Friday, 26 January 2024
The road to UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 begins with the preliminary round, with the draw having split the contenders into three groups of four.
Preliminary round draw
Group A: Cyprus, Andorra, Estonia, Northern Ireland
Group B: Israel, Bulgaria, Austria, San Marino
Group C: Switzerland, Malta, Gibraltar, Scotland
Matches between 8 and 17 April, exact group dates/hosts tbc
In all 12 teams of the 48 entrants begin in the preliminary round. Co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania progress automatically to the finals while the top 34 qualifying contenders in the UEFA futsal national team coefficient ranking as of December 2023 enter directly in the main round.
The 12 preliminary round contenders were drawn into three groups of four teams, played as mini-tournaments between 8 and 17 April. The hosts are to be confirmed.
The top two in each group will go through to the main round, played as home-and-away fixtures from December.
Teams entering directly in main round
Portugal (holders), Spain, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, France, Finland, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Georgia, Netherlands, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Belgium, Belarus, Moldova, Germany, North Macedonia, Sweden, Montenegro, Kosovo, England, Denmark, Albania, Norway, Greece, Türkiye
courtesy: UEFA.com
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Brazil
Spain
Portugal
Argentina
Russia
Iran
Morocco
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
France