Futsal EURO 2026 final tournament draw

The draw has been made for UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 in Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia by Ljubljana 2018 winner and all-time finals leading scorer Ricardinho, and world champion boxer and tournament ambassador Eimantas Stanionis.

Holders Portugal, aiming for a third straight title, have been placed in a group with two-time champions Italy, Hungary and Poland. Record seven-time winners Spain face co-hosts Slovenia, Belarus and Belgium in their group.

Co-hosts Lithuania will take on fellow finals debutants Armenia, Czechia and twice runners-up Ukraine. The other home nation, Latvia, take on Croatia, Georgia and France.

Futsal EURO will be a 16-team tournament played from 21 January to 7 February, and the finals draw at Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas, Lithuania split the contenders into four groups of four. Co-hosts Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia will be joined by 13 more nations for the event at Arena Riga in Riga, Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas and both Arena Stožice and Tivoli Arena in Ljubljana, with the top two in each group progressing to the knockout phase.

Match schedule

Knockout system

Quarter-final 1: Winners Group B vs Runners-up Group A
Quarter-final 2: Winners Group A vs Runners-up Group B
Quarter-final 3: Winners Group C vs Runners-up Group D
Quarter-final 4: Winners Group D vs Runners-up Group C

Semi-final 1: Winners quarter-final 2 vs Winners quarter-final 1
Semi-final 2: Winners quarter-final 4 vs Winners quarter-final 3

Third-place match: Defeated team semi-final 1 vs Defeated team semi-final 2

Final: Winners semi-final 1 vs Winners semi-final 2

Ticket sales open on Monday 27 October; further information can be found here.

New Futsal EURO trophy unveiled

Lithuanian Football Federation

The winners of UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 will be the first to lift the newly designed trophy, the newest member of the UEFA Futsal trophy collection which also includes the UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO and UEFA Under-19 Futsal EURO.

Weighing approximately 13kg, the trophy stands 70cm tall and measures 18cm across its base. The names of the 12 previous champions are engraved across three back panels, while the front proudly features the UEFA logo. Inside the base of the trophy flue sits an anodised UEFA Futsal EURO logo icon, which is also emblazoned on the underside of the outer base.

Spain hold the record for most titles, having won the tournament on seven occasions. Italy and Portugal, champions of the last two editions, have each claimed the trophy twice.

Lithuanian Football Federation

How the draw worked

Draw principles

These teams are divided into four groups of four teams – Groups A to D

Co-hosts Latvia are pre-assigned to position A1, Lithuania to position B1 and Slovenia to position C1

Pot allocation 

The 16 participating teams are divided into four pots based on their position in the UEFA senior men’s futsal national team coefficient rankings on 26 September 2025.

The host associations (Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia) are not drawn during the procedure. As a result, the pots containing these teams will be reduced accordingly.

Draw procedure

Teams were drawn in alphabetical order from Groups A to D and the position within each group was also drawn.

The host associations (Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia) were not drawn and were pre-assigned to position 1 in Groups A, B and C respectively. Therefore, the bowls for Groups A, B and C contained only three balls for positions 2, 3 and 4.

The draw began with Pot 1, from which a team was drawn and assigned to the first available group in alphabetical order (starting with Group A).

To determine the position of the team within the group, a ball was drawn from the relevant bowl, e.g. ‘Group A’ to assign the team to position A2, A3 or A4 for the first team drawn.

Once Pot 1 was emptied, the draw proceeded to Pot 2, then Pot 3 and finally Pot 4, following the same procedure.

Draw conditions

As each group had to contain one team from each pot, this means that any other team from the same pot as a host could not be drawn into that hosts' group.

In addition to this condition, and in accordance with decisions made by the UEFA Executive Committee:

Belarus and Ukraine could not be drawn into the same group.

Due to national restrictions in Latvia and Lithuania, which prohibit matches involving Belarusian teams on their territory:

Belarus had to be drawn into Group C or D.

Ukraine had to be drawn into Group A or B.

If a prohibited clash occurred or was anticipated, the computer used to assist with the draw indicated the available group for the team drawn.