2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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Preliminary round matches was played from the 19 to 23 October and matches in the main Qualifying round was played from the 14 to 18 December.

Preliminary round

Group A

The qualification was held in Tbilisi, Georgia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Moldova 3 1 2 0 14 4 +10 5
 Georgia 3 1 2 0 14 4 +10 5
 Armenia 3 1 2 0 8 4 +4 5
 Malta 3 0 0 3 0 24 −24 0

Moldova went through by coefficient

Georgia 2 – 2 Armenia
Report
Referee: Gerd Bylois (BEL), Zoran Bogdanov (SRB)
Moldova 10 – 0 Malta
Report
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (FRA), Nikola Jelić (CRO)
Georgia 10 – 0 Malta
Report
Referee: Zoran Bogdanov (SRB), Nikola Jelić (CRO)
Armenia 2 – 2 Moldova
Report
Referee: Cédric Pelissier (FRA), Gerd Bylois (BEL)
Malta 0 – 4 Armenia
Report
Referee: Nikola Jelić (CRO), Cédric Pelissier (FRA)
Moldova 2 – 2 Georgia
Report
Referee: Gerd Bylois (BEL), Zoran Bogdanov (SRB)

Group B

The qualification was held in Sofia, Bulgaria

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 15 8 +7 6
 Norway 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
 Greece 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 6
 Andorra 3 0 0 3 8 18 −10 0
Bulgaria 8 – 4 Andorra
Report
Referee: Kreshnik Hakrama (ALB), Maksim Dzeikala (BLR)
Greece 3 – 1 Norway
Report
Referee: Ilya Akimtsev (RUS), Dragan Skakić (BIH)
Bulgaria 2 – 3 Norway
Report
Referee: Maksim Dzeikala (BLR), Ilya Akimtsev (RUS)
Andorra 1 – 6 Greece
Report
Referee: Dragan Skakić (BIH), Kreshnik Hakrama (ALB)
Norway 4 – 3 Andorra
Report
Referee: Kreshnik Hakrama (ALB), Maksim Dzeikala (BLR)
Greece 1 – 5 Bulgaria
Report
Referee: Dragan Skakić (BIH), Ilya Akimtsev (RUS)

Group C

The qualification was held in Jelgava, Latvia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Latvia 3 2 1 0 18 4 +14 7
 England 3 2 0 1 9 12 −3 6
 Cyprus 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
 San Marino 3 0 0 3 5 17 −12 0
Latvia 7 – 1 England
Report
Cyprus 3 – 1 San Marino
Report
Latvia 9 – 1 San Marino
Report
England 3 – 2 Cyprus
Report
San Marino 3 – 5 England
Report
Cyprus 2 – 2 Latvia
Report

Group D

The qualification was held in Kiili, Estonia[1]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkey 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 9
 Albania 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 4
 Finland 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
 Estonia 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
Finland 0 – 0 Albania
Report
Kiili Sports Hall, Kiili, Estonia
Referee: Gavin Sartain (ENG), Slawomir Steczko (POL)
Estonia 3 – 4 Turkey
Report
Kiili Sports Hall, Kiili, Estonia
Referee: Gabriel Gherman (ROU), Slawomir Steczko (POL)
Turkey 6 – 0 Finland
Report
Kiili Sports Hall, Kiili, Estonia
Referee: Slawomir Steczko (POL), Gavin Sartain (ENG)
Estonia 3 – 5 Albania
Report
Kiili Sports Hall, Kiili, Estonia
Referee: Ramil Namazov (AZE), Gavin Sartain (ENG)
Finland 4 – 0 Estonia
Report
Kiili Sports Hall, Kiili, Estonia
Referee: Slawomir Steczko (POL), Ramil Namazov (AZE)
Albania 2 – 5 Turkey
Report
Kiili Sports Hall, Kiili, Estonia
Referee: Gavin Sartain (ENG), Gabriel Gherman (ROU)

