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.[1][2] The tournament was held at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia between 8–14 September 2019.[3][4]

2019 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host countryLatvia
CityRiga
Dates8–14 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored78 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Adrián Rodríguez
Spain Antonio Pérez
(5 goals each)
2022

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.[5]

Host selection

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

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.[3][4]

Qualification

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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.[6] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds:[7]

  • 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

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Method of qualification
  Latvia Hosts
  Poland Main round Group 1 winners
  Netherlands Main round Group 2 winners
  Portugal Main round Group 3 winners
  Ukraine Main round Group 4 winners
  Spain Main round Group 5 winners
  Russia Main round Group 6 winners
  Croatia Main round Group 7 winners

Final draw

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The final draw was held on 7 June 2019, 21:00 EEST (UTC+3), at the Daugava Stadium in Riga, Latvia.[8] 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

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

Group stage

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The final tournament schedule was announced on 25 June 2019.[9]

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):[7]

  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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9 Knockout stage
2   Poland 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3   Russia 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3
4   Latvia (H) 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Poland  3–2  Russia
Report
Attendance: 475[10]
Referee: Admir Zahovič (Slovenia), Vedran Babić (Croatia)
Latvia  0–6  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 1150[10]
Referee: Juan José Cordero (Spain), Chiara Perona (Italy)

Russia  5–1  Latvia
Report
Attendance: 650[10]
Referee: Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia), Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland)
Poland  1–3  Portugal
Report
Attendance: 260[10]
Referee: Yaroslav Vovchok (Ukraine), Michael Christofides (Cyprus)

Portugal  4–1  Russia
Report
Attendance: 250[10]
Referee: Vedran Babić (Croatia), Juan José Cordero (Spain)
Latvia  1–3  Poland
Report
Attendance: 710[10]
Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy), Yaroslav Vovchok (Ukraine)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Knockout stage
2   Croatia 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
3   Ukraine 3 1 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4   Netherlands 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Ukraine  7–0  Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 250[10]
Referee: Ingus Puriņš (Latvia), Cristiano José Cardoso (Portugal)
Croatia  0–3  Spain
Report
Attendance: 450[10]
Referee: Jan Kresta (Czech Republic), Marjan Mladenovski (North Macedonia)

Netherlands  0–6  Croatia
Report
Attendance: 120[10]
Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia), Fatma Özlem Tursun (Turkey)
Ukraine  1–7  Spain
Report
Attendance: 295[10]
Referee: Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria), Slawomir Steczko (Poland)

Croatia  3–1  Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 200[10]
Referee: Cristiano José Cardoso (Portugal), Admir Zahovič (Slovenia)
Spain  5–0  Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 270[10]
Referee: Jan Kresta (Czech Republic), Ingus Puriņš (Latvia)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[7]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 September – Riga
 
 
  Portugal2 (2)
 
14 September – Riga
 
  Croatia (p)2 (3)
 
  Croatia1
 
12 September – Riga
 
  Spain6
 
  Spain3
 
 
  Poland1
 

Semi-finals

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Portugal  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Croatia
Report
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 250[10]
Referee: Juan José Cordero (Spain), Jan Kresta (Czech Republic)

Spain  3–1  Poland
Report
Attendance: 625[10]
Referee: Cristiano José Cardoso (Portugal), Borislav Kolev (Bulgaria)

Final

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Croatia  1–6  Spain
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Attendance: 2 138[10]
Referee: Ingus Puriņš (Latvia), Grigori Ošomkov (Estonia)

Goalscorers

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5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Source:[11]

Team of the tournament

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The UEFA technical observers selected the following 14 players for the team of the tournament:[12]

Broadcasting

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Television

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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.[13]

Participating nations

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Country Broadcaster
  Latvia (host) LTV
  Croatia Sport Klub
  Netherlands NOS
  Poland TVP
  Portugal RTP
  Russia Match TV
  Spain RTVE
  Ukraine UA:PBC

Non-participating European nations

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Country/Region Broadcaster
  Albania RTSH
  Andorra RTVE (Spanish)
  Armenia APMTV
  Austria ORF
Sport Klub
  Belarus Belteleradio
  Belgium
  Luxembourg
  Bulgaria BNT
  Czech Republic ČT
  Denmark DR
  Faroe Islands
  Estonia ERR
  Finland Yle
  Germany Sport1
  Hungary MTVA
  Iceland RÚV
  Ireland RTÉ
  Israel Charlton
  Italy RAI
  San Marino
  Vatican City
  Kosovo RTK
  Liechtenstein SRG SSR
  Switzerland
  Lithuania LRT
  Malta PBS
  Norway NRK
  Romania TVR
  Slovakia RTVS
  Sweden SVT
  Turkey TRT
  United Kingdom BBC

Outside Europe

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Country/Regional Broadcaster
  China CCTV
  United States
  MENA
beIN Sports

Radio

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Participating nations

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Country Broadcaster
  Latvia (host) LR
  Netherlands NOS
  Poland PR
  Portugal RTP
  Spain RTVE
  Ukraine UA:PBC

Non-participating European nations

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Country/Region Broadcaster
  Albania RTSH
  Andorra RTVE (Spanish)
  Armenia HR
  Austria ORF
  Belarus Belteleradio
  Belgium
  Luxembourg
  Bulgaria BNR
  Czech Republic ČR
  Denmark DR
  Faroe Islands
  Estonia ERR
  Finland Yle
  Germany Sport1
  Hungary MTVA
  Iceland RÚV
  Ireland RTÉ
  Italy RAI
  San Marino
  Vatican City
  Kosovo RTK
  Liechtenstein SRG SSR
  Switzerland
  Lithuania LRT
  Malta PBS
  Norway NRK
  Romania RR
  Slovakia RTVS
  Sweden SR
  Turkey TRT
  United Kingdom BBC

Outside Europe

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Country/Regional Broadcaster
  China CRI
  United States

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA to revamp and expand futsal competitions". UEFA.com. 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Futsal entering an exciting era". UEFA.com. 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Bidders, calendar for new U19 Futsal EURO". UEFA.com. 12 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Latvia to host first U19 Futsal EURO". UEFA.com. 27 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Spain claim first U19 Futsal title: at a glance". UEFA.com. 14 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Entrants for new U19 Futsal EURO". UEFA.com. 20 September 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship, 2018/19" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "U19 Futsal EURO finals draw". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "U19 Futsal EURO finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 25 June 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship 2019. Final Tournament". UEFAtechnicalreports.com.
  11. ^ "Statistics — Under-19 Futsal EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  12. ^ "U19 Futsal EURO 2019 team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 16 September 2019.
  13. ^ UEFA. "Where to watch Under-19 Futsal EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
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