The 2017–18 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 32nd edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament, and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format organized by UEFA.

In a rematch of last season's final, defending champions Inter FS defeated Sporting CP to win a record fifth title to close out the UEFA Futsal Cup era, as starting from next season, the name of the tournament will be changed to the "UEFA Futsal Champions League". Barcelona defeated Győri ETO to finish third.

Association team allocation Starting from this season, the top three-ranked associations according to the UEFA Futsal National Team coefficient rankings can enter two teams. Moreover, same as previous seasons, the title holders qualify automatically, and thus their association can also enter a second team. If the title holders are from the top three-ranked associations, the fourth-ranked association can also enter two teams. All other associations can enter one team (the winners of their regular top domestic futsal league, or in special circumstances, the runners-up). Therefore, a maximum of 59 teams from the 55 UEFA member associations may enter the tournament.

Association ranking For the 2017–18 UEFA Futsal Cup, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017–18 UEFA Futsal National Team coefficient rankings, calculated based on the following: UEFA Futsal Euro 2014 final tournament and qualifying competition UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 final tournament and qualifying competition 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition

Since the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup, Inter FS, are from the top three-ranked associations, the fourth-ranked association can also enter two teams.

RankAssociationCoeff.Teams1 Russia10,60522 Spain10,0173 Portugal9,2504 Italy8,8895 Ukraine7,94416 Azerbaijan7,5447 Slovenia6,3898 Kazakhstan6,3339 Serbia5,55610 Croatia5,55611 Czech Republic4,66712 Romania4,27813 Hungary4,22214 Slovakia3,38915 Netherlands3,33316 Belgium3,27817 Bosnia and Herzegovina3,00018 Belarus2,66719 Poland2,056RankAssociationCoeff.Teams20 Macedonia2,000121 Finland1,58322 Turkey1,44423 France1,27824 Latvia1,22225 Georgia1,02826 Norway1,00027 Sweden0,94428 England0,94429 Greece0,88930 Moldova0,75031 Denmark0,72232 Montenegro0,66733 Bulgaria0,61134 Switzerland0,47235 Armenia0,44436 Andorra0,38937 Lithuania0,389RankAssociationCoeff.Teams38 Albania0,333139 Israel0,33340 Cyprus0,22241 Wales0,22242 Estonia0,11143 Gibraltar0,11144 Malta0,00045 San Marino0,00046 Scotland0,000 Germany0.000 Kosovo Austria Luxembourg Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Faroe Islands0 Iceland Liechtenstein Notes – Additional berth for title holders – Did not enter – No rank (association did not enter in the competitions used for computing coefficients)

Distribution Following expansion of the tournament, the top-ranked teams no longer receive byes to the elite round, and the number of teams in the main round is increased from 24 to 32. Teams are ranked according to their UEFA club coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they enter and their seeding positions in the preliminary and main round draws: The title holders and the teams ranked 1–22 or 23 (depending on the number of entries) enter the main round, divided into Path A and Path B. Path A contains the title holders and the teams ranked 1–11 and 16–19, and the 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four. The top three teams of each group advance to the elite round. Path B contains the teams ranked 12–15 and 20–22 or 23, and together with the preliminary round qualifiers (8 or 9 teams), the 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four. The winners of each group advance to the elite round. The remaining teams enter the preliminary round, and are drawn into groups of three or four. The winners of each group plus one or more best runners-up advance to main round Path B.

The elite round remains to be contested by 16 teams, drawn into four groups of four, where the group winners and runners-up from main round Path A are seeded into the top two pots and kept apart if they are from the same group. The winners of each group advance to the final tournament, which is played in the same knockout format as before.

Teams A record total of 56 teams from 52 associations entered this season's competition. Two associations had no league as of 2016–17 (Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein). The champions of Iceland (UMF Selfoss) did not enter. Northern Ireland launched a futsal league in 2016, and entered for the first time, with their entrant to be confirmed after the draw in July 2017.

Among the entrants, 24 teams entered the main round and 32 teams entered the preliminary round. The hosts for the eight preliminary round groups and the eight main round groups were announced by UEFA on 20 June 2017.

