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The 2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 30th edition of Europe's premier club
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tournament, and the 15th edition under the current
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format organized by
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. Kairat Almaty were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the elite round. In the final,
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defeated
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to become the third Russian team, after
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and
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, to win the title.


Teams

A total of 49 teams from 48 of the 54
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member associations entered the tournament, which included first-time entrants from Luxembourg. Each association could enter one team. Moreover, the winners of the
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, Kairat Almaty, qualified automatically as title holders, and thus their association,
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, could enter a second team. Teams were ranked according to their
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s, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they entered. The top four teams (with the title holders being the automatic top seed) entered the elite round, the next 16 teams (ranked 5–20) entered the main round, and the bottom 29 teams (ranked 21–49) entered the preliminary round. For teams entering the preliminary round or main round, they were assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw, with eight teams pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and six teams pre-selected as hosts for the main round (marked by (H) below). The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 2 July 2015, 13:30 CEST (
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), at the UEFA headquarters in
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,
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. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows: *In the preliminary round, the 29 teams were drawn into eight groups, either of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4, or of three containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3. First, the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 21 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. *In the main round, the 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four, either containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3 and one group winner from the preliminary round, or containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–2 and two group winners from the preliminary round. First, the six teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 18 teams (including the eight preliminary round winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw) were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.


Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.


Format

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, each group was played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. In the final tournament, the four qualified teams played 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.


Tiebreakers

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the teams were ranked according to
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of a mini-tournament, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02): #Higher number of points obtained in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question; #Superior
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resulting from the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question; #Higher number of goals scored in the mini-tournament matches played among the teams in question; #If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the mini-tournament matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 applied; #Superior goal difference in all mini-tournament matches; #Higher number of goals scored in all mini-tournament matches; #If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the mini-tournament, their rankings were determined by a
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(not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage). #Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the mini-tournament matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); #Coefficient ranking; #Drawing of lots.


Preliminary round

The eight group winners advanced to the main round to join the 16 teams which received byes to the main round. All times were CEST (
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).


Group A

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Main round

The six group winners and the six group runners-up advanced to the elite round to join the four teams which received byes to the elite round. All times were CEST (
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Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Elite round

The draw for the elite round was held on 14 October 2015, 14:00 CEST (
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), at the UEFA headquarters in
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,
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. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one team which received byes to the elite round, and either two group winners and one group runner-up from the main round, or one group winner and two group runners-up from the main round. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts (marked by (H) below) were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Teams from the same main round group could not be drawn in the same group. For political reasons,
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from Russia and FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv from Ukraine (due to the
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) could not be drawn in the same group. The four group winners advanced to the final tournament. All times were
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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final tournament

The hosts of the final tournament was selected by UEFA from the four qualified teams on 11 December 2015, and was staged by
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at the
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in
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,
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, on 22 and 24 April 2016. The draw for the final tournament was held on 15 March 2016, 20:30
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), at half-time of the
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round of 16 second leg between
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and
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, at the
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in
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,
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. The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions. In the final tournament,
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and
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would be used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time would be used in the third place match.


Bracket

All times were CEST (
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).


Semi-finals


Third place match


Final


Top goalscorers

Final tournament top scorer: *
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, playing for
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(3 goals)


References


External links


2015–16 UEFA Futsal Cup
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