Group E

The qualification was held in Veles, Macedonia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Macedonia 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9
 France 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
 Montenegro 3 1 0 2 13 6 +7 3
  Switzerland 3 0 0 3 2 26 −24 0
France 7 – 0  Switzerland
Report
Referee: Dimitrios Zisimopoulos (GRE), Demetris Constantinou (CYP), Vyacheslav Daragan (UKR)
Macedonia 2 – 1 Montenegro
Report
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA), Vyacheslav Daragan (UKR), Demetris Constantinou (CYP)
Montenegro 3 – 4 France
Report
Referee: Demetris Constantinou (CYP), Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA), Dimitrios Zisimopoulos (GRE)
Macedonia 10 – 2  Switzerland
Report
Referee: Vyacheslav Daragan (UKR), Dimitrios Zisimopoulos (GRE), Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
Switzerland 0 – 9 Montenegro
Report
Referee: Dimitrios Zisimopoulos (GRE), Aleksandrs Golubevs (LVA)
France 1 – 3 Macedonia
Report
Referee: Demetris Constantinou (CYP), Vyacheslav Daragan (UKR)

Best group runners-up

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
 Norway 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
 England 3 2 0 1 9 12 −3 6
 Georgia 3 1 2 0 14 4 +10 5
 Albania 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 4

Qualifying round

The main round was played from 14 to 18 December 2011.[2]

Group 1

The qualification was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 9
 Norway 3 1 1 1 5 12 −7 4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
 Belgium 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 1
Spain 8 – 0 Norway
Fernandao 2'
Lozano 4', 12'
Lin 9'
Ortiz 16'
Julio Cordeiro 20',
Borja 26'
Rafael Usín 31'		 Report
Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch - Sarajevo
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (ROU)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 – 1 Belgium
Lalić 36', 37' Report Chaibai 38'
Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch - Sarajevo
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (AUT)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 – 2 Norway
Lalić 22' Report Laajab 33'
Skaga 40'
Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch - Sarajevo
Referee: Dejan Nikolić (SVN)
Belgium 0 – 6 Spain
Report Lozano 4'
Borja 16'
Rafael Usín 18'
Torras 31'
Julio Cordeiro 39', 40' (pen.)
Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch - Sarajevo
Referee: Kamil Çetin (TUR)
Spain 6 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fernandao 2', 35', 39', 41 '
Lin 8'
Rafael Usín 25'		 Report
Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch - Sarajevo
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (AUT)
Norway 3 – 3 Belgium
Skaga 18'
Sortevik 20'
Laajab 37'		 Report Canaris 20'
Achahbar 27'
Zouggaghi 31'
Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch - Sarajevo
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (ROU)

Group 2

The qualification was held in Caltanissetta, Italy.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 0 19 5 +14 9
 Romania 3 2 0 1 14 7 +7 6
 Poland 3 1 0 2 10 18 −8 3
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
Romania 3 – 0 Bulgaria
Radu 19'
Dobre 31'
Matei 38'		 Report
Palacarelli - Caltanissetta
Referee: Gábor Kovács (HUN)
Italy 5 – 2 Poland
Gabriel Lima 10'
Vampeta 19'
Honorio 21', 40', 41'		 Report Milewski 35'
Budniak 39'
Palacarelli - Caltanissetta
Referee: Timo Onatsu (FIN)
Poland 3 – 9 Romania
Budniak 18', 34'
Șotărcă 36' (o.g.)		 Report Gherman 3'
Stoica 8'
Matei 9', 38'
Dobre 11'
Alpar 13'
Răducu 24'
Șotărcă 31', 32'
Palacarelli - Caltanissetta
Referee: Gábor Kovács (HUN)
Italy 10 – 1 Bulgaria
Fortino 11'
Gabriel Lima 11', 23'
Honorio 17'
Ippoliti 21'
Saad Assis 25'
Torcivia 26', 41'
Leggiero 31'
Forte 34'		 Report Ivanov 18' (pen.)
Palacarelli - Caltanissetta
Referee: Timo Onatsu (FIN)
Bulgaria 4 – 5 Poland
Nestorov 13'
Trendafilov 21'
Viktorov 27'
Koychev 41'		 Report Machura 2'
Kielpiński 18', 40'
Kubik 19'
Kusia 39'
Palacarelli - Caltanissetta
Referee: Saša Tomić (CRO)
Romania 2 – 4 Italy
Stoica 37', 40' Report Fortino 20'
Patias 34'
Vampeta 40'
Forte 41'
Palacarelli - Caltanissetta
Referee: Gábor Kovács (HUN)

