2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship

The 2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Futsal Euro 2019) was the first edition of the UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship, the biennial international youth futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. The tournament was held at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia between 8–14 September 2019.

A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Spain won the title to become the first UEFA Under-19 Futsal Euro champions.

Host selection

The bid requirements were made available on 13 April 2018. A total of seven countries declared interest in hosting the tournament:

• Croatia
• Georgia
• Hungary
• Latvia
• Portugal
• Russia
• Ukraine

Only Georgia and Latvia submitted the bid dossier by the deadline of 25 July. Latvia were appointed as hosts by the UEFA Executive Committee on 27 September 2018.

Qualification

A total of 35 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Latvia qualifying automatically, the other 34 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:

• Preliminary round: The eight lowest-ranked teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The two group winners advanced to the main round.
• Main round: The 28 teams (26 highest-ranked teams and two preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The seven group winners qualified to the final tournament.

The qualifying draw was held on 1 November 2018. The preliminary round was held between 21 and 26 January 2019, and the main round was held between 26 and 31 March 2019.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 7 June 2019, 21:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Daugava Stadium in Riga, Latvia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Latvia were assigned to position A1 in the draw. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn into the same group.

Squads

Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Group stage

The final tournament schedule was announced on 25 June 2019.

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 18.01 and 18.02):

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;
10. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Spain national under-19 futsal team Adrián Rodríguez
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Antonio Pérez

3 goals

• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Božo Sučić
• Poland national under-19 futsal team Tomasz Palonek
• Russia national under-19 futsal team Pavel Karpov
• Spain national under-19 futsal team David Peña
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Ricardo Mayor
• Ukraine national under-19 futsal team Danylo Bielan

2 goals

• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Fran Vukelić
• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Jakov Hrstić
• Poland national under-19 futsal team Bartosz Borowik
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Célio Coque
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Hugo Neves
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Ricardo Lopes
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Sévio Marcelo
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Tomás Reis
• Russia national under-19 futsal team Danil Karpyuk
• Russia national under-19 futsal team Denis Titkov
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Bernat Povill
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Cristian Molina
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Jesús Gordillo
• Ukraine national under-19 futsal team Denys Blank
• Ukraine national under-19 futsal team Oleh Nehela

1 goal

• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Filip Petrušić
• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Jakov Mudronja
• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Josip Jurlina
• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Mateo Mužar
• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Toni Rendić
• Latvia national under-19 futsal team Edgars Tarakanovs
• Latvia national under-19 futsal team Toms Grīslis
• Poland national under-19 futsal team Jakub Raszkowski
• Poland national under-19 futsal team Krzysztof Iwanek
• Poland national under-19 futsal team Piotr Matras
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Daniel Costa
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Nuno Chuva
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Rui Moreira
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Tomás Paçó
• Russia national under-19 futsal team Kamil Gereykhanov
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Nito Valle
• Ukraine national under-19 futsal team Eduard Nahornyi
• Ukraine national under-19 futsal team Marian Masevych

1 own goal

• Latvia national under-19 futsal team Andrejs Iļjins (playing against Portugal)
• Ukraine national under-19 futsal team Eduard Volkov (playing against Spain)

Source:

Team of the tournament

The UEFA technical observers selected the following 14 players for the team of the tournament:

• Poland national under-19 futsal team Krzysztof Iwanek (goalkeeper)
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Antonio Navarro (goalkeeper)
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Ricardo Mayor
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Tomás Paçó
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Alejandro Cerón
• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Josip Jurlina
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Antonio Pérez
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Cristian Molina
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Bernat Povill
• Croatia national under-19 futsal team Fran Vukelić
• Spain national under-19 futsal team David Peña
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Jesús Gordillo
• Spain national under-19 futsal team Adrián Rodríguez
• Portugal national under-19 futsal team Hugo Neves

Broadcasting

Television

All 15 matches will be live streamed in selected countries (including all unsold markets) and highlights are available for all territories around the world on UEFA.tv.

Participating nations

Non-participating European nations

Outside Europe

Radio

Participating nations

Non-participating European nations

Outside Europe

External links

• , UEFA.com