2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualification

The 2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualifying competition will be a men's under-19 futsal competition to determine the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Croatia in the 2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship final tournament.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to participate.

2023 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates17 January – 26 March 2022
Teams35 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored32 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Roman Bažkov (3 goals)

Teams

Apart from Croatia, a total of 35 (out of 54) UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying stage.[2] They are seeded on the basis of the associations' results in the 2018/19 and 2021/22 competitions.[3]

The 25 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.

Teams entering Preliminary Round[2]
Pot 1 (Hosts)
TeamCoeffRankPosition
 North Macedonia1.500281
 Lithuania0.333312
 Gibraltar0.000333 & 4
Pot 2 (seeding position 4 or 3)
TeamCoeffRank
 Estonia0.00032
 Germany0.00034
 Malta0.00035
Pot 3 (seeding position 2)
TeamCoeffRank
 San Marino0.33329
 Kosovo0.33330
Pot 4 (seeding position 1)
TeamCoeffRank
 Montenegro1.96726
 England1.66727
Teams entering Main Round[2]
Pot 1 (Hosts)
TeamCoeffRankPosition
 Portugal11.00021
 Latvia4.000153
 Serbia3.667173
 Moldova2.667213
Pot 2 (seeding position 4)
TeamCoeffRank
 Andorra2.50022
 Kazakhstan2.00023
 Georgia2.00024
 Azerbaijan2.00025
Winners preliminary round Group A
Winners preliminary round Group B
Winners preliminary round Group C
Pot 3 (seeding position 3)
TeamCoeffRank
 Czech Republic4.00016
 Greece3.08318
 Belgium3.00019
 Hungary2.66720
Pot 4 (seeding position 2)
TeamCoeffRank
 Romania4.4678
 Netherlands4.3339
 Bosnia and Herzegovina4.33310
 Turkey4.33311
 Slovenia4.33312
 Slovakia4.33313
 Finland4.00014
Pot 5 (seeding position 1)
TeamCoeffRank
 Spain13.6671
 Poland9.0003
 Ukraine8.1674
 France5.1675
 Italy5.0006
 Belgium4.6677

Format

In the preliminary round and main round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.

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):[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out 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);
  8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;

Preliminary round

The winners of each group advance to main round to join the 27 teams which receive byes to main round.

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9 Main round
2  Malta 3 1 1 1 6 11 −5 4
3  Lithuania (H) 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
4  Estonia 3 0 1 2 8 10 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host
England 6–0 Malta
  • Young  5:19
  • Nathan  8:01
  • Brooker  21:14, 23:47
  • Kaye  21:30
  • Desborough  30:57 (pen.)
 Report
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Turekhan Tursumbayev (Kazakhstan), Bogdan Hanceariuc (Romania)
Estonia 1–1 Lithuania
  • Bažkov  9:47
 Report
  • Siaurusevičius  33:14
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro), Martin Køster (Denmark)
Estonia 4–5 England
  • Bažkov  1:00, 17:54
  • Raužin  7:21
  • Agaptšev  39:32
 Report
  • Kaye  1:19
  • Sikirwayi  3:47
  • Desborough  15:49
  • Badham  28:30
  • Devine  29:58
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Bogdan Hanceariuc (Romania), Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro)
Lithuania 2–2 Malta
  • Balasanov  4:18
  • Siaurusevičius  33:44
 Report
  • Agius  0:42
  • Gatt  12:44
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Martin Køster (Denmark), Turekhan Tursumbayev (Kazakhstan)
Malta 4–3 Estonia
  • Gatt  18:03
  • Sammut  21:00, 22:28
  • Agius  23:55
 Report
  • Bažkov  4:30, 13:58
  • Männi  36:48
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Bogdan Hanceariuc (Romania), Martin Køster (Denmark)
Lithuania 0–3 England
Report
  • Brooker  4:30, 35:33
  • Devine  8:38
LSC Hall, Druskininkai
Referee: Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro), Turekhan Tursumbayev (Kazakhstan)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Montenegro 2 2 0 0 8 6 +2 6 Main round
2  Gibraltar (H) 2 1 0 1 10 6 +4 3
3  San Marino 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host
San Marino 0–5 Gibraltar
Report
  • Glynn  1:26
  • Coltan  10:43
  • Perera  16:23
  • Caetano  25:03
  • Zammitt  29:03
Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar
Attendance: 316
Referee: Jiri Bergs (Belgium), Paavo Komppa (Finland)
Montenegro 2–1 San Marino
  • Roćenović  18:10
  • Gopčević  33:01
 Report
  • Bacciocchi  10:24
Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar
Attendance: 55
Referee: Paavo Komppa (Finland), Jagnar Jakobson (Estonia)
Gibraltar 5–6 Montenegro
  • Rodriquez  5:12
  • Perera  6:55, 18:31
  • Glynn  36:53
  • Zammitt  39:14
 Report
  • Mijušković  4:15, 20:20
  • Roćenović  12:09, 21:54
  • Ćetković  18:01, 31:32
Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar
Attendance: 395
Referee: Jagnar Jakobson (Estonia), Jiri Bergs (Belgium)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kosovo 2 1 1 0 9 6 +3 4 Main round
2  Germany 2 0 2 0 6 6 0 2
3  North Macedonia (H) 2 0 1 1 6 9 −3 1
First match(es) will be played on 19 January 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host
Germany 3–3 North Macedonia
  • Schrade  0:17
  • Kavurmacioglu  1:18
  • Assiongbor  29:12
 Report
  • Anchevski  2:28, 20:09
  • Rusevski  2:46
SC Jane Sandanski small hall, Skopje
Referee: Zviad Bliadze (Georgia), Filip Nesnera (Czech Republic)
Kosovo 3-3 Germany
Report
SC Jane Sandanski small hall, Skopje
North Macedonia 3-6 Kosovo
Report
SC Jane Sandanski small hall, Skopje

Main round

The winners of each group advance to the final tournament.

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Moldova (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on March 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Serbia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on March 2023. Source:
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Belarus (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on March 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Latvia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on March 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on March 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on March 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers

Group 7
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament
2  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on March 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying tiebreakers
(H) Host

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Under-19 Futsal Euro1
 CroatiaHosts20 September 20222 (2019, 2022)
Main round Group 1 winners
Main round Group 2 winners
Main round Group 3 winners
Main round Group 4 winners
Main round Group 5 winners
Main round Group 6 winners
Main round Group 7 winners
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Croatia to host 2023 U19 Futsal EURO in Poreč". UEFA.com. 20 September 2022.
  2. "Under-19 Futsal EURO 2023 preliminary and main round draws". UEFA.com. 3 November 2022.
  3. "Reference period for the calculation of the coefficient". UEFA.com. 16 August 2022.
  4. "Article 14 Equality of points – mini-tournaments". UEFA.com. 20 September 2021.

Notes
  1. CET (UTC+1) for dates up to 26 March 2023, and CEST (UTC+2) for dates thereafter.
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