The 2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Futsal Euro 2023) will be the third edition of the
UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship
The UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the under-19 List of youth national futsal teams, national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations).
The tournament is held every t ...
, the biennial international youth
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
championship organised by
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe.
The tournament will be held at the
Žatika Arena in
Poreč
Poreč (; it, Parenzo; la, Parens or ; grc, Πάρενθος, Párenthos) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, whic ...
, Croatia.
A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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are the two-time defending champions.
Qualification
Seven teams will qualify to join the hosts in the final tournament. The qualifying draw was held on 3 November 2022. The preliminary round was held between 18 and 21 January 2023, and the main round was held between 22 and 26 March 2023.
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.
Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to
points
Point or points may refer to:
Places
* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States
* Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
* Point ...
(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 18.01 and 18.02):
#Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
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;
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Penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
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);
#Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
#UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
#Drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage,
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
and
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
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Final
Goalscorers
References
External links
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2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
2022–23 in European futsal
2023 in youth association football
International futsal competitions hosted by Croatia
September 2023 sports events in Europe