UEFA Futsal EURO Serbia 2016
Monday, February 1, 2016
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Arena Belgrade staged UEFA Futsal EURO 2016 from 2 to 13 February in the Serbian capital.
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Arena Belgrade in the Serbian capital staged UEFA Futsal EURO 2016 from 2 to 13 February with 11 qualifiers joining the hosts. Spain won the title with Russia second and Kazakhstan third with a record total attendance of more than 111,000 watching the 20 games.
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Group stage
Tuesday 2 February
Group A: Serbia 5-1 Slovenia
Group B: Spain 5-2 Hungary
Wednesday 3 February
Group C: Russia 2-1 Kazakhstan
Group D: Italy 3-0 Azerbaijan
Thursday 4 February
Group A: Slovenia 2-6 Portugal
Group B: Hungary 3-6 Ukraine
Friday 5 February
Group C: Kazakhstan 4-2 Croatia
Group D: Azerbaijan 6-5 Czech Republic
Saturday 6 February
Group A: Portugal 1-3 Serbia
Group B: Ukraine 1-4 Spain
Sunday 7 February
Group C: Croatia 2-2 Russia
Group D: Czech Republic 0-7 Italy
Quarter-finals
Monday 8 February
QF1: Serbia 2-1 Ukraine
QF2: Portugal 2-6 Spain
Tuesday 9 February
QF3: Russia 6-2 Azerbaijan
QF4: Kazakhstan 5-2 Italy
Semi-finals
Thursday 11 February
SF1: Serbia 2-3 Russia (aet)
SF2: Spain 5-3 Kazakhstan
Finals day
Saturday 13 February
Third-place play-off: Serbia 2-5 Kazakhstan
Final: Russia 3-7 Spain
The decision to award the finals was made at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Istanbul in March 2013, as the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) beat off competition from the Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) and the Football Association of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FFM).
Serbia followed in the footsteps of previous Futsal EURO hosts Belgium (2014), Croatia (2012), Hungary (2010), Portugal (2007), Czech Republic (2005), Italy (2003), Russia (2001) and Spain (the first UEFA European Futsal Championship of 1999 and also the 1996 UEFA European tournament). Slovenia will stage the 2018 finals in Ljubljana.