UEFA Futsal Champions League preliminary and main round draws
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
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The 2026/27 season begins with the draws for the preliminary and main rounds at 12:00 CET on Wednesday 8 July.
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The 2026/27 UEFA Futsal Champions League season begins with the draws for the preliminary and main rounds on Wednesday 8 July in Nyon.
In all 56 clubs from 52 associations have entered. The 32 lowest-ranked teams enter in the preliminary round, with the remaining 23 clubs including holders Sporting CP starting in the main round.
Format
Preliminary round
• The 32 lowest-ranked teams enter in this round.
• Teams are drawn into eight groups of four played as one-venue mini-tournaments with seeding based on coefficient and teams selected in advance as hosts, drawn separately.
• The eight group winners progress to Path B of the main round.
Preliminary round group hosts
MNK Buba Mara (BIH, seeding position 1)
Doukas SAC (GRE, position 1)
Újpest FC (HUN, position 2)
KMF Studentski Dom (MNE, position 2)
Tirana Futsal (ALB, position 2)
Athletic Futsal Club Graz (AUT, position 2)
Amigo Northwest (BUL, position 3)
Unisport FC (ARM, position 3)
Main round Path A
• Holders Sporting CP, the next 11 top-ranked clubs and the teams ranked 16th to 19th will be involved in this path.
• As in the previous draw, teams are allocated one of four seeding positions and four clubs are designated as hosts, drawn separately while maintaining their seeding positions. There is no country protection.
• The top three teams in each of the four groups progress to the round of 16.
Main round Path A group hosts
Sporting Anderlecht Futsal (BEL, position 2)
MNK Olmissum (CRO, position 3)
Futsal Klub Lučenec (SVK, position 3)
Tigers Roermond (NED, position 4)
Main round Path B
• The teams ranked 12th to 15th and those ranked 20th to 23rd begin in this path and will be joined by the eight preliminary round qualifiers. In all, 16 teams will be involved in this path.
• The winners of each of the four groups (also played as single-venue mini-tournaments) progress to the round of 16.
Main round Path B group hosts
Piast Gliwice (POL, position 1)
KMF Loznica-Grad 2018 (SRB, position 1)
L84 Torino (ITA, position 2)
FC Differdange 03 (LUX, position 2)
Calendar
Preliminary & main round draw: 8 July
Preliminary round: 25–30 August
Main round: 27 October–1 November
Round of 16 & quarter-final draw: 4 November
Round of 16 (two legs): 23 November & 4 December
Quarter-finals (two legs): 8 & 19 February
Finals: 6 or 7 & 8 or 9 May (Venue TBC)