The 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship was the sixth official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Portugal, between November 16 and November 25, 2007, in two venues located in Porto's Greater Metropolitan Area — Gondomar and Santo Tirso municipalities. Eight teams competed in the final round, after a qualifying phase where seven teams managed to join the Portuguese hosts.
Spain, the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship and 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship winners, successfully defended their European crown and added a fourth continental title to their record, by defeating Italy 3-1, in a reprise of the last FIFA Futsal World Championship final.
Bids The Portuguese bid was selected during a meeting of UEFA's Executive Committee, on April 19, 2005, in Tallinn, Estonia. The bid was picked ahead of two other entries from the Netherlands (Eindhoven and Maastricht) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), which had been previously shortlisted from nine preliminary bids.
Venues The bid's proposed main venue was to be the 4,500-seated Rosa Mota Pavilion, in the heart of Porto, and a second venue would be located in the neighbouring Matosinhos municipality. However, on August 14, 2006 the tournament's main venue was switched to the future 3,800-seated arena in the Gondomar municipality — the Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar "Coração de Ouro" (. The second venue was also changed to Santo Tirso's Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal ().
Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar "Coração de Ouro" Pavilhão Municipal de Santo Tirso
Referees Alexandr Remin (Belarus) Antonio Jose Fernandes Cardoso (Portugal) Antonius Van Eekelen (Netherlands) Edi Šunjić (Croatia) Ivan Shabanov (Russia) Karel Henych (Czech Republic) Károly Török (Hungary) Massimo Cumbo (Italy) Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine) Pascal Lemal (Belgium) Roberto Gracia Marin (Spain) Vladimir Colbasiuc (Moldova)
Final tournament
Group stage
Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts3210111+107321083+573102914−533003717−100
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts3210114+773201108+26311178−143003513−80
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Champions
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 5320167+911Champions2 5311144+1010Runners-up3 53021312+19Third place4 5221128+48Fourth place5 311178–14Eliminated in Group stage6 3102914–537 3003513–808 3003717–100
Top goalscorers ScorerGoalsNationPredrag Rajić5Cirilo5Daniel5Ricardinho4Marcelo4
References
External links 5th UEFA Futsal Championship - Portugal 2007, Futsal Planet Official UEFA website