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The 2016 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2016, was the 10th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe.
UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 The UEFA European Futsal Championship [ 1 ] is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). History
A total of 24 (out of 55) UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying stage, with Gibraltar and Bosnia and Herzegovina making their debuts. [6] Based on their coefficient ranking, calculated based on results in the 2019 edition, [7] the 13 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 11 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. [8]
Futsal comes from the Portuguese futebol de salão and from the Spanish fútbol sala or fútbol de salón (all translatable as "indoor football"). During its second world championships held in Madrid in 1985, the Spanish name fútbol sala was used.
In 1989, after of years of struggle for the futsal control, the two futsal club associations, ACEFS and ASOFUSA merge to create Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala. [3] [4] [5] From 2011–12' season onwards, División de Honor will be known as Primera División. [6] On the 2012–13 season, the league was reduced from 16 to 14 teams. [7]
In the preliminary round 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 15.01 and 15.02): [2]
The World Futsal Association (AMF) is the governing body of futsal (football of salon [futsalon], in Spanish fútbol sala [microfutbol]) for both fully and non-independent states or regions, headquartered in Asuncion, Paraguay.
Inter Fútbol Sala, known as Inter Movistar Fútbol Sala for sponsorship reasons, is a professional futsal club based in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid. The club was founded in 1977 and its pavilion is the Pabellón Jorge Garbajosa with capacity of 3,136 seated spectators.