Group 3

The qualification was held in Laško, Slovenia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7
 Slovenia 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
 Israel 3 0 2 1 9 10 −1 2
 Moldova 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
Slovenia 3 – 2 Israel
Čujec 16'
Drobne 20'
Osredkar 29'		 Report Tsabag 16'
Shriki 35'
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (RUS)
Serbia 4 – 0 Moldova
Janjić 2'
Milosavac 9'
Rajčević 11'
Bojović 32'		 Report
Referee: Petros Panayides (CYP)
Israel 4 – 4 Serbia
Kalif 3', 28'
Shriki 11'
Tsabag 32'		 Report Rajčević 12', 12' (pen.), 16' (pen.)
Milosavac 12'
Referee: Robert Pieter Lenting (NED)
Slovenia 6 – 1 Moldova
Pertič 3', 13'
R. Uršič 17', 18'
Drobne 21'
Grzelj 36'		 Report Antonov 10'
Referee: Marc Birkett (ENG)
Moldova 3 – 3 Israel
Hilotii 27', 39'
Tacot 41'		 Report Shriki 4', 23'
A. Cohen 31'
Referee: Petros Panayides (CYP)
Serbia 3 – 1 Slovenia
Kocić 4'
Živanović 12', 41'		 Report R. Uršič 25'
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (RUS)

Group 4

The qualification was held in Coimbra, Portugal.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9
 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
 France 3 1 0 2 4 11 −7 3
 Lithuania 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Slovakia 3 – 1 France
Haľko 10'
Rafaj 35'
Kozar 41'		 Report Chaulet 34'
Pavilhão Multidesportos Dr. Mário Mexia - Coimbra
Referee: Sebastian Stawicki (POL)
Portugal 3 – 0 Lithuania
Pedro Cary 8'
Cardinal 22'
Ricardinho 33'		 Report
Pavilhão Multidesportos Dr. Mário Mexia - Coimbra
Referee: Danijel Janošević (CRO)
Lithuania 2 – 4 Slovakia
Rimkevičius 7'
Jeremejevas 33'		 Report Rafaj 11'
Serbin 12'
Haľko 14'
Rick 32'
Pavilhão Multidesportos Dr. Mário Mexia - Coimbra
Referee: Elchin Samadli (AZE)
Portugal 6 – 0 France
Ricardinho 2'
Pedro Cary 3'
Cardinal 4', 5', 25'
Marinho 11'		 Report
Pavilhão Multidesportos Dr. Mário Mexia - Coimbra
Referee: Kiazo Leladze (LVA)
France 3 – 2 Lithuania
Otmani 16', 40'
Teixeira 29'		 Report Rimkevičius 4'
Bezykornovas 21'
Pavilhão Multidesportos Dr. Mário Mexia - Coimbra
Referee: Sebastian Stawicki (POL)
Slovakia 1 – 5 Portugal
Mikita 13' Report Cardinal 21', 31'
Joel Queirós 23'
João Matos 31'
Ricardo 34'
Pavilhão Multidesportos Dr. Mário Mexia - Coimbra
Referee: Kiazo Leladze (LVA)

Group 5

The qualification was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
 Azerbaijan 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
 Croatia 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
 Macedonia 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Ukraine 2 – 1 North Macedonia
Ovsyannikov 27'
Kordoba 35'		 Report Micevski 5'
İdman Sarayı - Baku
Referee: Balázs Farkas (HUN)
Azerbaijan 1 – 3 Croatia
Borisov 36' Report Grcić 29'
Marinović 35'
Despotović 41' (pen.)
İdman Sarayı - Baku
Referee: Karel Henych (CZE)
Croatia 1 – 4 Ukraine
Babić 39' Report Cheporniuk 3'
Pavlenko 19'
Ovsyannikov 27', 32'
İdman Sarayı - Baku
Referee: Stephan Kammerer (GER)
Azerbaijan 7 – 1 North Macedonia
Felipe 11', 17', 17'
Dantas 16'
Farajzade 23'
Balakishiyev 33'
Hajiyev 34'		 Report Petrović 36'
İdman Sarayı - Baku
Referee: Gerd Bylois (BEL)
North Macedonia 1 – 4 Croatia
Micevski 20' Report Šuton 5'
Marinović 14', 39'
Grcić 31'
İdman Sarayı - Baku
Referee: Karel Henych (CZE)
Ukraine 2 – 4 Azerbaijan
Rogachov 13'
Romanov 29'		 Report Felipe 15'
Farajzade 27'
Serjão 35'
Borisov 36'
İdman Sarayı - Baku
Referee: Balázs Farkas (HUN)

