The UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying competition was a men's futsal competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Serbia in the UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 final tournament.
The national teams from a total of 45 UEFA member associations entered the qualifying competition. Scotland made their UEFA Futsal Euro qualifying debut.
Format The qualifying competition consisted of three rounds: Preliminary round: The 24 lowest-ranked teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the teams which were pre-selected as hosts. The six group winners and the best runner-up 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 teams which were pre-selected as hosts. The seven group winners qualified for 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.
Tiebreakers In the preliminary round and main round, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question; Superior goal difference resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question; Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question; If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 applied; Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches; Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches; If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage). Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); Coefficient ranking; Drawing of lots.
To determine the best runner-up in the preliminary round and the best third-placed team in the main round, the following criteria were applied: Higher number of points; Superior goal difference; Higher number of goals scored; Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); Coefficient ranking; Drawing of lots.
In the play-offs, the team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualified for the final tournament. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.
Schedule The qualifying matches were played on the following dates.
StageDatesPreliminary round14–17 January 2015Main round18–21 March 2015Play-offs15 & 22 September 2015
Entrants The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following: UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 final tournament and qualifying competition 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 final tournament and qualifying competition
The 21 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 24 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws.
+Teams entering main round+Seeding position 1 Team 8.410 1 8.278 2 8.167 3 7.000 4 5.889 5 (H) 4.667 6 4.528 7+Seeding position 2 Team (H) 4.444 9 (H) 4.167 10 (H) 3.722 11 2.667 12 2.556 13 2.167 14 2.111 15+Seeding position 3 Team 1.944 16 (H) 1.778 17 1.722 18 1.667 19 (H) 1.444 20 (H) 1.333 21 1.222 22 +Teams entering preliminary round+Seeding position 1 Team 1.167 23 1.056 24 1.000 25 0.917 26 0.833 27 0.833 28+Seeding position 2 Team (H) 0.694 29 0.667 30 (H) 0.611 31 (H) 0.611 32 (H) 0.611 33 0.444 34+Seeding position 3 Team 0.389 35 0.389 36 (H) 0.333 37 0.333 38 0.222 39 0.222 40+Seeding position 4 Team 0.111 42 0.000 43 0.000 44 (H) 0.000 45 0.000 46 0.000 Notes Serbia (Coeff: 4.528; Rank: 8) qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts. Iceland (Coeff: 0.222; Rank 41), Republic of Ireland (Coeff: 0.000; Rank 47), Austria (no rank), Faroe Islands (no rank), Germany (no rank), Liechtenstein (no rank), Luxembourg (no rank), and Northern Ireland (no rank) did not enter. Teams which were pre-selected as preliminary round or main round hosts were denoted by (H).
The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 26 September 2014, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Each group in the preliminary round and main round contained one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. The seven teams which qualified from the preliminary round, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were placed in seeding position 4 for the main round draw. In both draws, the teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from a separate pot, while being placed in their groups according to their seeding positions. For political reasons, Azerbaijan and Armenia (due to the disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Spain and Gibraltar (due to the disputed status of Gibraltar), could not be drawn in the same group.
Preliminary round All times were CET (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of second-placed teams
Main round All times were CET (UTC+1).
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Ranking of third-placed teams
Play-offs The draw for the play-offs was held on 10 June 2015, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. There were no seedings, with the only restriction that the best third-placed team (Romania) could not be drawn against the runner-up from the same main round group (Kazakhstan).
All times were CEST (UTC+2).
Hungary won 6–5 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Kazakhstan won 9–0 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Czech Republic won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Azerbaijan won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the final tournament.
