UEFA Executive administration matters

[amenina]

https://www.uefa.com/womensfutsaleuro/n ... ro-format/

New Women's Futsal EURO format
Saturday, December 2, 2023

UEFA Women's Futsal EURO is to have an expanded eight-team finals, held every four years with the next in 2027, to follow the introduction of a FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.



UEFA Women's Futsal EURO is to expand to have an eight-team final tournament, held every four years, to follow the introduction of a FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.

Since the first edition in 2019, Women's Futsal EURO has concluded with a four-team knockout event held every two years. With the new 16-team World Cup to begin in 2025 the EURO format is to change, with the first eight-nation showpiece in 2027, as decided by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Hamburg.

Qualifying for the first World Cup will begin in 2024, with the regulations and format to be confirmed shortly. Qualifying for the next EURO will run in 2026, with the regulations and format for the tournament to be confirmed at a later date.

Spain have won all three editions of UEFA Women's Futsal EURO held so far – in 2019 and 2022 (postponed from 2021), both in Gondomar, Portugal, then 2023 in Debrecen, Hungary.

[amenina]

https://www.uefa.com/futsaleuro/news/02 ... euro-2026/

Latvia and Lithuania selected to host Futsal EURO 2026
Saturday, December 2, 2023

Latvia and Lithuania will stage the 16-team finals in early 2026 in Riga and Kaunas.



Latvia and Lithuania will host UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 in Riga and Kaunas after being selected at today's UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Hamburg.

It will be the first time either the Latvian Football Federation or Lithuanian Football Federation has hosted a senior UEFA national-team final tournament. The 2026 event, to be played on dates between 18 January and 8 February that year, will be the second Futsal EURO since the switch from the biennial 12-team tournament to a 16-nation finals held every four years following Netherlands 2022.

Matches will be played at two venues with experience of staging major futsal events. Arena Riga in the Latvian capital was the venue for the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship and 2022 UEFA Futsal Champions League final tournaments. Kaunas Arena in Lithuania's second largest city hosted 22 matches in the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup, including both the opening game and the final.

The two Baltic neighbours will be the first co-hosts for a Futsal EURO. Their 14 finals opponents will be decided by qualifying running from April 2024 to September 2025.

Latvia and Lithuania follow in the footsteps of previous Futsal EURO hosts Netherlands (2022), Slovenia (2018), Serbia (2016), Belgium (2014), Croatia (2012), Hungary (2010), Portugal (2007), Czechia (2005), Italy (2003), Russia (2001) and Spain, who held the first UEFA European Futsal Championship of 1999 and also the 1996 UEFA European Futsal Tournament.

[amenina]

https://www.uefa.com/futsaleuro/news/02 ... -calendar/

Futsal EURO 2026: format, calendar
Saturday, December 2, 2023

A new home-and-away qualifying group stage is among the changes leading to the first 16-team final tournament.



UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 is the second edition since the switch from the biennial 12-team tournament to a 16-nation finals held every four years, following Netherlands 2022.

Hosts: Latvia & Lithuania

Competition regulations: https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulation ... ing-Online

Futsal EURO 2026 dates

Preliminary round draw: 25 January 2024
Preliminary round: 8–17 April 2024
Main round draw: 12 July 2024
Main round: 9–18 December 2024, 27 January–5 February 2025, 3–12 March 2025, 7–16 April 2025
Play-off draw: 15 May 2025
Play-offs: 15–24 September 2025
Final tournament: Between 18 January and 8 February 2026

Qualifying format

Qualifying consists of three stages: preliminary round (mini-tournaments), main round (home and away groups) and play-offs (home and away).

Hosts Latvia and Lithuania both enter in the final tournament.

Some teams begin in the preliminary round, others directly in the main round depending on the number of entries.

Preliminary round (8–17 April 2024)

The teams were drawn into three, four or five groups of four teams, played as mini-tournaments, depending on the level of entries.

Group winners and if required the best runner(s)-up progress to the main round.

Main round (9 December 2024–18 April 2025)

The 40 teams (including a number entering directly in the main round depending on the level of entries) are drawn into ten groups of four

Each team faces the other teams in their group both home and away.

The ten group winners join hosts Latvia and Lithuania in the finals, with the eight best runners-up entering the play-offs

Play-offs

The eight teams are drawn into four ties, played over two legs, to decide the last four qualifiers.