Group 6

The qualification was held in Brno, Czech Republic.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 13 5 +8 9
 Belarus 3 2 0 1 11 6 +5 6
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
 Turkey 3 0 0 3 6 14 −8 0
Czech Republic 5 – 1 Netherlands
Rešetár 2', 26'
R. Mareš 5'
Seidler 9'
M. Mareš I 37'		 Report El Morabiti 20'
Královo Pole - Brno
Referee: Pascal Fritz (FRA)
Belarus 7 – 1 Turkey
Gorbenko 5', 24'
Savintsev 7'
Chibisov 21', 30'
Chernik 33', 36'		 Report Kenan Köseoğlu 6'
Královo Pole - Brno
Referee: Francisco Miguel Pena Diaz (ESP)
Czech Republic 3 – 2 Turkey
Kopecký 4', 24'
Rešetár 11'		 Report Büyüktopaç 15'
Burak Yıldırım 40'
Královo Pole - Brno
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (UKR)
Netherlands 0 – 2 Belarus
Report Chernik 17'
Popov 35'
Královo Pole - Brno
Referee: Aleksandras Sliva (LTU)
Turkey 3 – 4 Netherlands
Serhat Çiçek 7'
Burak Yıldırım 36'
İsmail Çelen 40'		 Report Adil Zouthane 6' (pen.), 32', 38'
Saadouni 14'
Královo Pole - Brno
Referee: Pascal Fritz (FRA)
Belarus 2 – 5 Czech Republic
Chernik 15'
Popov 17'		 Report Rešetár 3', 37'
Janovský 10'
Kadakov 13' (o.g)
J. Novotný 25'
Královo Pole - Brno
Referee: Francisco Miguel Pena Diaz (ESP)

Group 7

The qualification was held in Gyöngyös, Hungary.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 10 8 +2 4
 Latvia 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2
 Kazakhstan 3 0 1 2 3 11 −8 1
Russia 2 – 0 Latvia
Badretdinov 12'
Maevski 17'		 Report
Gyöngyösi Városi Sport és Rendezvény Csarnok - Gyöngyös
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (ESP)
Hungary 5 – 1 Kazakhstan
Gyurcsányi 6'
Németh P. 15', 40'
Dróth 17'
Lódi 35'		 Report Yesenamanov 21'
Gyöngyösi Városi Sport és Rendezvény Csarnok - Gyöngyös
Referee: Francesco Massini (ITA)
Kazakhstan 0 – 4 Russia
Report Kazakov 9' (o.g.)
Maevski 24'
Sergeev 37'
Nugumanov 39'
Gyöngyösi Városi Sport és Rendezvény Csarnok - Gyöngyös
Referee: Franco Cachia (MLT)
Hungary 3 – 3 Latvia
Csopaki 4'
Lódi 7'
Harnisch 40'		 Report Šustrovs 9'
Dacko 15'
Zabarovskis 31'
Gyöngyösi Városi Sport és Rendezvény Csarnok - Gyöngyös
Referee: Sreten Vasić (SRB)
Latvia 2 – 2 Kazakhstan
Seņs 21' (pen.), 37' (pen.) Report Taku 23'
Dovgan 35'
Gyöngyösi Városi Sport és Rendezvény Csarnok - Gyöngyös
Referee: Francesco Massini (ITA)
Russia 4 – 2 Hungary
Abramov 2'
Cirilo 6'
Maevski 17'
Sergeev 40'		 Report Harnisch 30'
Dróth 39'
Gyöngyösi Városi Sport és Rendezvény Csarnok - Gyöngyös
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (ESP)

Play-offs

The top two in each progress to the two-legged play-offs, which will decide Europe's qualifiers.

