Kazakhstan, Portugal, Russia, Spain into Futsal World Cup

• All the results
• The four group winners qualify for the finals in Lithuania
• Confirmed in finals: Kazakhstan, Lithuania (hosts), Portugal, Russia, Spain
• The four runners-up go into the play-offs for the remaining two UEFA berths
• Confirmed play-offs: Croatia v Czech Republic, Serbia v Finland

How the groups ended

European champions Portugal topped their groupAndré Sanano/FPF

Group A
Qualified: Portugal
Play-offs: Finland
Also in group: Italy, Belarus

Group B
Qualified: Spain
Play-offs: Serbia
Also in group: France, Ukraine

Spain have now made it to all nine Futsal World CupsFSS

Group C
Qualified: Russia
Play-offs: Croatia
Also in group: Azerbaijan, Slovakia

Group D
Qualified: Kazakhstan
Play-offs: Czech Republic
Also in group: Romania, Slovenia

• Finland (who drew with Italy and European champions Portugal before beating Belarus to reach their first major futsal play-off, and have never reached a major tournament) and Belarus both began in the preliminary round.
• Spain won the World Cup in 2000 and 2004, and reached three other finals, and will be one of just three ever-present teams in the nine editions alongside fellow champions Brazil and holders Argentina.
• Italy (2004) and Russia (2016) have also been runners-up. Italy and Ukraine have missed out on the World Cup for the first time since 2000.

Finland made history by reaching the play-offsAndré Sanano/FPF

Play-off ties: 2 to 11 November

Croatia vs Czech Republic
Serbia vs Finland

• The two play-off winners over two legs progress to the finals.

Finals

Dates
12 September to 3 October 2021 (after postponement from 2020)

Venue
Lithuania (Kaunas Arena, Vilnius Arena and Klaipėda Arena)