Final tournament (between 18 January and 8 February 2026, exact dates TBC, hosts Latvia & Lithuania)

The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four, with the top two from each progressing to the quarter-finals

Knockout system:
Quarter-final 1: Winners Group B v Runners-up Group A
Quarter-final 2: Winners Group A v Runners-up Group B
Quarter-final 3: Winners Group C v Runners-up Group D
Quarter-final 4: Winners Group D v Runners-up Group C
Semi-final 1: Winners quarter-final 2 v Winners quarter-final 4
Semi-final 2: Winners quarter-final 1 v Winners quarter-final 3
Third-place match: Losers semi-final 1 v Losers semi-final 2
Final: Winners semi-final 1 v Winners semi-final 2

[Jackson Harrison]

@Jackson Harrison

UEFA EURO 2024 prize money distribution system confirmed

https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediase ... confirmed/

New format for UEFA Women’s Champions League and creation of a second European women’s club competition approved

The UEFA Executive Committee today in Hamburg approved the distribution system of the prize money for teams participating in the final tournament of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship to be played in Germany from 14 June to 14 July.

UEFA EURO 2024 prize money

The amount for distribution to the participating teams is confirmed at the same level as for UEFA EURO 2020, i.e. a total of €331 million. The distribution key will also be maintained as follows:

• Participating fee: €9.25m

• Match bonus: €1.0m for a win and €500,000 for a draw

• Qualification to the round of 16: €1.5m

• Qualification to the quarter-finals: €2.5m

• Qualification to the semi-finals: €4m

• The runners-up will receive an additional payment of €5m

• The 2024 European champions will receive an extra payment of €8m

The maximum amount that the champion team may achieve, if they will have won all three of their group matches, is €28.25m.

UEFA women’s club competitions

The UEFA Executive Committee approved a new format for the UEFA Women’s Champions League, consisting of an 18-team league phase with three home and three away matches followed by knock-out rounds, and the creation of a second European competition for women’s clubs, with the changes becoming effective as of the 2025/26 season. Full details on the competitions’ format, access list and calendar will be announced in a separate communication on 4 December.

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025

The match schedule and tournament dates were approved, with eight venues across Switzerland (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Luzern, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun and Zurich), hosting matches from 2 to 27 July 2025. The opening match and the final will be played at St. Jakob-Park in Basel.

UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO

Following the launch of the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup in 2025, it was decided to cancel the 2024-25 edition of the UEFA European Women’s Futsal Championship and implement a 4-year cycle instead, with the next final tournament in 2027.

The number of teams participating to the final tournament will furthermore be increased from four to eight.

UEFA Nations League 2024/25

The draw and fixture list procedure for the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League were approved, with the draw to take place at Maison de la Mutualité in Paris on 8 February 2024.

UEFA Futsal EURO 2026

Latvia and Lithuania were appointed as hosts of the final tournament of the 2026 UEFA Futsal EURO with matches to take place in Riga and Kaunas.

Next meeting

The next meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee will take place on the eve of the 48th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Paris on 7 February 2024.

Told you they'd go with 18 teams!

Does it take UEFA 2 days to make a media release?

[amenina]

@Jackson Harrison

UEFA EURO 2024 prize money distribution system confirmed

https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediase ... confirmed/

New format for UEFA Women’s Champions League and creation of a second European women’s club competition approved

The UEFA Executive Committee today in Hamburg approved the distribution system of the prize money for teams participating in the final tournament of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship to be played in Germany from 14 June to 14 July.

UEFA EURO 2024 prize money

The amount for distribution to the participating teams is confirmed at the same level as for UEFA EURO 2020, i.e. a total of €331 million. The distribution key will also be maintained as follows:

• Participating fee: €9.25m

• Match bonus: €1.0m for a win and €500,000 for a draw

• Qualification to the round of 16: €1.5m

• Qualification to the quarter-finals: €2.5m

• Qualification to the semi-finals: €4m

• The runners-up will receive an additional payment of €5m

• The 2024 European champions will receive an extra payment of €8m

The maximum amount that the champion team may achieve, if they will have won all three of their group matches, is €28.25m.

UEFA women’s club competitions

The UEFA Executive Committee approved a new format for the UEFA Women’s Champions League, consisting of an 18-team league phase with three home and three away matches followed by knock-out rounds, and the creation of a second European competition for women’s clubs, with the changes becoming effective as of the 2025/26 season. Full details on the competitions’ format, access list and calendar will be announced in a separate communication on 4 December.

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025

The match schedule and tournament dates were approved, with eight venues across Switzerland (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Luzern, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun and Zurich), hosting matches from 2 to 27 July 2025. The opening match and the final will be played at St. Jakob-Park in Basel.

UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO

Following the launch of the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup in 2025, it was decided to cancel the 2024-25 edition of the UEFA European Women’s Futsal Championship and implement a 4-year cycle instead, with the next final tournament in 2027.

