UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2019
The 2019 UEFA Women's Futsal Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2019, was the first edition of the UEFA Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. Spain won the title to become the first UEFA Women's Futsal Euro champions. Teams. A total of 23 (out of 55) UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying stage, with Northern Ireland taking part in their first international futsal tournament for men or women. They are seeded according to  the coefficient ranking of their men's senior national teams, calculated based on the following: The 13 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 10 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. 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. Three teams were pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and four teams were pre-selected as hosts for the main round. The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held  on 5 July 2018, 13:30 CEST (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: Format. In the preliminary round and main round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. In the final tournament, the four qualified teams play in knockout format (semi-finals, third place match, and final), either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams, or at a neutral venue if none of the teams wishes to host. 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 and 14.02): Schedule. The schedule of the competition is as follows. In the preliminary round and main 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): "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." Preliminary round. The winners of each group advance to the main round to join the 13 teams which receive byes. Times are CEST (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Main round. The winners of each group advance to the final tournament. Times are CEST (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Final tournament. The hosts of the final tournament were selected from the four qualified teams. Portugal 's bid was selected over that of Spain by the UEFA Executive Committee on 27 September 2018, with the final tournament taking place at the Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar in Gondomar of the Porto Metropolitan Area, which previously hosted the 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship final tournament. Qualified teams. The following teams qualified for the final tournament. Final draw. The draw for the final tournament was held on 9 December 2018, 12:30 WET (), at the Casa Branca de Gramido in Valbom, Portugal. The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions. Squads. Each national team have to submit  a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Bracket. In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time is used in the third place match (Regulations Article 16.02 and 16.03). Times are CET (), as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). Broadcasting. For the final four round