The 2022 UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Futsal Euro 2022) was the second edition of the UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship, the biennial international youth futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 1 and 7 November 2021, but the competition was postponed to 3 to 10 September 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was held at the Olivo Arena in Jaén, Spain.

A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Spain were the defending champions.

They defended the title with a 6–2 win after extra time against Portugal.

Host selection The following associations had confirmed their plan to bid:

The hosts were originally to be confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee on 3 December 2020. However, the decision was delayed. On 19 April 2021, the UEFA Executive Committee appointed the Olivo Arena in Jaén, Spain as the tournament host.

Qualification

Seven teams qualified to join the hosts in the final tournament. The qualifying draw was originally to be held on 23 October 2020, but was postponed to 7 July 2021. The preliminary round was originally to be held between 12 and 17 January 2021, and the main round was originally to be held between 23 and 28 March 2021. However, this was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, and rescheduled to 2–7 November 2021 for the preliminary round, and 15–20 March 2022 for the main round.

Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in Under-19 Futsal Euro1 1 (2019) 1 (2019) 0 (debut) 0 (debut) 0 (debut) 1 (2019) 1 (2019) 1 (2019) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Squads Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

Group stage The final tournament schedule was announced on 25 June 2022.

The final tournament draw was made on 14 July 2022 in Jaén.

The group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, 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 18.01 and 18.02): 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 coefficient for the qualifying round draw; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Goalscorers 5 goals

Nicolás Marrón Pablo Ordoñez

4 goals

Diego Furtado Juan Moreno Álex García Jorge Carrasco Yaroslav Kvasnii

3 goals

Kamil Roll Szymon Licznerski Kacper Sendlewski Kutchy Albert Ortas Adrián Rivera Oleksandr Dychuk

2 goals

Tonino Zorotović Romeo Sušac Filip Josipović Dominik Čičić Rodrigo Simão Diogo Santos Tomás Colaço Rostyslav Semenchenko Oleksandr Smetanenko

1 goal

Marko Pest-Mundvajl Gabrijel Lasić Domagoj Đurković Duje Dragičević Lovro Cigler Houmany Dembele Sofiane Alla Amin Benslama Valerio Capponi Tommaso Ansaloni Gabriel Pazetti Leonardo Scavino Lucas Miłosz Krzempek Filip Turkowyd Pedro Santos Tiago Velho Rúben Teixeira Janos-Csongor Csog Attila Hegyi Jorge Espín Adrián Tapias Nacho Gómez Guido García Sánchez Ion Cerviño Maksym Malynovskyi Sava Lutai Dmytro Skybchyk

1 own goal

Lucas (playing against Portugal) Ion Cerviño (playing against Portugal)

Broadcasting

Television All 15 matches will be live streamed in selected countries (including all unsold markets) and highlights are available for all territories around the world on UEFA.tv.

Participating nations CountryBroadcaster (host)RTVESport KlubSportALLRAITVPRTPTVRUA:PBC

Non-participating European nations Country/RegionBroadcasterRTSHRTVE (Spanish)APMTVORF

Sport KlubBelteleradioVRT (Dutch) RTBF (French)BNTČTDRERRYleSport1MTVARÚVRTÉRAIRTKLTVSRG SSRLRTPBSNOSNRKMatch TVRTVSSVTTRTBBC

Outside Europe Country/RegionalBroadcasterCCTV

ESPN Univision Deportes (Puerto Rico and USA only)

beIN Sports

ESPN

Radio

Participating nations CountryBroadcaster (host)RTVECRRFRAIPRRTPRRUA:PBC

Non-participating European nations Country/RegionBroadcasterRTSHRTVE (Spanish)HRORFBelteleradio VRT (Dutch) RTBF (French)BNRČRDRERRYleSport1MTVARÚVRTÉRAIRTKLRSRG SSRLRTPBSNOSNRKRTVSSRTRTBBC

Outside Europe Country/RegionalBroadcasterCRI

ESPN Univision (Puerto Rico and USA only)

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