The number of teams participating to the final tournament will furthermore be increased from four to eight.

UEFA Nations League 2024/25

The draw and fixture list procedure for the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League were approved, with the draw to take place at Maison de la Mutualité in Paris on 8 February 2024.

UEFA Futsal EURO 2026

Latvia and Lithuania were appointed as hosts of the final tournament of the 2026 UEFA Futsal EURO with matches to take place in Riga and Kaunas.

Next meeting

The next meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee will take place on the eve of the 48th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Paris on 7 February 2024.

Told you they'd go with 18 teams!

Does it take UEFA 2 days to make a media release?

They want to announce it on a day that will have more news coverage, because today everybody will be talking about the Euro draw.

[Jackson Harrison]

@Jackson Harrison

UEFA EURO 2024 prize money distribution system confirmed

https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediase ... confirmed/

New format for UEFA Women’s Champions League and creation of a second European women’s club competition approved

The UEFA Executive Committee today in Hamburg approved the distribution system of the prize money for teams participating in the final tournament of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship to be played in Germany from 14 June to 14 July.

UEFA EURO 2024 prize money

The amount for distribution to the participating teams is confirmed at the same level as for UEFA EURO 2020, i.e. a total of €331 million. The distribution key will also be maintained as follows:

• Participating fee: €9.25m

• Match bonus: €1.0m for a win and €500,000 for a draw

• Qualification to the round of 16: €1.5m

• Qualification to the quarter-finals: €2.5m

• Qualification to the semi-finals: €4m

• The runners-up will receive an additional payment of €5m

• The 2024 European champions will receive an extra payment of €8m

The maximum amount that the champion team may achieve, if they will have won all three of their group matches, is €28.25m.

UEFA women’s club competitions

The UEFA Executive Committee approved a new format for the UEFA Women’s Champions League, consisting of an 18-team league phase with three home and three away matches followed by knock-out rounds, and the creation of a second European competition for women’s clubs, with the changes becoming effective as of the 2025/26 season. Full details on the competitions’ format, access list and calendar will be announced in a separate communication on 4 December.

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025

The match schedule and tournament dates were approved, with eight venues across Switzerland (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Luzern, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun and Zurich), hosting matches from 2 to 27 July 2025. The opening match and the final will be played at St. Jakob-Park in Basel.

UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO

Following the launch of the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup in 2025, it was decided to cancel the 2024-25 edition of the UEFA European Women’s Futsal Championship and implement a 4-year cycle instead, with the next final tournament in 2027.

The number of teams participating to the final tournament will furthermore be increased from four to eight.

UEFA Nations League 2024/25

The draw and fixture list procedure for the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League were approved, with the draw to take place at Maison de la Mutualité in Paris on 8 February 2024.

UEFA Futsal EURO 2026

Latvia and Lithuania were appointed as hosts of the final tournament of the 2026 UEFA Futsal EURO with matches to take place in Riga and Kaunas.

Next meeting

The next meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee will take place on the eve of the 48th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Paris on 7 February 2024.

Told you they'd go with 18 teams!

Does it take UEFA 2 days to make a media release?

They want to announce it on a day that will have more news coverage, because today everybody will be talking about the Euro draw.

Any leaks?

Will top 12 qualify to KO rounds?

[amenina]

Told you they'd go with 18 teams!

Does it take UEFA 2 days to make a media release?

They want to announce it on a day that will have more news coverage, because today everybody will be talking about the Euro draw.

Any leaks?

Will top 12 qualify to KO rounds?

Follow this guy, he seems to know beforehand: https://twitter.com/TomJGarry/status/17 ... 0117034314

[amenina]

https://www.uefa.com/womensfutsaleuro/n ... ro-format/

New Women's Futsal EURO format
Saturday, December 2, 2023

UEFA Women's Futsal EURO is to have an expanded eight-team finals, held every four years with the next in 2027, to follow the introduction of a FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.



UEFA Women's Futsal EURO is to expand to have an eight-team final tournament, held every four years, to follow the introduction of a FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.

Since the first edition in 2019, Women's Futsal EURO has concluded with a four-team knockout event held every two years. With the new 16-team World Cup to begin in 2025 the EURO format is to change, with the first eight-nation showpiece in 2027, as decided by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Hamburg.

Qualifying for the first World Cup will begin in 2024, with the regulations and format to be confirmed shortly. Qualifying for the next EURO will run in 2026, with the regulations and format for the tournament to be confirmed at a later date.

Spain have won all three editions of UEFA Women's Futsal EURO held so far – in 2019 and 2022 (postponed from 2021), both in Gondomar, Portugal, then 2023 in Debrecen, Hungary.

Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup: https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulation ... ion-Online

[Jackson Harrison]

https://www.uefa.com/womensfutsaleuro/n ... ro-format/

New Women's Futsal EURO format
Saturday, December 2, 2023

UEFA Women's Futsal EURO is to have an expanded eight-team finals, held every four years with the next in 2027, to follow the introduction of a FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.



UEFA Women's Futsal EURO is to expand to have an eight-team final tournament, held every four years, to follow the introduction of a FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.

Since the first edition in 2019, Women's Futsal EURO has concluded with a four-team knockout event held every two years. With the new 16-team World Cup to begin in 2025 the EURO format is to change, with the first eight-nation showpiece in 2027, as decided by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Hamburg.

Qualifying for the first World Cup will begin in 2024, with the regulations and format to be confirmed shortly. Qualifying for the next EURO will run in 2026, with the regulations and format for the tournament to be confirmed at a later date.

Spain have won all three editions of UEFA Women's Futsal EURO held so far – in 2019 and 2022 (postponed from 2021), both in Gondomar, Portugal, then 2023 in Debrecen, Hungary.

Regulations of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup: https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulation ... ion-Online

This article is annex:
A.6 Equal coefficients
If two or more associations have equal coefficients, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine their final rankings:

higher number of matches played;
higher coefficient for the most recent season;
higher coefficient for the next most recent season;
superior goal difference in the most recent season;
superior goal difference in the next most recent season;
current position in the national senior men's futsal team coefficient rankings.

[Jackson Harrison]

@amenina using men's ranking as a TB for women's is stupid. They wouldn't do it if the boot was on the other foot would they? Blatant sexism and male entitlement.

[amenina]

@amenina using men's ranking as a TB for women's is stupid. They wouldn't do it if the boot was on the other foot would they? Blatant sexism and male entitlement.

It is the final tiebreaker for the coefficient ranking of the women's teams. It will only be used if rare cases, for example, if there are new women's teams joining the competition, and the coefficients of the men's teams will be used as a tiebreaker when the seeding of these new teams have to be determined.

[Jackson Harrison]

@amenina using men's ranking as a TB for women's is stupid. They wouldn't do it if the boot was on the other foot would they? Blatant sexism and male entitlement.

It is the final tiebreaker for the coefficient ranking of the women's teams. It will only be used if rare cases, for example, if there are new women's teams joining the competition, and the coefficients of the men's teams will be used as a tiebreaker when the seeding of these new teams have to be determined.

You didn't answer my question. Don't se Ethan as the final tiebreaker in the men's.

Drawing of lots will be fairer.

[amenina]

@amenina using men's ranking as a TB for women's is stupid. They wouldn't do it if the boot was on the other foot would they? Blatant sexism and male entitlement.

It is the final tiebreaker for the coefficient ranking of the women's teams. It will only be used if rare cases, for example, if there are new women's teams joining the competition, and the coefficients of the men's teams will be used as a tiebreaker when the seeding of these new teams have to be determined.

You didn't answer my question. Don't se Ethan as the final tiebreaker in the men's.

Drawing of lots will be fairer.

What is your question and why do I have to answer your question? If you are unhappy about UEFA's regulations, you should be directing your complaint to UEFA, not me. I simply posted UEFA's regulations, so there is no need to "shoot the messenger".

[Jackson Harrison]

It is the final tiebreaker for the coefficient ranking of the women's teams. It will only be used if rare cases, for example, if there are new women's teams joining the competition, and the coefficients of the men's teams will be used as a tiebreaker when the seeding of these new teams have to be determined.

You didn't answer my question. Don't se Ethan as the final tiebreaker in the men's.

Drawing of lots will be fairer.

What is your question and why do I have to answer your question? If you are unhappy about UEFA's regulations, you should be directing your complaint to UEFA, not me. I simply posted UEFA's regulations, so there is no need to "shoot the messenger".

Sorry. I didn't mean to.

I'm going to put in a complaint.

[amenina]

You didn't answer my question. Don't se Ethan as the final tiebreaker in the men's.

Drawing of lots will be fairer.

What is your question and why do I have to answer your question? If you are unhappy about UEFA's regulations, you should be directing your complaint to UEFA, not me. I simply posted UEFA's regulations, so there is no need to "shoot the messenger".

Sorry. I didn't mean to.

I'm going to put in a complaint.

Okay, I just got a little annoyed. Apology accepted.

Anyway, a similar situation also applies in the under-19 futsal coefficient ranking, where all things equal the final tiebreaker is the senior team's coefficient ranking: https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulation ... ngs-Online