The 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship was the sixth official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Portugal, between November 16 and November 25, 2007, in two venues located in Porto's Greater Metropolitan Area — Gondomar and Santo Tirso municipalities. Eight teams competed in the final round, after a qualifying phase where seven teams managed to join the Portuguese hosts.

Spain, the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship and 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship winners, successfully defended their European crown and added a fourth continental title to their record, by defeating Italy 3-1, in a reprise of the last FIFA Futsal World Championship final.

Bids

The Portuguese bid was selected during a meeting of UEFA's Executive Committee, on April 19, 2005, in Tallinn, Estonia. The bid was picked ahead of two other entries from the Netherlands (Eindhoven and Maastricht) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), which had been previously shortlisted from nine preliminary bids.

Venues

The bid's proposed main venue was to be the 4,500-seated Rosa Mota Pavilion, in the heart of Porto, and a second venue would be located in the neighbouring Matosinhos municipality. However, on August 14, 2006 the tournament's main venue was switched to the future 3,800-seated arena in the Gondomar municipality — the Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar "Coração de Ouro" (English: Gondomar's Multi-Purpose Pavilion "Heart of Gold". The second venue was also changed to Santo Tirso's Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal (English: Municipal Sports Pavilion).

  • Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar "Coração de Ouro"
  • Pavilhão Municipal de Santo Tirso

Referees

  • Alexandr Remin (Belarus)
  • Antonio Jose Fernandes Cardoso (Portugal)
  • Antonius Van Eekelen (Netherlands)
  • Edi Šunjić (Croatia)
  • Ivan Shabanov (Russia)
  • Karel Henych (Czech Republic)
  • Károly Török (Hungary)
  • Massimo Cumbo (Italy)
  • Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
  • Pascal Lemal (Belgium)
  • Roberto Gracia Marin (Spain)
  • Vladimir Colbasiuc (Moldova)

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Italy3210111+107
Portugal321083+57
Romania3102914−53
Czech Republic3003717−100
Portugal0–0Italy
Czech Republic4–8Romania
G. Dobre 15' (o.g.) T. Sluka 18' L. Rešetár 27' M. Mareš 30'R. F. Matei 12', 37', 40' (pen.) C. Gherman 17' R. Lupu 23' 35' G. Molomfalean 24' Lo. Szöcs 32'
Italy7–1Romania
C. Morgado 2', 21', 23' S. Assis 6' A. Foglia 10', 19' F. Grana 26'C. Gherman 14'
Portugal5–3Czech Republic
Ricardinho 7' Gonçalo 15' Arnaldo 20' Marcelinho 28' Formiga 36'R. Mareš 1', 12' D. Frič 9'
Romania0–3Portugal
Ricardinho 1', 25' Leitão 34'
Italy4–0Czech Republic
S. Zanetti 11' A. Foglia 23' A. Fabiano 32' F. Grana 36'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Spain3210114+77
Russia3201108+26
Serbia311178−14
Ukraine3003513−80
Spain6–2Ukraine
Marcelo 15', 38' Kike 17' Álvaro 27' Jordi Torras 33' Daniel 35'S. Cheporniuk 17', 27'
Serbia3–5Russia
P. Rajić 24', 31' M. Perić 26'Cirilo 2', 15', 34' D. Khamadiev 24' V. Shayakhmetov 37'
Ukraine1–4Russia
D. Khamadiev 35' (o.g.)O. Khursov 20' (o.g.) Cirilo 26' (pen.) V. Shayakhmetov 27' S. Zuev 36'
Spain1–1Serbia
Andreu 18'P. Rajić 40'
Russia1–4Spain
K. Maevski 6'Andreu 17' Daniel 20', 38' Marcelo 23'
Ukraine2–3Serbia
S. Cheporniuk 21' S. Sytin 24'P. Rajić 5', 23' V. Cvetanović 14'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Italy2–0Russia
Grana 3' A. Fabiano 31'
Spain2–2Portugal
Daniel 36' Andreu 39'Gonçalo 31' Ricardinho 35'
Penalties
Kike Daniel Jordi Torras Ortiz4–3Ricardinho Joel Queirós Marcelinho Ivan Leitão

Third place play-off

Russia3–2Portugal
Cirilo 17' A. Fukin 18' V. Shayakhmetov 36'Gonçalo 15' Leitão 36'

Final

Italy1–3Spain
A. Feller 30'Marcelo 9' Daniel 22' Javi Rodríguez 27'

Champions

UEFA Futsal Championship 2007 winners
Spain Fourth title

Final ranking

Spain
Italy
Russia
4Portugal
5Serbia
6Romania
7Ukraine
8Czech Republic

Top goalscorers

ScorerGoalsNation
Predrag Rajić5Serbia
Cirilo5Russia
Daniel5Spain
Ricardinho4Portugal
Marcelo4Spain

External links

  • , Futsal Planet