UEFA Futsal Euro 2012

The UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 was the eighth official edition of the UEFA European Championship for national futsal teams. It was hosted by Croatia, and was played from January, 31 to February, 11. 12 teams competed for the title, with 11 teams gain entries from qualification rounds, while Croatia gained an automatic entry as hosts. The championship was played in the two biggest Croatian cities, Zagreb and the 15,024 seater Arena Zagreb and in Split, at the 10,931 capacity Spaladium Arena.

2012 UEFA Futsal Euro 2012
UEFA Europsko futsal prvenstvo 2012
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Dates31 January – 11 February
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (6th title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Italy
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored109 (5.45 per match)
Attendance95,519 (4,776 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jordi Torras (5 goals)
Best player(s) Kike

Spain defended their title, having won it for the sixth consecutive time.[1]

Bids

Three nations had made bids for the 2012 Championship. Alongside Croatia, Belgium – which had failed in the 2010 bid – made a new bid with Antwerp and Charleroi, while Macedonia made one with the city of Skopje. Croatia was selected to host the Championship by a decision made on 24 March 2010, at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Squads
Main article: 2012 UEFA Futsal Championship squads

Venues
Venues Map
Arena Arena Zagreb Spaladium Arena
Picture
City Zagreb Split
Capacity 15,024 10,931

Qualification
Main article: 2012 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying

Forty-two nations took part in 2012 edition. Host nation qualified directly, while other had to go through qualification rounds.

The qualification was played in two stages, with 24 sides competing in the preliminary round between 20–24 January 2011. The group winners progressed to join the other 18 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which was taking place between 24–27 February 2011, 24 teams were split in 6 groups of 4 teams. The winners and best five second-placed teams joined Croatia in the finals.

Qualified teams
CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament1
 Croatia00Hosts2 (1999, 2001)
 Spain00Group 1 winner7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
 Azerbaijan00Group 1 runner-up1 (2010)
 Russia00Group 2 winner7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
 Serbia00Group 2 runner-up3 (1999, 2007, 2010)
 Portugal00Group 3 winner5 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
 Czech Republic00Group 4 winner5 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
 Romania00Group 4 runner-up1 (2007)
 Ukraine00Group 5 winner6 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
 Turkey00Group 5 runner-up0 (debut)
 Italy00Group 6 winner7 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010)
 Slovenia00Group 6 runner-up2 (2003, 2010)

Seeding

UEFA announced the seedings on Monday, 28 February 2011, one day after the qualification was concluded. Croatia was automatically seeded as A1. The Draw was scheduled for 9 September 2011 in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

 Croatia (host, assigned to A1)
 Spain (title holder)
 Italy
 Portugal

 Russia
 Czech Republic
 Ukraine
 Serbia

 Azerbaijan
 Romania
 Slovenia
 Turkey

Referees

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 220075+26
 Romania 210143+13
 Czech Republic 200258−30
Croatia 2 – 1 Romania
Marinović  23'
Grcić  35'		 Report Csoma  30'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium)
Romania 3 – 1 Czech Republic
Dobre  17'
Ignat  34'
Matei  37'		 Report Belej  8'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)
Czech Republic 4 – 5 Croatia
Belej  24'
Kopecký  35'
Roman Mareš  37'
Novak  38' (o.g.)		 Report Grcić  9'
Marinović  23', 38'
Despotović  29'
Novak  37'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 220083+56
 Ukraine 21017703
 Slovenia 2002510−50
Spain 4 – 2 Slovenia
Miguelín  15'
Aicardo  26'
Torras  29', 30'		 Report Fetić  17'
Mordej  37'
Attendance: 5,308
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)
Slovenia 3 – 6 Ukraine
Legchanov  27' (o.g.)
Uršič  33'
Čujec  38'		 Report Klochko  5'
Legchanov  8', 21', 29'
Zhurba  9'
Pavlenko  16'
Attendance: 2,252
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria)
Ukraine 1 – 4 Spain
Kike  32' (o.g.) Report Borja  4'
Miguelín  16'
Rafa Usín  18', 19'
Attendance: 3,546
Referee: Petros Panayides (Cyprus)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 211072+54
 Italy 211053+24
 Turkey 200218−70
Italy 3 – 1 Turkey
Ippoliti  7', 30'
Gabriel Lima  37'		 Report Yasin Erdal  2'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Stephan Kammerer (Germany)
Turkey 0 – 5 Russia
Report Maevski  1', 8', 24'
Fukin  21'
Cirilo  22'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Marc Birkett (England)
Russia 2 – 2 Italy
Fukin  4'
Sergeev  17'		 Report Gabriel Lima  21'
Fortino  30'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fernando Lumbreras (Spain)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 220062+46
 Serbia 2101101003
 Azerbaijan 2002913–40
Portugal 4 – 1 Azerbaijan
Cardinal  3'
Felipe  4' (o.g.)
Marinho  26'
Ricardinho  38'		 Report Farajzade  7'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia)
Azerbaijan 8 – 9 Serbia
Felipe  1', 9'
Farzaliyev  5'
Jadder Dantas  11', 23', 32'
Thiago  34'
Bojović  39' (o.g.)		 Report Bojović  6', 8', 29', 39'
Rajčević  9'
Kocić  22', 27'
Lazić  23'
Pavićević  37'
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Sebastian Stawicki (Poland)
Serbia 1 – 2 Portugal
Ricardinho  31' (o.g.) Report Arnaldo  21'
Pedro Cary  36'
Attendance: 2,282
Referee: Karel Henych (Czech Republic)

