Courtesy: Guide 2 Croatia


UEFA Qualifiers for EURO 2012 in Croatia kick off

18 February 2011

UEFA Futsal EURO 2012 to take place in Croatia as qualifying rounds kick off.

The teams to be included in the UEFA Futsal EURO 2012 in Croatia will be decided over the next week when the qualifers take place one by one across Europe. Spain are the current cup holders and Italy and Russia are previous winners - 24 teams are trying to qualify for the championship in all.

Six four-team mini-tournaments will run from Thursday to Sunday in Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Slovenia with the group winners and five best runners-up joining hosts Croatia in the 9 September draw in Zagreb for the finals early next year.

Qualifying round draw:
Group 1: Spain, Azerbaijan (hosts), Kazakhstan, France*
Group 2: Russia, Serbia, Netherlands (hosts), Finland*
Group 3: Portugal, Belarus, Poland (hosts), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*
Group 4: Czech Republic, Romania (hosts), Slovakia, Norway*
Group 5: Ukraine (hosts), Hungary, Belgium, Turkey*
Group 6: Italy, Slovenia (hosts), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia*


Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com