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2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates29 January 2019 – 9 December 2020[1]
Teams48 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Goals scored752 (6.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kazakhstan Douglas Júnior
Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Radmilović
Netherlands Mats Velseboer
(8 goals each)
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The European qualifying competition for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup was a men's futsal competition that determined the six UEFA teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Lithuania in the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic).[2][3][4]

Apart from Lithuania, a record 48 of the remaining 54 UEFA nations entered the competition, including World Cup qualifying debutants Germany, Kosovo, Scotland, and Northern Ireland who entered their first international men's futsal competition.

Format

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The qualifying competition consists of four rounds:[5]

  • Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked 32 teams play in the preliminary round, and are drawn into eight groups of four teams. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the main round to join the 16 highest-ranked teams which receive byes to the main round.
  • Main round: The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the elite round.
  • Elite round: The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four. The winners of each group qualify directly for the World Cup, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs.
  • 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.

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

Tiebreakers

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In the preliminary round, main round and 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 13.01 and 13.02):[5]

  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;
  10. Drawing of lots.

In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 16.01).[5]

Teams

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The 48 teams were seeded according to the coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:[5][6][7]

The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw. Eight teams were pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and eight teams were pre-selected as hosts for the main round.

The draws for the preliminary round and main round was held on 12 December 2018, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[8] The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the preliminary round, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 24 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina could not be drawn in the same group.
  • In the main round, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 24 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions (including the eight preliminary round winners and eight preliminary round runners-up, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, which were allocated to seeding positions 3 and 4 respectively). Winners and runners-up from the same preliminary round group could not be drawn in the same group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, should Armenia, Gibraltar, or Kosovo advance from the preliminary round and qualify for a main round group with Azerbaijan (Armenia), Spain (Gibraltar), or Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia (Kosovo), they would be swapped with the preliminary round group winner or runner-up in the same seeding position (3 or 4) of the next possible main round group. Should Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia all end up in the same group, the preliminary round group runner-up would be moved first to the next possible main round group, followed, if necessary, by the preliminary round group winner to avoid the clashes.

World Cup hosts
TeamCoeff.[6]Rank
 Lithuania0.38940
Participating teams for 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup European qualifying
Teams entering main round
TeamCoeff.[6]RankSeed
 Russia10.17111
 Spain10.0222
 Portugal (H)9.6333
 Kazakhstan9.0004
 Ukraine (H)8.3895
 Azerbaijan (H)7.8226
 Italy (H)7.4447
 Serbia6.8338
 Slovenia6.50092
 Croatia (H)4.27810
 Hungary4.11111
 Czech Republic3.61112
 Romania (H)3.50013
 Poland (H)3.38914
 France (H)2.94415
 Slovakia2.94416
Teams entering preliminary round
TeamCoeff.[6]RankSeed
 Belarus (H)2.889171
 Netherlands2.27818
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)2.22219
 Belgium2.11120
 Georgia (H)2.05621
 North Macedonia (H)2.00022
 Finland1.69423
 Latvia (H)1.22224
 Turkey1.222252
 Moldova (H)0.83326
 England0.83327
 Albania0.77828
 Sweden (H)0.77829
 Montenegro0.72230
 Denmark0.72231
 Norway0.72232
 Kosovo0.667333
  Switzerland0.58334
 Bulgaria (H)0.55635
 Armenia0.50036
 Greece0.50037
 Germany0.50038
 Wales0.38939
 Cyprus0.38941
 Israel0.278424
 Andorra0.22243
 Estonia0.11144
 Malta0.00045
 Gibraltar0.00046
 San Marino0.00047
 Scotland0.00048
 Northern Ireland0.000(NR)
Notes
  • Teams marked in bold have qualified for the World Cup.
  • (NR) – No rank (men's team did not enter in the competitions used for computing coefficients)
  • (H): Teams pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and the main round
Did not enter (all no rank)
 Austria  Faroe Islands  Iceland
 Liechtenstein  Luxembourg  Republic of Ireland

Schedule

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

Schedule for 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup European qualifying
Round Draw Dates
Preliminary round 12 December 2018 29 January – 3 February 2019
Main round 22–27 October 2019
Elite round 7 November 2019 27 January – 5 February 2020
Play-offs 2–11 November 2020 (originally 9 and 12 April 2020)

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the schedule of each group is as follows, with one rest day between matchdays 2 and 3 for four-team groups, and no rest days for three-team groups (Regulations Articles 18.04, 18.05 and 18.06):[5]

Note: For scheduling, the hosts are considered as Team 1, while the visiting teams are considered as Team 2, Team 3, and Team 4 according to their seeding positions.

