# UEFA Futsal Championship

The UEFA European Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations).

## History

The first tournament was held in Spain in 1996 and featured only six teams. The tournament was expanded to eight teams in 1999 and held every two years, and further to 12 teams in 2010.
After 2018, the tournament was expanded to 16 teams and held every four years, to avoid leap years when the FIFA Futsal World Cup is being played. The first 16-team tournament was held in 2022 in the Netherlands.

## Qualification

* 1996 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
* 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
* 2001 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
* 2003 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
* 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
* 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying (Link)
* 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying
* UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 qualifying
* UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 qualifying
* UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 qualifying
* UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying
* UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying
* UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

## Editions

| # | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Teams |
| # | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | Teams |
| 1 | 1996 Details | Spain | Spain | 5–3 | Russia | Belgium | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Italy | 6 (18) |
| 2 | 1999 Details | Spain | Russia | 3–3 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p) | Spain | Italy | 3–0 | Netherlands | 8 (25) |
| 3 | 2001 Details | Russia | Spain | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Ukraine | Russia | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Italy | 8 (26) |
| 4 | 2003 Details | Italy | Italy | 1–0 | Ukraine | Czech Republic | By Points | Spain | 8 (29) |
| 5 | 2005 Details | Czech Republic | Spain | 2–1 | Russia | Italy | 3–1 | Ukraine | 8 (34) |
| 6 | 2007 Details | Portugal | Spain | 3–1 | Italy | Russia | 3–2 | Portugal | 8 (34) |
| 7 | 2010 Details | Hungary | Spain | 4–2 | Portugal | Czech Republic | 5–3 | Azerbaijan | 12 (39) |
| 8 | 2012 Details | Croatia | Spain | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Russia | Italy | 3–1 | Croatia | 12 (43) |
| 9 | 2014 Details | Belgium | Italy | 3–1 | Russia | Spain | 8–4 | Portugal | 12 (45) |
| 10 | 2016 Details | Serbia | Spain | 7–3 | Russia | Kazakhstan | 5–2 | Serbia | 12 (47) |
| 11 | 2018 Details | Slovenia | Portugal | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Spain | Russia | 1–0 | Kazakhstan | 12 (47) |
| 12 | 2022 Details | Netherlands | Portugal | 4–2 | Russia | Spain | 4–1 | Ukraine | 16 (50) |
| 13 | 2026 Details | Latvia & Lithuania | | – | | | – | | 16 (50) |

## Debut of teams

| Year | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Successor teams |
| Year | Teams | No. | CT | Successor teams |
| 1996 | Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Ukraine | 6 | 6 | |
| 1999 | Croatia, Portugal, Yugoslavia | 3 | 9 | |
| 2001 | Czech Republic, Poland | 2 | 11 | |
| 2003 | Slovenia | 1 | 12 | |
| 2005 | Hungary | 1 | 13 | |
| 2007 | Romania | 1 | 14 | Serbia |
| 2010 | Azerbaijan, Belarus | 2 | 16 | |
| 2012 | Turkey | 1 | 17 | |
| 2014 | – | 0 | 17 | |
| 2016 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 18 | |
| 2018 | France | 1 | 19 | |
| 2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, Slovakia | 4 | 23 | |
| 2026 | Armenia, Latvia, Lithuania | 3 | 25 | |

## Performance by nations

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists | Total |
| Spain | 7 (1996*, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016) | 2 (1999*, 2018) | 2 (2014, 2022) | – | 1 (2003) | 12 |
| Italy | 2 (2003*, 2014) | 1 (2007) | 3 (1999, 2005, 2012) | 2 (1996, 2001) | – | 8 |
| Portugal | 2 (2018, 2022) | 1 (2010) | – | 2 (2007*, 2014) | – | 5 |
| Russia | 1 (1999) | 6 (1996, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022) | 3 (2001*, 2007, 2018) | – | – | 10 |
| Ukraine | – | 2 (2001, 2003) | – | 2 (2005, 2022) | – | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | – | – | 1 (2016) | 1 (2018) | – | 2 |
| Czech Republic | – | – | 1 (2010) | – | 1 (2003) | 2 |
| Belgium | – | – | 1 (1996) | – | – | 1 |
| Netherlands | – | – | – | 1 (1999) | – | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | – | – | – | 1 (2010) | – | 1 |
| Croatia | – | – | – | 1 (2012*) | – | 1 |
| Serbia | – | – | – | 1 (2016*) | – | 1 |
    * = hosts

