2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League
The 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League was the 36th edition of the European club futsal championship organised by UEFA, and the fourth edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Futsal Champions League. Sporting CP, the title holders, entered in the main round. They were knocked out in the final against Barcelona, 4–0. Association team allocation. A total of 55 teams from 51 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League. The association ranking based on the UEFA futsal national team coefficients was used to determine the number of participating  teams for each association: Association ranking. The UEFA futsal national team coefficients at the end of April 2020, used to determine the number of teams each association was entitled to enter, was as follows. Distribution. For the 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League, the clubs' entry round was determined by their UEFA futsal club coefficients, which took into account their performance from the previous three seasons. The following was the access list for the season. Teams. Below were the participating teams of the 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League (with their ranking among participating teams), grouped by their starting round and path  for the main round. Format. In this season, the tournament returned to the mini-tournament format consisting of three qualifying rounds and the final tournament. The qualifying rounds consisted of the following stages: In each group, teams played against each other in a single round-robin format hosted by one of the participating teams. The final tournament was played at a centralized location and consisted of single-legged semi-finals, third-place play-off and final. If scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the scores remained  tied. Tiebreakers. Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 14 Equality of points – mini-tournaments, Regulations of the UEFA Futsal Champions League): For the ranking of second-placed teams in the preliminary round, teams are also ranked according to points, with the following tiebreakers applying in case of a tie. Schedule. The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws  were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland). Preliminary round. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 7 July 2021, 14:00 CEST. The preliminary round was played from 21 to 25 October 2021. The winners of each group and the best runners-up advanced to the main round Path B. Times are CET (), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). Seeding. A total of 32 teams played in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2021 UEFA futsal club coefficients. Eight teams were pre-selected as hosts and were first  drawn from a separate pot to their corresponding seeding position. The remaining teams were then drawn from their respective pots to their corresponding seeding position. Due to political reasons, teams from Kosovo and Serbia could not be drawn into the same group. Main round. The draw for the main round was held on 30 August 2021, 14:00 CEST. The main round was played from 26 to 31 October 2021. Seeding. A total of 32 teams played in the main round. They were divided in two paths: Seeding of teams was based on their 2021 UEFA futsal club coefficients. On Path  B, the seeding position 3 and 4 were drawn from the same pot, comprising all teams advancing from the preliminary round, with the exception of Luxol St Andrews, who attributed to seeding position 2 as top ranked team advancing from the previous round. Eight teams (four in each path) were pre-selected as hosts and were first drawn from a separate pot to their corresponding seeding position. The remaining teams were then drawn from their respective pots to their corresponding seeding position. Teams from Kosovo and Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina or Armenia and Azerbaijan could not be drawn  into the same group. Additionally, winners and runners-up from the same preliminary round advancing to the main round could not be drawn into the same group. Path A. The top three teams of each group in Path A advanced to the elite round. Path B. The winners of each group in Path B advanced to the elite round. Elite round. The draw for the elite round was held on 3 November 2021, 14:00 CET. The elite round was played from 30 November to 5 December 2021. Seeding. A total of 16 teams played in the elite round. Seeding of  teams was based on their results in the previous round: Four teams were pre-selected as hosts and were first drawn from a separate pot to their corresponding seeding position. Teams from Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn into the same group. Additionally, winners and runners-up from the same main round path A group could not be drawn into the same group. Final tournament. The final tournament comprised of two semifinals, a third-place play-off and a final, and were played by the last four remaining teams from 29 April to 1 May 2022 at Arena Riga , Latvia.