Key to colours
Seeded in play-offs draw
Unseeded in play-offs draw
Group Winners Runners-up
1  Spain  Norway
2  Italy  Romania
3  Serbia  Slovenia
4  Portugal  Slovakia
5  Ukraine  Azerbaijan
6  Czech Republic  Belarus
7  Russia  Hungary
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slovakia  0–12  Spain 0–4 0–8
Azerbaijan  4–5  Russia 2–3 2–2
Norway  0–7  Italy 0–5 0–2
Belarus  2–11  Portugal 1–7 1–4
Slovenia  3–4  Czech Republic 2–0 1–4
Romania  4–5  Ukraine 0–4 4–1
Hungary  2–6  Serbia 1–0 1–6

1st leg

From 25 March to 28 March 2012

Hungary 1 – 0 Serbia
Lovas 34' Report
Gyöngyösi Városi Sport es Rendezvény Csarnok, Gyöngyös
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (RUS)
Belarus 1 – 7 Portugal
Chernik 7' Report Ricardinho 2', 15', 22'
Arnaldo Pereira 18'
Marinho 22'
Jorge Fernandes 27'
Cardinal 35'
Minsk Arena, Minsk
Referee: Sebastian Stawicki (POL)
Slovenia 2 – 0 Czech Republic
Fetić 9'
Uršič 29'		 Report
Sporthall Velenje , Velenje
Referee: Francesco Massini (ITA)
Slovakia 0 – 4 Spain
Report Aicardo 23', 34'
Fernandão 30'
Rafa Usín 32'
Interhala Pasienky, Bratislava
Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (ROU)
Romania 0 – 4 Ukraine
Report Fedorchenko 1'
Struk 5'
Rogachov 19'
Zhurba 33'
CS CITY'US Tirgu-Mures, Târgu Mureș
Referee: Pascal Lemal (BEL)
Azerbaijan 2 – 3 Russia
Kaká 36'
Hajiyev 39'		 Report Milovanov 12'
Sergeev 23', 30'
Sarhadchi Sports Olympic Center, Baku
Referee: Borut Šivic (SVN)
Norway 0 – 5 Italy
Report Vampeta 4', 20'
Patias 22'
Gabriel Lima 34'
Fortino 37'
Stjørdalshallen, Stjørdal
Referee: Stephan Kammerer (GER)

2nd leg

From 8 to 11 April 2012

Ukraine 1 – 4 Romania
Romanov 21' Report Stoica 19', 20', 27'
Ignat 24'
Palace of Sport "Lokomotiv", Kharkiv
Referee: Fernando Lumbreras (ESP)

Ukraine won 5–4 on aggregate.

Serbia 6 – 1 Hungary
Pršić 9', 19'
Rajčević 14', 20'
Janjić 15'
Živanović 30'		 Report Lódi 35'
Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (POR)

Serbia won 6–2 on aggregate.

Russia 2 – 2 Azerbaijan
Pereverzev 4'
Fukin 21'		 Report Serjão 17'
Jadder Dantas 29'
Centralny, Tyumen
Referee: Karel Henych (CZE)

Russia won 5–4 on aggregate.

Spain 8 – 0 Slovakia
Álvaro 6'
José Ruiz 17'
Lozano 17', 27', 27'
Rafa Usín 28'
Lin 35'
Miguelín 37'		 Report
Palma Arena, Palma de Mallorca
Referee: Gábor Kovács (HUN)

Spain won 12–0 on aggregate.

Portugal 4 – 1 Belarus
Arnaldo Pereira 14'
Pedro Cary 28'
Jorge Fernandes 28'
Leitão 38'		 Report Gorbenko 29'
Pavilhão do SL Benfica, Lisbon
Referee: Danijel Janošević (CRO)

Portugal won 11–2 on aggregate.

Czech Republic 4 – 1 Slovenia
Roman Mareš 6' 26'
Rešetár 38'
Kopecký 11'		 Report Pertič 2'
Sparta Praha, Prague
Referee: Oleg Ivanov (UKR)

Czech Republic won 4–3 on aggregate.

Italy 2 – 0 Norway
Saad 2'
Forte 21'		 Report
Pala San Giacomo, Conversano
Referee: Petros Panayides (CYP)

Italy won 7–0 on aggregate.

Qualified teams

  1.  Serbia
  2.  Ukraine
  3.  Russia
  4.  Spain
  5.  Portugal
  6.  Czech Republic
  7.  Italy

References

  1. ^ "Saalijalgpallikoondis võõrustab sügisel valikturniiri" [National futsal team hosts qualification tournament in autumn] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Competition format". UEFA. Retrieved 26 November 2011.