# UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying

The UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying competition will be a men's futsal competition that determines the 14 teams joining the automatically qualified co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania in the UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 final tournament, which will be played on a four-year basis and featuring 16 teams.
48 UEFA member national teams entered the competition. Apart from co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania, the remaining 46 teams entered the qualifying competition. The 34 teams with the highest futsal men's national-team coefficient ranking taken in December 2023 were given byes to the main round, while the remaining 12 teams entered in the preliminary round.
Russia was banned from qualifying following the country's invasion of Ukraine.

## Format

The qualifying competition consists of three rounds:
* Preliminary round: The 12 teams that enter this round are drawn into three groups. Each group is played in a single round-robin format, with one of the teams selected as hosts before the draw. Each group winners and runners-up advance to the main round.
* Main round: The 40 teams (34 teams with the highest coefficient ranking, and six teams from the preliminary round) are drawn into ten groups. Each group is played in a home-and-away round-robin format. The ten group winners qualify for the final tournament, while the eight best runners-up advance to the play-offs.
* Play-offs: The eight teams are drawn into four ties, each tie will be played by home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last four qualifiers.

### Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round and main 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 14.01, 14.02 and 17.01):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* 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;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* (Preliminary round only) 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);
* (Main round only) Away goals scored in all group matches;
* (Main round only) Wins in all group matches;
* (Main round only) Away wins in all group matches;
* Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
* UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;
To determine the eight best runners-up from the main round. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 16.01):
* Points;
* Goal difference;
* Goals scored;
* Disciplinary points;
* UEFA coefficient ranking for the qualifying round or qualifying group stage draw;
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, two 5-minute periods of extra time are played at the end of the second leg. The team which scores more goals during extra time qualifies for the next stage. If both teams score the same number of goals during extra time, a penalty shoot-out determines which team qualifies for the next stage (Regulations Article 22.03).

## Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA Futsal International Match Calendar.
Schedule for UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying :
| Round | Draw | Dates |
| Preliminary round | 25 January 2024 | 9–14 April 2024 |
| Main round | 30 May 2024 | 9–18 December 2024,27 January – 5 February 2025,3–12 March 2025,7–16 April 2025 |
| Play-offs | 15 May 2025 | 15–24 September 2025 |

## Entrants

The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on all FIFA and UEFA national senior men's futsal team matches played since the UEFA European qualifying competition for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
The 34 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 12 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the main round draw, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking.
Final tournament hosts :
| Team | Coeff. | Rank |
| Latvia | 1387.402 | 27 |
| Lithuania | 1195.790 | 33 |
Teams entering main round :
| Team | Coeff. | Rank |
| Portugal | 2715.953 | 1 |
| Spain | 2495.409 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 2418.002 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 2056.591 | 5 |
| Croatia | 1976.252 | 6 |
| Finland | 1970.212 | 7 |
| France | 1967.701 | 8 |
| Poland | 1924.072 | 9 |
| Slovenia | 1898.780 | 10 |
| Serbia | 1884.558 | 11 |
| Italy | 1873.140 | 12 |
| Netherlands | 1862.329 | 13 |
| Czechia | 1811.644 | 14 |
| Romania | 1806.321 | 15 |
| Azerbaijan | 1795.390 | 16 |
| Georgia | 1761.015 | 17 |
| Slovakia | 1664.887 | 18 |
| Hungary | 1635.528 | 19 |
| Armenia | 1626.853 | 20 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1609.649 | 21 |
| Belarus | 1521.865 | 22 |
| Moldova | 1514.719 | 23 |
| Belgium | 1504.554 | 24 |
| North Macedonia | 1451.512 | 25 |
| Germany | 1433.349 | 26 |
| Sweden | 1327.701 | 28 |
| Montenegro | 1306.735 | 29 |
| Kosovo | 1264.444 | 30 |
| England | 1204.183 | 31 |
| Denmark | 1199.225 | 32 |
| Albania | 1177.965 | 34 |
| Norway | 1173.463 | 35 |
| Greece | 1164.389 | 36 |
| Turkey | 1131.406 | 37 |
Teams entering preliminary round :
| Team | Coeff. | Rank |
| Israel | 1128.385 | 38 |
| Cyprus | 1090.591 | 39 |
| Switzerland | 1066.246 | 40 |
| Bulgaria | 1031.006 | 41 |
| Andorra | 916.855 | 43 |
| Malta | 830.007 | 44 |
| Gibraltar | 809.650 | 45 |
| Austria | 794.108 | 46 |
| Estonia | 787.508 | 47 |
| San Marino | 762.906 | 48 |
| Scotland | 755.050 | 49 |
| Northern Ireland | 717.420 | 50 |
Did not enter :
| Team | Coeff. | Rank |
| Russia | 2547.159 | 2 |
| Wales | 1011.432 | 42 |
| Iceland | - | NR |
| Faroe Islands | - | NR |
| Liechtenstein | - | NR |
| Luxembourg | - | NR |
| Republic of Ireland | - | NR |

### Notes

* Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.
* NR: No rank.