## Comprehensive team results by tournament
### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* SF – Semi-finalists
* 5th–8th – Fifth to Eighth place
* 9th–12th – Ninth to Twelfth place
* Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
* •• — Qualified but withdrew
* • — Did not qualify
* × — Did not enter
* × – Withdrew from the European Championship / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
* — Country not affiliated to UEFA at that time
* — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
* — Hosts
| Team | 1996 (6) | 1999 (8) | 2001 (8) | 2003 (8) | 2005 (8) | 2007 (8) | 2010 (12) | 2012 (12) | 2014 (12) | 2016 (12) | 2018 (12) | 2022 (16) | 2026 (16) | Years |
| Armenia | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 9th | | 6 |
| Belarus | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Belgium | 3rd | 8th | • | 7th | • | • | 9th | • | 10th | • | • | • | | 5 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | | 1 |
| Croatia | • | 5th | 5th | • | • | • | • | 4th | 8th | 9th | • | 11th | | 6 |
| Czech Republic | • | • | 6th | SF | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 9th | 11th | 11th | • | • | Q | 8 |
| Finland | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | | 1 |
| France | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | | 1 |
| Georgia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | | 1 |
| Hungary | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 9th | • | • | 10th | • | • | | 3 |
| Italy | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 9th | 14th | | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 4th | 5th | | 3 |
| Latvia | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
| Lithuania | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
| Netherlands | 6th | 4th | 7th | • | 5th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | 10th | | 6 |
| Poland | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 15th | | 3 |
| Portugal | • | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 7th | 1st | 1st | Q | 11 |
| Romania | × | × | × | × | • | 6th | • | 7th | 6th | • | 12th | • | | 4 |
| Russia | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | × | 12 |
| Serbia | | | | | | 5th | 5th | 6th | • | 4th | 8th | 12th | | 6 (7) |
| Slovakia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | | 1 |
| Slovenia | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | 9th | 11th | 7th | 12th | 5th | 13th | | 7 |
| Spain | 1st | 2nd | 1st | SF | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | | 12 |
| Turkey | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Ukraine | 5th | • | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 4th | | 11 |
| Yugoslavia | • | 7th | • | • | • | | | | | | | | | 1 (7) |

## Summary (1996-2022)

| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Spain | 12 | 59 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 227 | 94 | +133 | 140 |
| 2 | Russia | 12 | 56 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 178 | 114 | +64 | 109 |
| 3 | Italy | 12 | 50 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 146 | 87 | +59 | 96 |
| 4 | Portugal | 10 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 124 | 104 | +20 | 70 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 11 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 111 | 109 | +2 | 48 |
| 6 | Serbia | 7 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 66 | –12 | 29 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 24 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 72 | –16 | 21 |
| 9 | Croatia | 6 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 57 | –20 | 19 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 8 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 64 | 110 | –46 | 18 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 6 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 71 | –32 | 12 |
| 12 | Romania | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 40 | –15 | 9 |
| 13 | Belgium | 5 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 42 | –25 | 9 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 7 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 68 | –32 | 9 |
| 15 | Georgia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | –8 | 6 |
| 16 | Finland | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 4 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 17 | –8 | 4 |
| 18 | Poland | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 34 | –22 | 2 |
| 19 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 1 |
| 20 | Belarus | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | –8 | 1 |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | –7 | 0 |
| 22 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
| 23 | Hungary | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 34 | –18 | 0 |
| 24 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Medals (1996-2022)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Spain | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

## FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifiers
### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* QF – Quarterfinals
* R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
* R1 – Round 1
* – Hosts
* – Not an UEFA member
* Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
| Team | 1989 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2021 | 2024 | Total |
| Azerbaijan | | | | | | | | QF | | | 1 |
| Belgium | 4th | R2 | R2 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Croatia | | | | R2 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Czech Republic | | | | | R2 | R1 | R2 | | R2 | | 4 |
| Denmark | R1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| France | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 1 |
| Hungary | R1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Italy | R2 | R1 | R2 | | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | R2 | | | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | | | | | | | | R2 | 4th | QF | 3 |
| Lithuania | | | | | | | | | R1 | | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2nd | R2 | R2 | R2 | | | | | | | 4 |
| Poland | | R2 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Portugal | | | | 3rd | R2 | R1 | QF | 4th | 1st | R2 | 7 |
| Russia | | R1 | 3rd | 4th | | 4th | QF | 2nd | QF | | 7 |
| Serbia | | | | | | | R2 | | R2 | | 2 |
| Spain | R1 | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | QF | QF | R2 | 10 |
| Ukraine | | | 4th | | R2 | R2 | QF | R2 | | 3rd | 6 |