Group schedule
Matchday Matches (4 teams) Matches (3 teams)
Matchday 1 2 v 4, 1 v 3 1 v 3
Matchday 2 3 v 2, 1 v 4 3 v 2
Matchday 3 4 v 3, 2 v 1 2 v 1

Preliminary round

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The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the main round to join the 16 teams which receive byes. The preliminary round was scheduled to be played between 29 January and 3 February 2019.

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia (H) 3 2 1 0 12 1 +11 7 Main round
2  England 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6
3  Cyprus 3 1 1 1 15 5 +10 4
4  Gibraltar 3 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
England 4–1 Gibraltar
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Referee: Lukáš Peško (Slovakia), Jacob Pawlowski (Germany)
Latvia 0–0 Cyprus
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Referee: Kirill Naishouler (Finland), Besart Ismajli (Kosovo)
Cyprus 4–5 England
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Referee: Besart Ismajli (Kosovo), Lukáš Peško (Slovakia)
Latvia 9–0 Gibraltar
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Referee: Jacob Pawlowski (Germany), Kirill Naishouler (Finland)
Gibraltar 0–11 Cyprus
Report
Referee: Lukáš Peško (Slovakia), Besart Ismajli (Kosovo)
England 1–3 Latvia
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Referee: Kirill Naishouler (Finland), Jacob Pawlowski (Germany)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus (H) 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16 9 Main round
2  Kosovo 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 7 15 −8 3
4  Andorra 3 0 0 3 6 15 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Norway 5–3 Andorra
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Referee: Victor Berg-Audic (France), Shota Kukhilava (Georgia)
Belarus 5–0 Kosovo
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Referee: Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland), Eduards Fatkulins (Latvia)
Kosovo 5–1 Norway
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Referee: Eduards Fatkulins (Latvia), Victor Berg-Audic (France)
Belarus 5–0 Andorra
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Referee: Shota Kukhilava (Georgia), Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland)
Andorra 3–5 Kosovo
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Referee: Eduards Fatkulins (Latvia), Shota Kukhilava (Georgia)
Norway 1–7 Belarus
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Referee: Victor Berg-Audic (France), Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Macedonia (H) 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 9 Main round
2  Albania 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
3  Greece 3 1 0 2 9 11 −2 3
4  San Marino 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Albania 5–0 San Marino
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Referee: Moshe Bohbot (Israel), Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia)
North Macedonia 5–3 Greece
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Referee: Dario Pezzuto (Italy), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)
Greece 3–5 Albania
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Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Dario Pezzuto (Italy)
North Macedonia 7–0 San Marino
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Referee: Viktor Bugenko (Moldova), Moshe Bohbot (Israel)
San Marino 1–3 Greece
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Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Viktor Bugenko (Moldova)
Albania 2–3 North Macedonia
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Referee: Dario Pezzuto (Italy), Moshe Bohbot (Israel)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Georgia (H) 3 3 0 0 18 3 +15 9 Main round
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 8 9 −1 4
3  Israel 3 0 2 1 3 10 −7 2
4  Denmark 3 0 1 2 5 12 −7 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Denmark 1–1 Israel
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Referee: Fredric Nilholt (Sweden), Slawomir Steczko (Poland)
Georgia 5–1 Germany
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Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria)
Germany 5–2 Denmark
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Referee: Slawomir Steczko (Poland), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)
Georgia 7–0 Israel
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Referee: Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria), Fredric Nilholt (Sweden)
Israel 2–2 Germany
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Referee: Fredric Nilholt (Sweden), Kaloyan Kirilov (Bulgaria)
Denmark 2–6 Georgia
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Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Slawomir Steczko (Poland)

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 26 7 +19 9 Main round
2  Sweden (H) 3 2 0 1 13 10 +3 6
3  Armenia 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4  Malta 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Belgium 12–0 Malta
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Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Alem Bajrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Sweden 3–1 Armenia
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Referee: Hennadiy Hora (Ukraine), Jacob Willem Machiel Van Dijke (Netherlands)
Armenia 2–6 Belgium
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Referee: Jacob Willem Machiel Van Dijke (Netherlands), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)
Sweden 5–1 Malta
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Referee: Alem Bajrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Hennadiy Hora (Ukraine)
Malta 1–3 Armenia
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Referee: Alem Bajrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jacob Willem Machiel Van Dijke (Netherlands)
Belgium 8–5 Sweden
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Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Hennadiy Hora (Ukraine)