## Preliminary round
### Draw

The draw for the preliminary round took place at 14:00 CET, 25 January 2024. The seeding was based on the Elo-based futsal men's national-team coefficient ranking taken in December 2023. The 12 teams were drawn into 3 groups of four.
The draw started with pot 1 and ended with pot 4, with each team selected then allocated into groups alphabetically. The pots for the draw are shown below.
Draw :
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| San Marino Scotland Northern Ireland | Gibraltar Austria Estonia | Bulgaria Andorra Malta | Israel Cyprus Switzerland |

### Groups

The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the main round. The preliminary round was played 9 – 14 April 2024.
All matches within each group are hosted by one of the participating associations. The hosts are Cyprus, Austria, and Switzerland. In the preliminary round, the schedule of each group is as follows:
| Day | Schedule |
| Day 1 | Arrival |
| Day 2 | 2 v 4, 3 v 1 |
| Day 3 | 3 v 2, 1 v 4 |
| Day 4 | Rest day |
| Day 5 | 4 v 3, 1 v 2 |
| Day 6 | Departure |
When establishing the match schedule, the host association is placed in position 1, and the visiting teams in positions 2, 3 and 4, according to their coefficient rankings.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cyprus (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Main round |
| 2 | Andorra | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Main round |
| 3 | Estonia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head, total goal difference, and total goals scored. Disciplinary points: Cyprus –4, Andorra –6.

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Main round |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Main round |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | San Marino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | Main round |
| 2 | Switzerland (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | Main round |
| 3 | Gibraltar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 3 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |

## Main round
### Draw

The draw for the main round took place on 30 May 2024. The seeding were based on the new Elo-based futsal men's national-team coefficient ranking. The 40 teams were drawn into 10 groups of four. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were not to be drawn in the same group as Kosovo. Each team plays one home and one away match against each other team in its group.
The ten group winners qualify for the UEFA Futsal EURO 2026, while the eight best runners-up qualify for the play-offs.
Draw :
| Pot 1 (Position 4) | Pot 2 (Position 3) | Pot 3 (Position 2) | Pot 4 (Position 1) |
| Albania Norway Greece Turkey Cyprus Switzerland Bulgaria Andorra Malta Austria | Belarus Moldova Belgium North Macedonia Germany Sweden Montenegro Kosovo England Denmark | Netherlands Italy Czechia Romania Azerbaijan Georgia Slovakia Hungary Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina | Portugal (holders) Spain Kazakhstan Ukraine Croatia Finland France Poland Slovenia Serbia |

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ukraine (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Romania | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 9 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cyprus (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 10 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Belarus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 10 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Finland (E) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Malta (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Tied head-to-head. Total goal difference: Italy +16, Belarus +8

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Slovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 9 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Moldova | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Turkey (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovenia (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Norway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Montenegro (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Hungary +2, Norway –2

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Greece | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sweden (E) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 1 | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Armenia (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 16 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 10 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Albania (E) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 | |
| 4 | Denmark (E) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Denmark 3–4 Albania

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portugal (Q) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | +22 | 18 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 8 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Andorra (E) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 6 | |
| 4 | North Macedonia (E) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 1 | |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain (A) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | +33 | 15 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (A) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 12 | Play-offs |
| 3 | England (E) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 3 | |
| 4 | Switzerland (E) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 39 | −37 | 0 | |

### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czechia (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 13 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 9 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Serbia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Austria (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 | |

### Group 10

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France (A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 9 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 | Kosovo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | −24 | 0 | |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (A) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 12 | Play-offs |
| 2 | 2 | Belarus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 10 | Play-offs |
| 3 | 6 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 10 | Play-offs |
| 4 | 1 | Romania | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 9 | Play-offs |
| 5 | 10 | Georgia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 9 | Play-offs |
| 6 | 9 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 9 | Play-offs |
| 7 | 3 | Slovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 9 | Play-offs |
| 8 | 7 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 8 | Play-offs |
| 9 | 5 | Greece | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 10 | 4 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | |

## Play-offs
### Draw

The draw for the main round play-offs will take place on 15 May 2025. The eight teams are drawn into four ties, played over two legs between 15 and 24 September 2025, to decide the last four qualifiers.
| Team 1 | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Team A | Team B | Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Team C | Team D | Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Team E | Team F | Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Team G | Team H | Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |

### Matches
## Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualify for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Futsal Euro |
| Latvia | Co-host | 2 December 2023 | 0 (Debut) |
| Lithuania | Co-host | 2 December 2023 | 0 (Debut) |
| | Group 1 winners | April 2025 | |
| | Group 2 winners | April 2025 | |
| | Group 3 winners | April 2025 | |
| | Group 4 winners | April 2025 | |
| | Group 5 winners | 2025 | |
| Armenia | Group 6 winners | 12 March 2025 | 0 (Debut) |
| Portugal | Group 7 winners | 5 February 2025 | 10 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) |
| | Group 8 winners | April 2025 | |
| Czechia | Group 9 winners | 12 March 2025 | 8 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| | Group 10 winners | April 2025 | |
| | Play-off winner | September 2025 | |
| | Play-off winner | September 2025 | |
| | Play-off winner | September 2025 | |
| | Play-off winner | September 2025 | |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.