The 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship was the seventh official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was hosted by Hungary, between January 19 and January 30, 2010, in two venues located in Budapest (Papp László Sportaréna) and Debrecen (Főnix Arena). For the first time, twelve teams competed in the final round, after a qualifying phase where eleven teams managed to join the Hungarian hosts.

Having won against Portugal in the group stage, the title holders Spain defeated them again in the final, 4–2, to claim a third consecutive and fifth overall title.

Bids

The Hungarian bid was selected during a meeting of UEFA's Executive Committee, on November 30, 2007, in Lucerne, Switzerland. The bid was picked ahead of three other entries from Belgium (Charleroi and Antwerp), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) and Turkey (Istanbul).

Qualification

Thirty-eight nations took part in the qualifying round, with hosts Hungary automatically qualified for the expanded 12-team final tournament.

Qualifying was played in two stages, with 16 sides competing in the preliminary round between 14 and 22 February 2009. The winners of the four groups and two best runners-up progressed to join the other 22 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which took place between 19 and 22 March, there was seven groups of four with the first-placed teams and four best runners-up advancing to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament1
Hungary00Hosts1 (2005)
Spain01Group 2 winner6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Italy02Group 4 winner6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Russia03Group 7 winner6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Ukraine04Group 1 winner5 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Portugal05Group 6 winner4 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Czech Republic06Group 3 winner4 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Serbia07Group 5 runner-up2 (1999, 2007)
Slovenia08Group 7 runner-up1 (2003)
Belgium09Group 5 winner3 (1996, 1999, 2003)
Belarus10Group 4 runner-up0 (debut)
Azerbaijan11Group 6 runner-up0 (debut)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Venues

ArenaPapp László SportarénaFőnix Arena
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CityBudapestDebrecen
Capacity12,5008,500

Squads

Each nation had to submit a squad of 14 players, at least two of which had to be goalkeepers. However, Azerbaijan were an exception, since they took part in the tournament with only 12 players.

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Azerbaijan220092+76
Czech Republic2101711−43
Hungary200269−30
Hungary1–3Azerbaijan
Lódi 3'Biro Jade 1' Serjão 13' Alves 17'

Azerbaijan6–1Czech Republic
Biro Jade 3', 38' Borisov 8', 29' Serjão 11' Thiago 24'Rešetár 27'

Czech Republic6–5Hungary
Rešetár 26' Belej 33' Dlouhý 35', 39' Frič 38' Kopecký 40'Dróth 6', 25' Lódi 10', 25' Gyurcsányi 40'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Italy220082+66
Ukraine21016603
Belgium200228−60
Italy4–0Belgium
Saad Assis 2', 23' Ippoliti 23' (pen.) Baptistella 38'

Belgium2–4Ukraine
Bachar 18', 40'Zamyatin 11' Ovsyannikov 16' Legchanov 20' Pavlenko 35'

Ukraine2–4Italy
Cheporniuk 23' Pavlenko 39'Baptistella 13', 28', 31' Saad Assis 31'

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Serbia220063+36
Russia210185+33
Slovenia200217−60
Russia5–1Slovenia
Chistopolov 4', 19' Pula 19' Khamadiyev 24' Shayakhmetov 40'Čujec 37'

Slovenia0–2Serbia
Rakić 21' Janjić 29'

Serbia4–3Russia
Pavićević 30' Perić 31' Lazić 32' Kocić 36'Chistopolov 17' Maevski 22' Perić 38' (o.g.)

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Spain2200152+136
Portugal2011611−51
Belarus2011614−81
Spain9–1Belarus
Juanra 3', 35' Kike 9' Jordi Torras 28' Javi Rodríguez 30', 31', 40' Ortiz 32' Lin 37'Levus 8'

Belarus5–5Portugal
Chernik 17' Popov 26', 30', 40' Gayduk 32'Cardinal 7', 37' Joel 14', 32' (pen.) Arnaldo 39'

Portugal1–6Spain
Arnaldo 6'Jordi Torras 15', 16' Juanra 24' Kike 30' Fernandão 32' Lin 39'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
25 January – Budapest
Azerbaijan (pen.)3 (4)
28 January – Debrecen
Ukraine3 (2)
Azerbaijan3 (3)
26 January – Budapest
Portugal (pen.)3 (5)
Serbia1
30 January – Debrecen
Portugal5
Portugal2
25 January – Debrecen
Spain4
Czech Republic (pen.)3 (3)
28 January – Debrecen
Italy3 (1)
Czech Republic1
26 January – Debrecen
Spain8Third place
Russia0 (6)
30 January – Debrecen
Spain (pen.)0 (7)
Azerbaijan3
Czech Republic5

Quarter-finals

Czech Republic3–3Italy
Kopecký 8' Sláma 24' Duarte 28' (o.g.)Duarte 6' Saad Assis 18', 33'
Penalties
Kopecký Dlouhý Rešetár Frič3–1Saad Assis Bácaro Nora Duarte

Azerbaijan3–3Ukraine
Farzaliyev 3' Thiago 18' Biro Jade 25'Romanov 1' Cheporniuk 11' Kondratyuk 34'
Penalties
Serjão Thiago Biro Jade Farzaliyev4–2Zamyatin Romanov Pavlenko Cheporniuk

Russia0–0Spain
Penalties
Pula Maevskiy Cirilo Abyshev Shayakhmetov Sergeev Fukin Timoshchenkov6–7Daniel Kike Álvaro Jordi Torras Javi Rodríguez Juanra Borja Fernandão

Serbia1–5Portugal
Bojović 37'[dead link]Joel 13', 30' Cardinal 23' Leitão 34' Arnaldo 39'

Semi-finals

Azerbaijan3–3Portugal
Thiago 8' Felipe 18' Biro Jade 29'Cardinal 10' João Matos 28' Pedro Costa 29'
Penalties
Serjão Thiago Biro Jade Farzaliyev3–5Joel Cardinal Leitão Pedro Costa Gonçalo

Czech Republic1–8Spain
Dlouhý 39'Javi Rodríguez 5' Ortiz 7', 17' Luis Amado 20' Borja 26' Fernandão 33' Daniel 37', 39'

Third place play-off

Azerbaijan3–5Czech Republic
Borisov 8' Serjão 19' Farajzadeh 38'Belej 1' Sláma 24' Farzaliyev 26' (o.g.) Novotný 36' Kopecký 40'

Final

Portugal2–4Spain
Gonçalo 38' Joel 39'Ortiz 9' Javi Rodríguez 13' Lin 36' Daniel 40'

Champions

2010 UEFA Futsal Championship winners
Spain Fifth title

Final ranking

Spain
Portugal
Czech Republic
4Azerbaijan
5Russia
Italy
Ukraine
Serbia
9Belarus
Hungary
Belgium
Slovenia

Awards

Golden Boot
Azerbaijan Biro Jade Spain Javi Rodríguez Portugal Joel Queirós Italy Saad Assis5 goals

Top goalscorers

ScorerNationGoals
Biro JadeAzerbaijan5
Javi RodríguezSpain5
Joel QueirósPortugal5
Saad AssisItaly5
Clayton BaptistellaItaly4
CardinalPortugal4
OrtizSpain4
ArnaldoPortugal3
Pavel ChistopolovRussia3
DanielSpain3
Martin DlouhýCzech Republic3
JuanraSpain3
Marek KopeckýCzech Republic3
LinSpain3
Tamás LódiHungary3
Aleksei PopovBelarus3
SerjãoAzerbaijan3
ThiagoAzerbaijan3
Jordi TorrasSpain3

External links

  • , Futsal Planet