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 3 3 0 0 24 4 +20 9 Main round
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 8 10 −2 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
4  Scotland 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–1  Switzerland
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Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus)
Turkey 4–3 Scotland
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Referee: Stefan Vrijens (Belgium), Vlad Nicolae Ciobanu (Romania)
Switzerland 3–2 Turkey
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Referee: Vlad Nicolae Ciobanu (Romania), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 10–1 Scotland
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Referee: Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus), Stefan Vrijens (Belgium)
Scotland 1–4  Switzerland
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Referee: Maksim Dzeikala (Belarus), Vlad Nicolae Ciobanu (Romania)
Turkey 2–7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), Stefan Vrijens (Belgium)

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9 Main round
2  Montenegro 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
3  Bulgaria (H) 3 1 1 1 5 9 −4 4
4  Estonia 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bulgaria 1–1 Montenegro
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Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Hikmat Qafarli (Azerbaijan)
Netherlands 4–1 Estonia
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Referee: Javier Moreno Reina (Spain), Daniele D'adamo (San Marino)
Bulgaria 3–2 Estonia
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Referee: Daniele D'adamo (San Marino), Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus)
Montenegro 2–4 Netherlands
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Referee: Hikmat Qafarli (Azerbaijan), Javier Moreno Reina (Spain)
Estonia 0–4 Montenegro
Report
Referee: Daniele D'adamo (San Marino), Hikmat Qafarli (Azerbaijan)
Netherlands 6–1 Bulgaria
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Referee: Javier Moreno Reina (Spain), Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus)

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Moldova (H) 3 3 0 0 23 8 +15 9 Main round
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 17 3 +14 6
3  Wales 3 1 0 2 7 17 −10 3
4  Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 6 25 −19 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Moldova 8–4 Wales
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Referee: Grigori Zelentsov (Russia), Dejan Veselic (Slovenia)
Finland 9–1 Northern Ireland
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Referee: Josip Barton (Macedonia), Norbert Szilágyi (Hungary)
Wales 0–7 Finland
Report
Referee: Dejan Veselic (Slovenia), Josip Barton (Macedonia)
Moldova 13–3 Northern Ireland
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Referee: Norbert Szilágyi (Hungary), Grigori Zelentsov (Russia)
Northern Ireland 2–3 Wales
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Referee: Norbert Szilágyi (Hungary), Josip Barton (Macedonia)
Finland 1–2 Moldova
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Referee: Dejan Veselic (Slovenia), Grigori Zelentsov (Russia)

Main round

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The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the elite round. The main round was scheduled to be played between 22 and 27 October 2019.

Times up to 26 October 2019 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 11 4 +7 9 Elite round
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 6
3  Georgia 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
4  Poland (H) 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Spain 4–1 Finland
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Referee: Dario Pezzuto (Italy), Cédric Pelissier (France)
Poland 2–3 Georgia
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Referee: Josip Barton (Macedonia), Farik Keco (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Georgia 2–3 Spain
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Referee: Farik Keco (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Josip Barton (Macedonia)
Poland 1–2 Finland
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Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Dario Pezzuto (Italy)
Finland 5–2 Georgia
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Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Josip Barton (Macedonia)
Spain 4–1 Poland
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Referee: Dario Pezzuto (Italy), Farik Keco (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Group 2

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Note: Ukraine were originally to host.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovenia 3 2 1 0 15 4 +11 7 Elite round
2  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 14 4 +10 7
3  Kosovo 3 1 0 2 9 19 −10 3
4  North Macedonia (H) 3 0 0 3 7 18 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ukraine 7–1 Kosovo
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Referee: Marc Birkett (England), Julien Lang (France)
North Macedonia 1–6 Slovenia
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Referee: Gerd Bylois (Belgium), Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland)
North Macedonia 5–7 Kosovo
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Referee: Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland), Marc Birkett (England)
Slovenia 2–2 Ukraine
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Referee: Julien Lang (France), Gerd Bylois (Belgium)
Ukraine 5–1 North Macedonia
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Referee: Gerd Bylois (Belgium), Marc Birkett (England)
Kosovo 1–7 Slovenia
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Referee: Julien Lang (France), Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland)