Playoff round
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 February 2012 – Split
 
 
 Croatia 1 (3)
 
9 February 2012 – Zagreb
 
 Ukraine 1 (1)
 
 Croatia 2
 
7 February 2012 – Split
 
 Russia 4
 
 Russia 2
 
11 February 2012 – Zagreb
 
 Serbia 1
 
 Russia 1
 
6 February 2012 – Zagreb
 
 Spain 3
 
 Romania 3
 
9 February 2012 – Zagreb
 
 Spain 8
 
 Spain1
 
7 February 2012 – Zagreb
 
 Italy 0 Third place
 
 Italy 3
 
11 February 2012 – Zagreb
 
 Portugal 1
 
 Croatia 1
 
 
 Italy 3
 

Quarter-finals
Romania 3 – 8 Spain
Gherman  8', 14'
Matei  25'		 Report Torras  3', 19', 29'
Aicardo  13', 27'
Rafa Usín  16'
Lin  30'
Ortiz  37'
Attendance: 1,516
Referee: Gabor Kovacs (Hungary)
Croatia 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
Ovsyannikov  17' (o.g.) Report Chepornyuk  30'
Penalties
Grcić
Jelovčić
Novak 		3 – 1 Kondratyuk
Zhurba
Pavlenko
Legchanov
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Francesco Massini (Italy)
Russia 2 – 1 Serbia
Fukin  29'
Pula  34'		 Report Milosavac  25'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Danijel Janosevic (Croatia)
Italy 3 – 1 Portugal
Arnaldo  20' (o.g.)
Saad  29'
Patias  38'		 Report Ricardinho  24'
Attendance: 2,215
Referee: Borut Sivic (Slovenia)

Semi-finals
Croatia 2 – 4 Russia
Marinović  27', 37' Report Prudnikov  1'
Cirilo  5'
Abramov  16'
Pula  21'
Attendance: 14,300
Referee: Borut Sivic (Slovenia)
Spain 1 – 0 Italy
Aicardo  6' Report
Attendance: 8,300
Referee: Gabor Kovacs (Hungary)

Third place match
Croatia 1 – 3 Italy
Grcić  31' Report Saad  1'
Honorio  26'
Mammarella  39'
Attendance: 12,400
Referee: Fernando Lumbreras (ESP)

Final
Russia 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Spain
Pula  34' Report Lozano  40', 48'
Borja  50'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Danijel Janosevic (Croatia)

Final ranking
Rank Team
 Spain
 Russia
 Italy
4 Croatia
5 Portugal
6 Serbia
7 Romania
8 Ukraine
9 Czech Republic
10 Azerbaijan
11 Slovenia
12 Turkey
 2012 UEFA Futsal Championship Winners 

Spain
Sixth title

References
  1. "Spain celebrate once more in Croatia". uefa.com. 12 February 2012.
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