Legend TH: Futsal Cup title holders CH: National champions RU: National runners-up (H): Preliminary and main round hosts

Main roundRankTeamPathSeedTH Inter FS 57,000A11 Kairat Almaty 45,5002 Sporting CP 38,1663 Barcelona 37,6674 Dina Moskva 28,33425 Dinamo Moskva 25,0016 EP Chrudim 19,5027 Ekonomac (H)19,0018 Nikars Riga 16,50039 Pescara 16,50010 Braga/AAUM 15,83311 Győri ETO 14,16812 Slov-Matic Bratislava (H)14,000B113 Araz Naxçivan 13,00114 Halle-Gooik 11,00015 Nacional Zagreb (H)10,00116 Luparense (H)9,167A417 Brezje Maribor (H)7,83318 Stalitsa Minsk (H)6,00119 Prodexim Kherson 5,50120 Garges Djibson 5,167B221 Autobergamo Deva (H)4,83422 Sievi Futsal (H)4,83423 STU Telasi 4,168Preliminary roundRankTeamSeed24 Shkupi 3,334125 Levski Sofia Zapad 2,87526 Helvécia 2,83427 BTS Rekord Bielsko-Biała 2,50128 Anorthosis Famagusta (H)2,50029 Jahn Regensburg 2,08430 Flamurtari Vlorë 1,75131 Liburni Gjakovë 1,66732 Titograd 1,584233 ZVV 't Knooppunt 1,50034 Doukas SAC 1,50035 Classic Chişinău 1,37536 Mostar SG Staklorad (H)1,33437 IFK Uddevalla (H)1,16738 Luxol St Andrews 1,16739 Lynx 0,83440 Sjarmtrollan IL (H)0,667341 København (H)0,58442 Leo 0,58443 Transylvania 0,58444 Encamp 0,50045 Vytis 0,50046 Diamantz Linz (H)0,50047 Arnavutköy Belediyespor 0,50048 Maccabi Futsal 0,417449 Tre Fiori 0,25150 Narva United 0,25051 Differdange 03 (H)0,16752 Wrexham 0,08453 Minerva (H)0,00054 TMT Futsal Club 0,00055 Belfast United 0,000

The draws for the preliminary and main rounds were held on 6 July 2017, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: In the preliminary round, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the eight teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 24 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. In the main round Path A, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. In the main round Path B, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–2 and two group winners from the preliminary round. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions, including the eight group winners from the preliminary round whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, which were first allocated to fill position 4 of all groups before position 3.

Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Azerbaijan/Armenia and Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina would not be drawn into the same group. Should any of the above teams win their preliminary round group and qualify for a main round group with a team they cannot play against, they would be swapped with the next available team in their seeding position following the numerical order of the groups.

Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows.

RoundDrawDatesPreliminary round6 July 201722–27 August 2017Main round10–15 October 2017Elite round19 October 201721–26 November 2017Final tournament14 March 2018

In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the schedule of each mini-tournament is as follows (Regulations Article 19.05):

Note: For scheduling, the hosts are considered as Team 1, while the visiting teams are considered as Team 2, Team 3, and Team 4 according to their coefficient rankings. MatchdayMatchesMatchday 12 v 4, 1 v 3Matchday 23 v 2, 1 v 4Rest day—Matchday 34 v 3, 2 v 1

Format In the preliminary round, main round, and elite round, each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.

In the final tournament, the four qualified teams play in knockout format (semi-finals, third place match, and final), either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams, or at a neutral venue.

Tiebreakers In the preliminary round, main round, and elite 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 14.01 and 14.02): Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage); Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points); UEFA club coefficient; Drawing of lots.

Preliminary round The winners of each group advanced to the main round path B to join the eight teams which received byes to the main round path B (while the remaining 16 teams received byes to the main round Path A).

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Main round All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Path A The top three teams of each group advanced to the elite round.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Path B The winners of each group advanced to the elite round.

According to the original main round draw, the winners of Group F would have played in Group 8, which contained Araz Naxçivan (Azerbaijan). However, since Leo Futsal (Armenia) won Group F, and teams from Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot play each other, they were moved to Group 5, swapping with the winners of Group C, Luxol St Andrews.

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Elite round