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Azerbaijan (H) 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9 Elite round
2  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
3  Montenegro 3 1 0 2 6 11 −5 3
4  Moldova 3 0 0 3 8 14 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Slovakia 5–0 Montenegro
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Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Ingo Heemsoth (Germany)
Azerbaijan 3–1 Moldova
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Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Ingus Puriņš (Latvia)
Moldova 4–7 Slovakia
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Referee: Ingus Puriņš (Latvia), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)
Azerbaijan 3–2 Montenegro
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Referee: Ingo Heemsoth (Germany), Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)
Montenegro 4–3 Moldova
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Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Ingo Heemsoth (Germany)
Slovakia 0–2 Azerbaijan
Report
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Ingus Puriņš (Latvia)

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7 Elite round
2  Belarus 3 2 1 0 10 5 +5 7
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  England 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Hungary 3–0 England
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Referee: Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal), Antonios Adamopoulos (Greece)
Italy 3–3 Belarus
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Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus)
Belarus 2–0 Hungary
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Referee: Antonios Adamopoulos (Greece), Saša Tomić (Croatia)
Italy 4–1 England
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Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal)
Hungary 1–4 Italy
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Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia), Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal)
England 2–5 Belarus
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Referee: Costas Nicolaou (Cyprus), Antonios Adamopoulos (Greece)

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9 Elite round
2  Romania (H) 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3  Netherlands 3 0 2 1 5 10 −5 2
4  Albania 3 0 1 2 5 11 −6 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Kazakhstan 4–0 Albania
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Referee: Vitali Rakutski (Belarus), Yevhen Hordiienko (Ukraine)
Romania 1–1 Netherlands
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Referee: Angelo Galante (Italy), Fredric Nilholt (Sweden)
Netherlands 0–5 Kazakhstan
Report
Referee: Fredric Nilholt (Sweden), Vitali Rakutski (Belarus)
Romania 3–1 Albania
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Referee: Yevhen Hordiienko (Ukraine), Angelo Galante (Italy)
Albania 4–4 Netherlands
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Referee: Yevhen Hordiienko (Ukraine), Fredric Nilholt (Sweden)
Kazakhstan 4–2 Romania
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Referee: Angelo Galante (Italy), Vitali Rakutski (Belarus)

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 14 5 +9 9 Elite round
2  France (H) 3 2 0 1 12 9 +3 6
3  Belgium 3 1 0 2 13 10 +3 3
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 4 19 −15 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia 7–0  Switzerland
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Referee: Tomasz Frak (Poland), Sarunas Tamulynas (Lithuania)
France 5–3 Belgium
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Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Iurii Neverov (Russia)
Belgium 1–2 Serbia
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Referee: Sarunas Tamulynas (Lithuania), Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)
France 3–1  Switzerland
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Referee: Iurii Neverov (Russia), Tomasz Frak (Poland)
Switzerland 3–9 Belgium
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Referee: Iurii Neverov (Russia), Sarunas Tamulynas (Lithuania)
Serbia 5–4 France
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Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Tomasz Frak (Poland)

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 13 7 +6 7 Elite round
2  Croatia (H) 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 8 11 −3 3
4  Sweden 3 0 0 3 7 16 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Russia 7–3 Sweden
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Referee: Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria), Radim Cep (Czech Republic)
Croatia 4–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Referee: Kamil Çetin (Turkey), Adrian Tschopp (Switzerland)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–4 Russia
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Referee: Radim Cep (Czech Republic), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)
Croatia 3–1 Sweden
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Referee: Adrian Tschopp (Switzerland), Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria)
Sweden 3–6 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Referee: Radim Cep (Czech Republic), Adrian Tschopp (Switzerland)
Russia 2–2 Croatia
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Referee: Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria), Kamil Çetin (Turkey)

Group 8

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Elite round
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 6
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
4  Germany 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Czech Republic 3–0 Germany
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Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Vladan Radulović (Serbia)
Portugal 4–0 Latvia
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Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Idan Berenshtein (Israel)
Latvia 1–7 Czech Republic
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Referee: Idan Berenshtein (Israel), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)
Portugal 5–0 Germany
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Referee: Vladan Radulović (Serbia), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)
Germany 2–7 Latvia
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Referee: Vladan Radulović (Serbia), Idan Berenshtein (Israel)
Czech Republic 1–4 Portugal
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Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)

Elite round

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The draws for the elite round and play-offs were held on 7 November 2019, 14:15 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[9] For the elite round, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one best-four ranked main round group winner according to the coefficient ranking (seeding position 1), one other main round group winner (seeding position 2), and two main round group runners-up (seeding positions 3 or 4). First, a draw was held to select the four hosts from the seven potential hosts, which were allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams (including potential hosts not selected) were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions (group runners-up, including hosts, were allocated to first seeding position 4, then seeding position 3). Teams from the same main round group could be drawn in the same group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.

