Futsal EURO 2026 main round draw
Sunday, April 14, 2024
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The draw will split the 40 teams into ten groups of four to compete between December and April for ten finals and eight play-off spots.
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The UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 main round draw on Thursday 30 May will split the 40 contenders into ten groups of four, played as home-and-away games between December and April.
While co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania progress automatically to the finals, the top 34 qualifying contenders in the UEFA futsal national team ranking as of December 2023 enter directly in the main round. They will be joined by the six teams that progressed from April's preliminary round. The draw procedure is to be confirmed.
Teams entering directly in main round: Portugal (holders), Spain, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, France, Finland, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Georgia, Netherlands, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Belgium, Belarus, Moldova, Germany, North Macedonia, Sweden, Montenegro, Kosovo, England, Denmark, Albania, Norway, Greece, Türkiye
Teams qualifying from preliminary round: Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Switzerland
The ten group winners join co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania in the 2026 finals, with the eight best runners-up entering the play-offs in September 2025.
Futsal EURO 2026 dates
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