The 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship was the seventh official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was hosted by Hungary, between January 19 and January 30, 2010, in two venues located in Budapest (Papp László Sportaréna) and Debrecen (Főnix Arena). For the first time, twelve teams competed in the final round, after a qualifying phase where eleven teams managed to join the Hungarian hosts.
Having won against Portugal in the group stage, the title holders Spain defeated them again in the final, 4–2, to claim a third consecutive and fifth overall title.
Bids The Hungarian bid was selected during a meeting of UEFA's Executive Committee, on November 30, 2007, in Lucerne, Switzerland. The bid was picked ahead of three other entries from Belgium (Charleroi and Antwerp), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) and Turkey (Istanbul).
Qualification
Thirty-eight nations took part in the qualifying round, with hosts Hungary automatically qualified for the expanded 12-team final tournament.
Qualifying was played in two stages, with 16 sides competing in the preliminary round between 14 and 22 February 2009. The winners of the four groups and two best runners-up progressed to join the other 22 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which took place between 19 and 22 March, there was seven groups of four with the first-placed teams and four best runners-up advancing to the final tournament.
Qualified teams Country Qualified asPrevious appearances in tournament1 00Hosts 1 (2005) 01Group 2 winner 6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) 02Group 4 winner 6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) 03Group 7 winner 6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) 04Group 1 winner 5 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) 05Group 6 winner 4 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007) 06Group 3 winner 4 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) 07Group 5 runner-up 2 (1999, 2007) 08Group 7 runner-up 1 (2003) 09Group 5 winner 3 (1996, 1999, 2003) 10Group 4 runner-up 0 (debut) 11Group 6 runner-up 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Venues ArenaPapp László SportarénaFőnix Arena Picture CityBudapestDebrecen Capacity12,5008,500
Squads
Each nation had to submit a squad of 14 players, at least two of which had to be goalkeepers. However, Azerbaijan were an exception, since they took part in the tournament with only 12 players.
Final tournament
Group stage
Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts220092+762101711−43200269−30
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts220082+6621016603200228−60
Group C TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts220063+36210185+33200217−60
Group D TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts2200152+1362011611−512011614−81
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Champions
Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. TeamFinal result1 5410275+2213Champions2 51221619-35Runners-up3 52121625-97Third place4 52211813+58Fourth place5 3210115+67Eliminated in Quarter-finals6 320178–167 311185+348 311199049 2011614–81Eliminated in Group stage10 200269–3011 200228–6012 200217–60
Awards Golden Boot Biro Jade Javi Rodríguez Joel Queirós Saad Assis 5 goals
Top goalscorers ScorerNationGoalsBiro Jade5Javi Rodríguez5Joel Queirós5Saad Assis5Clayton Baptistella4Cardinal4Ortiz4Arnaldo3Pavel Chistopolov3Daniel3Martin Dlouhý3Juanra3Marek Kopecký3Lin3Tamás Lódi3Aleksei Popov3Serjão3Thiago3Jordi Torras3
References
External links 6th UEFA Futsal Championship - Hungary 2010, Futsal Planet Official UEFA website