Legend
  • (Rank): Coefficient ranking for seeding[10]
  • (H): Elite round hosts selected by draw
  • (h): Potential elite round hosts not selected by draw
Advanced from main round
Group Winners Runners-up
Seed Seeding position 1 (best-four ranked) Seeding position 3 or 4
Seeding position 2 (others)
1  Spain (2) (h)  Finland (23)
2  Slovenia (9)  Ukraine (5) (h)
3  Azerbaijan (6)  Slovakia (16)
4  Italy (7)  Belarus (17)
5  Kazakhstan (4)  Romania (13)
6  Serbia (8) (H)  France (15)
7  Russia (1) (h)  Croatia (10) (H)
8  Portugal (3) (H)  Czech Republic (12) (H)

For the play-offs, the four elite round group runners-up, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were drawn into two ties without any seeding. As Russia and Ukraine could not play against each other, if such a tie occur in the play-offs after the completion of the elite round, the second teams drawn in the two ties (who play the first leg away) would be swapped.

The winners of each group qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup, while the runners-up of each group advanced to the play-offs. The elite round was scheduled to be played between 27 January and 5 February 2020.

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2  Finland 3 1 2 0 8 6 +2 5 Play-offs
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 8 9 −1 4
4  Belarus 3 0 0 3 6 11 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Italy 2–2 Finland
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Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), David Urdanoz Apezteguia (Spain)
Portugal 2–1 Belarus
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Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Javier Moreno Reina (Spain)
Belarus 3–5 Italy
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Referee: David Urdanoz Apezteguia (Spain), Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain)
Portugal 2–2 Finland
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Referee: Javier Moreno Reina (Spain), Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)
Finland 4–2 Belarus
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Referee: Alejandro Martinez Flores (Spain), Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain)
Italy 1–4 Portugal
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Referee: David Urdanoz Apezteguia (Spain), Javier Moreno Reina (Spain)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2  Serbia (H) 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6 Play-offs
3  France 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
4  Ukraine 3 0 1 2 5 10 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Serbia 5–2 Ukraine
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Referee: Miguel Castilho (Portugal), Filipe Gonçalo Santos Duarte (Portugal)
Spain 3–1 France
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Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal)
Serbia 4–2 France
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Referee: Filipe Gonçalo Santos Duarte (Portugal), Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)
Ukraine 1–3 Spain
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Referee: Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)
France 2–2 Ukraine
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Referee: Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal), Filipe Gonçalo Santos Duarte (Portugal)
Spain 5–1 Serbia
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Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Miguel Castilho (Portugal)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 0 1 14 8 +6 6[a] 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2  Croatia (H) 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6[a] Play-offs
3  Azerbaijan 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 4
4  Slovakia 3 0 1 2 6 13 −7 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Russia 3, Croatia 0.
Russia 7–1 Slovakia
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy), Alessandro Malfer (Italy)
Croatia 2–0 Azerbaijan
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Attendance: 700
Referee: Angelo Galante (Italy), Nicola Manzione (Italy)
Azerbaijan 4–3 Russia
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Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Angelo Galante (Italy)
Croatia 3–2 Slovakia
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Referee: Nicola Manzione (Italy), Chiara Perona (Italy)
Slovakia 3–3 Azerbaijan
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Referee: Angelo Galante (Italy), Chiara Perona (Italy)
Russia 4–3 Croatia
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Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy), Nicola Manzione (Italy)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6[a] 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2  Czech Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6[a] Play-offs
3  Romania 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 4
4  Slovenia 3 0 1 2 8 11 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Kazakhstan 3, Czech Republic 0.
Czech Republic 3–1 Slovenia
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Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia), Iurii Neverov (Russia)
Kazakhstan 1–3 Romania
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Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Irina Velikanova (Russia)
Czech Republic 4–0 Romania
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Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)
Slovenia 3–4 Kazakhstan
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Referee: Iurii Neverov (Russia), Vladimir Kadykov (Russia)
Romania 4–4 Slovenia
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Referee: Vladimir Kadykov (Russia), Ivan Shabanov (Russia)
Kazakhstan 5–2 Czech Republic
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Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia), Iurii Neverov (Russia)

