The road to UEFA Futsal EURO 2022, which will be played in the Netherlands with a new 16-team format, begins on 29 January with the qualifying round.
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- The group winners directly reach the group stage of qualifying (which includes home and away matches and will be played in 2021) and find the 16 qualified teams by right
- The nine runners-up and five best thirds (not counting the results against the fourth-placed teams) enter the play-offs in April, which put the last seven places up for grabs in the qualifying round
Qualifying round groups
Group A: Bosnia and Herzegovina (host nation), Switzerland, Cyprus, Gibraltar
Group B: Belgium (host nation), Montenegro, Armenia, Scotland
Group C
Qualified for the group stage of qualifying: Poland
They can still go to the play-offs: Sweden, Greece, Malta (host nation)
Group D: Albania, Bulgaria (host nation), Andorra, San Marino
Group E:
Qualify for at least the play-offs: Hungary, Lithuania (host nation)
They can still go to the play-offs: Turkey, Northern Ireland
Group F: Georgia (host nation), Kosovo, Germany, Austria
Group G: Latvia (host nation), Denmark, Estonia
Group H: Moldova (host nation), England, Israel
Group I: North Macedonia (host nation), Norway, Wales
- Austria and Northern Ireland are on their debut (among the 50 nations competing, record attendance)
- Teams participating in the elite round of the FIFA World Cup of futsal 2020 enter the competition in the group stage of qualification: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Portugal (defending champion), Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine
The path to the final stage in the Netherlands
Qualifying round 1: 13 February 2020, Nyon
Qualifying play-offs: April 2020
Group stage qualifying round: 14 May 2020, Nyon
Group stage qualifying, matches 1 and 2: February 2021
Group stage qualifying, days 3 and 4: April 2021
Group stage qualifying, days 5 and 6: September 2021
Playoff draw: September 2021, Nyon
Play-offs: October 2021
Final Stage Draw: End of 2021, from conf.
Final stage: 19 January–6 February 2022, Netherlands