary round, and are drawn into six groups of four teams. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the main round to join the 24 highest-ranked teams which receive byes to the main round.
  • Main round: The 36 teams are drawn into twelve groups of three. The 12 winners and four best runners-up progress directly to the elite round. The remaining eight runners-up enter main round play-offs.
  • Main round play-offs: The eight teams are drawn into four ties, to be played home and away. The four winners of the ties complete the elite round line-up.
  • Elite round: The 20 teams are drawn into five groups of four. The winners of each group qualify directly for the World Cup, while the four best runners-up advance to the play-offs.
  • Elite round play-offs: The four teams are drawn into two ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last two European qualified teams. If only two teams enter, a draw will be held to determine the order of matches.

In the preliminary round each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.

In the main and the elite round, each team plays one home and one away match against each other team in its group.

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round 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 15.01 and 15.02):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient;

In the main and the elite round, 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 15.01 and 15.02):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Wins in all group matches;
  10. Away wins in all group matches;
  11. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. UEFA coefficient used for the group phase draw;

In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. As there is no away goals rule, if the aggregate score is level, an extra time of two 5-minute periods is played. If both teams score the same number of goals or no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 16.01).

Teams

The 48 teams were seeded according to the coefficient ranking. Seeded teams were determined based in November 2021 UEFA coefficient (shown in brackets). Six teams were pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 7 December 2021.

Notes
  • NR – No rank (Team has been inactive on the previous 36 months)

Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA Futsal International Match Calendar.

Preliminary round

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the main round to join the 24 teams which receive byes. The preliminary round was scheduled to be played between 5–12 April 2022.

Times are CEST (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Main round

The winners and four best runners-up advanced to the elite round. The remaining eight runners-up enter main round play-offs. The matches of the main round must be completed by 8 March 2023. The draw for the main round was held on 7 July 2022.

Teams that received a bye to this round
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Teams qualified from the preliminary round

Times are CEST () and CET (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Group 9

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Group 10

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Group 11

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Group 12

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Main round play-offs

The winner of each tie advanced to the Elite round. The matches were played on 12–19 April 2023.

The draw for the main round play-offs was held on 10 March 2023.

Times are CET (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Elite round

The draw for the elite round was held on 8 June 2023, with matches to be completed by 20 December 2023. The five group winners qualified to the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The four best runners-up entered the elite round play-offs.

Teams qualified from the main round and the main round play-offs

Times are CEST () and CET (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

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Matches declared forfeited for the violation of Article 38 of the Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup (player eligibility) by Romania

Matches declared forfeited for the violation of Article 38 of the Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup (player eligibility) by Romania

Match declared forfeited for the violation of Article 38 of the Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup (player eligibility) by Azerbaijan

Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Matches declared forfeited for the violation of Article 38 of the Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup (player eligibility) by Armenia and Georgia

Matches declared forfeited for the violation of Article 38 of the Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup (player eligibility) by Georgia

Matches declared forfeited for the violation of Article 38 of the Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup (player eligibility) by Georgia

Finland won by forfeit

Ranking of second-placed teams

Elite round play-offs

The draw for the elite round play-offs was held on 25 January 2024. The matches will be played on 8–17 April 2024.

The winner of each tie will qualify to the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Teams that enter the play-offs

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following seven teams from UEFA qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

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Top goalscorers

  • Preliminary round:
  • Main round:
  • Main round play-offs:
  • Elite round:
  • Elite round play-offs:
  • Total:

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Notes

References

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