Play-offs

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The winners of each tie qualify for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The play-offs were originally scheduled to be played on 9 and 12 April 2020, but had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially to a later date tentatively between June and mid-August.[11][12] On 17 June 2020, UEFA announced that the matches had been rescheduled to be played between 2 and 11 November 2020.[13][14]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia  4–4 (5–6 p)  Czech Republic 2–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Serbia  6–5  Finland 1–0 5–5

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Croatia 2–2 Czech Republic
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Referee: Juan José Cordero Gallardo (Spain), Alejandro Martínez Flores (Spain)
Czech Republic 2–2 (a.e.t.) Croatia
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Penalties
 6–5
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (France), Victor Berg-Audic (France)

4–4 on aggregate. The Czech Republic won 6–5 on penalties and qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Serbia 1–0 Finland
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Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal), Cristiano José Cardoso Santos (Portugal)
Finland 5–5 Serbia
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Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary), Balázs Farkas (Hungary)

Serbia won 6–5 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

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The following seven teams from UEFA qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup, including Lithuania which qualified as hosts.[17]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1
 LithuaniaHosts26 October 2018[3]0 (debut)
 PortugalElite round Group A winners2 February 2020[18]5 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 SpainElite round Group B winners4 February 2020[18]8 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 RussiaElite round Group C winners1 February 2020[18]6 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 KazakhstanElite round Group D winners5 February 2020[18]2 (2000, 2016)
 Czech RepublicPlay-off winners10 November 2020[19]3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
 SerbiaPlay-off winners9 December 2020[20]1 (2012)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

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  • Preliminary round: There were 323 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 6.73 goals per match.
  • Main round: There were 280 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 5.83 goals per match.
  • Elite round: There were 130 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match.
  • Play-offs: There were 19 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.

— Team eliminated / inactive for this stage.

Rank Player PR MR ER PO Total
1 Kazakhstan Douglas Júnior —44— 8
Netherlands Mats Velseboer 62——
Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Radmilović 71——
4 Switzerland Alessandro Facchinetti 43—— 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Kahvedžić 61——
Kosovo Ramadan Alaj 61——
Moldova Cristian Obadă 61——
8 Serbia Marko Pršić —132 6
Finland Panu Autio 22—2
Czech Republic Michal Holý —231
Portugal Fernando Cardinal —42—
Slovenia Kristjan Čujec —42—
Kazakhstan Taynan —42—
Finland Miika Hosio 222—
Slovakia Tomáš Drahovský —51—
Moldova Andrei Negara 33——
Belgium Valentin Dujacquier 42——
Georgia (country) Thales 42——
Moldova Sergiu Tacot 51——

Notes

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  1. ↑ The second leg match between Finland and Serbia was originally scheduled to be played on 10 November, 19:00 EET, at Energia Areena, Vantaa, but was postponed due to members of the Finland team testing positive for the COVID-19 virus which required both teams to be quarantined.[15] It was rescheduled to 9 December 2020.[16]

References

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  1. ↑ "New dates for UEFA futsal competitions". UEFA. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2020 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 14 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Lithuania to host 2020 Futsal World Cup". UEFA. 26 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Regulations of the European Qualifying Competition for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup". UEFA.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "UEFA Futsal National Teams coefficient ranking 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA.
  7. ↑ "UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup Draw Procedure & Coefficient Ranking" (PDF). UEFA.
  8. ↑ "FIFA Futsal World Cup preliminary & main round draws". UEFA. 12 December 2018.[dead link]
  9. ↑ "Futsal World Cup elite round and play-off draw". UEFA. 7 November 2019.[dead link]
  10. ↑ "World Cup elite round coefficients" (PDF). UEFA.
  11. ↑ "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA. 17 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Postponement of UEFA futsal competitions". UEFA. 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020.
  13. ↑ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "Updated UEFA competitions calendar". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  15. ↑ "Futsalin MM-jatkokarsintaottelua Suomi-Serbia ei pelata tiistaina". Suomen Palloliitto. 9 November 2020.
  16. ↑ "Ratkaiseva futsalin MM-jatkokarsintaottelu pelataan 9.12". Suomen Palloliitto. 21 November 2020.
  17. ↑ "2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup: Lithuania". UEFA. 1 December 2018.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "UEFA quartet qualify for Lithuania 2021". FIFA.com. 6 February 2020.
  19. ↑ "Czech Republic book ticket to Lithuania 2021". FIFA.com. 10 November 2020.
  20. ↑ "Serbia snatch Europe's last ticket to Lithuania 2021". FIFA.com. 9 December 2020.
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