Courtesy: UEFA.com


Hosts Hungary to kick off futsal finals

Tuesday 13 October 2009

The kick-off times for the 2010 UEFA European Futsal Championship have been confirmed, with hosts Hungary getting things under way at 17.30CET on 19 January.

Group stage
Hungary will tackle Azerbaijan at Budapest's Papp László Sportaréna in the first game in Group A, which also involved the Czech Republic, with Italy's Group B tie against Belgium following at the Fõnix Arena in Debrecen at 19.00CET in a pool containing Ukraine. Spain begin their title defence the following day when they meet Belarus in their Group D opener in Debrecen at 18.00, Portugal to face both teams in that section, while Russia and Slovenia kick off Group C, also including Serbia, in the capital at 20.00.

Knockout
The top two in each group progress to the quarter-finals, spread between the two venues on 25 and 26 January. Debrecen will then stage the semi-finals at 17.30 and 20.00 on 28 January and the third-place match and final two days later at 18.00 and 20.30 respectively. Eurosport 2 will be televising the tournament across Europe with all games live or delayed.


2010 UEFA European Futsal Championship match schedule

Kick-off times CET, matches on Eurosport 2

Date - Group/Stage - Match - Venue (Kick-off)
Tue 19 Jan - A - HUN v AZE - Budapest (17.30)
Tue 19 Jan - B - ITA v BEL - Debrecen (19.00)
Wed 20 Jan - C - RUS v SVN - Budapest (20.00)
Wed 20 Jan - D - ESP v BLR - Debrecen (18.00)
Thu 21 Jan - A - AZE v CZE - Budapest (18.00)
Thu 21 Jan - B - BEL v UKR - Debrecen (20.00)
Fri 22 Jan - C - SVN v SRB - Budapest (18.00)
Fri 22 Jan - D - BLR v POR - Debrecen (20.00)
Sat 23 Jan - A - CZE v HUN - Budapest (20.30)
Sat 23 Jan - B - UKR v ITA - Debrecen (18.30)
Sun 24 Jan - C - SRB v RUS - Budapest (20.30)
Sun 24 Jan - D - POR v ESP - Debrecen (18.30)
Mon 25 Jan - Quarter-final 1 - A1 v B2 - Budapest (20.00)
Mon 25 Jan - Quarter-final 2 - A2 v B1 - Debrecen (18.00)
Tue 26 Jan - Quarter-final 3 - C1 v D2 - Budapest (19.30)
Tue 26 Jan - Quarter-final 4 - C2 v D1 - Debrecen (17.30)
Thu 28 Jan - Semi-final 1 - Winners QF1 v Winners QF3 - Debrecen (17.30)
Thu 28 Jan - Semi-final 2 - Winners QF2 v Winners QF4 - Debrecen (20.00)
Sat 30 Jan - Third-place match - Losers SF1 v Losers SF2 - Debrecen (18.00)
Sat 30 Jan - Final - Winners SF1 v Winners SF2 - Debrecen (20.30)







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