Qualified teams The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 Hosts (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012) Main round Group 1 winners (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014) Main round Group 2 winners (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014) Main round Group 3 winners (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014) Main round Group 4 winners (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014) Main round Group 5 winners (2003, 2010, 2012, 2014) Main round Group 6 winners (1999, 2001, 2012, 2014) Main round Group 7 winners (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014) Play-off winners (2005, 2010) Play-off winners (debut) Play-off winners (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014) Play-off winners (2010, 2012, 2014) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Goalscorers 8 goals Mykola Bilotserkivets
7 goals Réda Rabei
6 goals Mads Falck
5 goals
Dario Marinović Panu Autio Mikko Kytölä Archil Sebiskveradze Maksims Seņs Adrijan Micevski Ricardinho Florin Matei Tomáš Drahovský Gabriel Rick Igor Osredkar Lin Miguel Balvis Gonzalez
4 goals
Endrit Kaca Henrik Grigoryan Franko Jelovčić Kevin Jørgensen Sid Belhaj Ákos Harnisch Ádám Hosszú Martin Todorovski Cristian Obadă Kristian Legiec
3 goals
Azem Brahimi Mentor Mejzini Nacho Llamas Saro Mardanyan Fineo de Araujo Vitaliy Borisov Aleksandr Chernik Ahmed Sababti Tomo Bevanda Daniel Dimov Jakov Grcić Michal Belej Michal Kovács Mads Jensen Maksim Aleksejev Giorgi Tikurishvili Zoltán Dróth Gabriel Lima Douglas Jr. Nikolay Pengrin Mikhail Pershin Chingiz Yesenamanov Arsenij Buinickij László Szőcs Alen Fetić Gašper Vrhovec Miguelín Mario Rivillos Sargon Abraham Mathias Eteus Dan Mönell Alessandro Facchinetti Yves Mezger Cihan Özcan
2 goals
Erion Hoxha Halim Selmanaj Carlos Barbosa Grigor Kapukranyan Andranik Karapetyan Davit Sujyan Amadeu Isa Atayev Augusto Ramiz Chovdarov Eduardo Nijaz Mulahmetović Anel Radmilović Georgi Karageorgiev Plamen Stoykov Kristijan Grbeša Tihomir Novak Michal Seidler Morten Hauglund Jacob Jensen Louis Veis Luke Ballinger Stuart Cook Ian Parkes Martin Taska Vladislav Tšurilkin Jukka Kytölä Adrien Gasmi Abdessamad Mohammed Alonso Ramirez Alexandre Teixeira Aleksandr Dzabiradze Adam Cohen Oz Sabag Rodolfo Fortino Daniel Giasson Leo Dauren Nurgozhin Andrejs Aleksejevs Igors Avanesovs Oskars Ikstēns Artūrs Jerofejevs Sergejs Nagibins Andrejs Šustrovs Marius Bezykornovas Jurij Jeremejev Lukas Sendžikas Oleg Hilotii Sergiu Tacot Bojan Bajović Pedro Cary Emil Răducu Dumitru Stoica Sergei Abramov Danil Kutuzov Dmitri Lyskov Anton Brunovský Dušan Rafaj Kristjan Čujec Benjamin Melink Rok Mordej Alex Raúl Campos Pola Hanna Abraham Niklas Asp Henry Acosta Mato Sego Yasin Erdal Yevhen Ivanyak Denys Ovsyannikov Dmytro Sorokin
1 goal
Roald Halimi Cabinho Jonathan Perez Marçal Raventós Armen Babayan Saro Galstyan Sargis Nasibyan Rajab Farajzade Rizvan Farzaliyev Yuri Aleinikov Aleksei Popov Sebastiano Canaris Karim Chaibai Mohamed Dahbi Reda Valentin Dujacquier Omar Rahou Mirko Hrkač Nermin Kahvedžić Dražen Novoselac Yosif Shutev Saša Babić Maro Djuraš Andrej Pandurević Josip Suton Christos Iacovou Jiří Novotný Matěj Slováček Radim Záruba Jim Jensen Morten Larsen Rasmus Lucht George Nash Agon Rexha Kristjan Paapsi Pavel Rubel Aleksandr Starodub Joni Pakola Azdine Aigoun Kamel Hamdoud Mustapha Otmani Giorgi Altunashvili Vakhtangi Jvarashvili Zurab Lukava Kakhaber Maisaia Roni Nikoloz Zedelashvili Justin Collado Ivan Robba Vasilis Asimakopoulos Giannis Delaportas Akis Iliadis Antonios Manos Sokratis Mourdoukoutas István Gál Tamás Lódi Péter Németh János Rábl János Trencsényi Golan Kalimi Idan Shkolnik Eran Vana Mauro Canal Marco Ercolessi Murilo Ferreira Alessandro Patias Konstantin Chebotarev Higuita Pavel Taku Serik Zhamankulov Igors Dacko Justinas Zagurskas Ivan Krstevski Zoran Leveski Oleg Gojan Andrian Laşcu Alexei Munteanu Leonid Podlesnov Alexandr Ţîmbalist Marko Bajčetić Milovan Drašković Mohamed Attaibi Jamal El Ghannouti Stian Sortevik Michał Kubik Artur Popławski Igor Sobalczyk Sebastian Wojciechowski Tiago Brito Cardinal Bruno Coelho Djô Paulinho Ion Al-Ioani Csoma Alpar Szabolcs Mánya Marius Matei Andrei Batyrev Nikolai Pereverzev Romulo Sergei Sergeev Federico Macina