UEFA Futsal Euro 2014

UEFA Futsal Euro 2014
The UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 was the ninth edition of the European Championship for men's national futsal teams organised by UEFA. It was hosted for the first time in Belgium, from 28 January to 8 February 2014, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2011.
The final tournament was contested by twelve teams, eleven of which joined the hosts after overcoming a qualifying tournament. The matches were played in two venues in the city of Antwerp, the Lotto Arena (group stage) and the Sportpaleis (knockout stage). Television coverage was provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.
The defending champions, Spain, were beaten in the semifinals by Russia and thus failed to reach their fifth consecutive tournament final. In the decisive match, Italy defeated Russia 3–1 to win their second title. Spain defeated Portugal 8–4 in the third place match to secure a ninth consecutive podium finish. The top scorer of the tournament was Eder Lima of Russia, with eight goals.
Venues
The final tournament matches were played in two venues located in Antwerp's Merksem district. The Lotto Arena hosted the twelve group stage matches, while the remaining eight matches, including the final, were staged in the Sportpaleis arena.
Qualification
The qualification draw was made in Nyon on 4 December 2012.
Qualified teams
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host for that year
Draw
The final tournament draw was held in Antwerp's Centrum Elzenveld, on 4 October 2013.
Match officials
UEFA named sixteen match officials to referee matches at the 2014 UEFA Futsal Euro final tournament.
Squads
Group stage
In the group stage, a total of twelve matches (three matches per group) were played between 28 January and 2 February at a rate of two matches each day. The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the four groups progressed to the knockout stage, while the third-placed team was eliminated from the tournament.
Tie-breaking
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:
Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
If, after having applied criteria 1–3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1–3 are reapplied to determine their final ranking. If this does not lead to a decision, the following criteria apply:
Superior goal difference in all group matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
Fair play ranking of the teams in question;
Drawing of lots.
All times local (CET or UTC+01:00).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
The knockout stage matches, which includes quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-off and the final, will be played at the Sportpaleis arena. If a match is drawn after 40 minutes of regular play, an extra-time consisting of two five-minute periods is played. If teams are still leveled after extra-time, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner. In the third place match, the extra-time is skipped and the decision goes directly to kicks from the penalty mark.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Final ranking
Goalscorers
Only goals scored in the final tournament are considered.
8 goals
Eder Lima
5 goals
Fernandão
4 goals
Rodolfo Fortino
Gabriel Lima
Gašper Vrhovec
3 goals
Franko Jelovčić
Sergio Romano
Cardinal
Joel Queirós
Ricardinho
Robinho
Sergei Sergeev
Aicardo
Sergio Lozano
Pola
Rafa Usín
2 goals
Rafael
Matija Capar
Michal Belej
Gonçalo Alves
Bruno Coelho
Cirilo
Dmitri Lyskov
Kristjan Čujec
Raúl Campos
Lin
Miguelín
José Ruiz
1 goal
Amadeu
Augusto
Vitaliy Borisov
Edu
Felipe
Omar Rahou
Saša Babić
Dario Marinović
Roman Mareš
Jiří Novotný
Saad Assis
Daniel Giasson
Humberto Honorio
Stefano Mammarella
Michele Miarelli
Murilo
Vampeta
Mohamed Attaibi
Pedro Cary
Pedro Costa
João Matos
Arnaldo Pereira
Vlad Iancu
Robert Lupu
Florin Matei
Emil Răducu
Aleksandr Fukin
Nikolai Pereverzev
Vladislav Shayakhmetov
Alen Fetić
Uroš Kroflič
Igor Osredkar
Ortiz
Dmytro Sorokin
Yevgen Valenko
Marian Șotărcă
Sergei Abramov
1 own goal
Saad Salhi (against Romania)
Aleksandr Fukin (against Portugal)
References
External links
Official UEFA website
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UEFA Futsal Euro
Sports competitions in Antwerp
2010s in Antwerp
January 2014 sports events in Europe
February 2014 sports events in Europe