UEFA Futsal Champions League round of 16 starts 23 November

The UEFA Futsal Champions League round of 16 starts on Monday 23 November.

The two-legged ties on 23/24 November and 4/5 December lead to February's quarter-finals, for which the draw is already made. Those home-and-away ties will decide the four teams that reach the knockout finals at Biel/Bienne Arena in Switzerland on 7 and 9 May.

Round of 16 fixtures

All times CET

First legs

Monday 23 November

Futsal Minerva vs Stalitsa Minsk (18:30)
TFK Beitar vs Sporting CP (19:00)
Piast Gliwice vs Kairat Almaty (19:00)
Kauno Žalgiris vs Benfica (19:00)
Olmissum vs Barça (20:00)
ElPozo Murcia vs Sporting Anderlecht (20:30)
L84 Torino vs HIT Kyiv (21:00)

Tuesday 24 November

Athletic Futsal vs Semey (19:00)

Second legs

Friday 4 December

Stalitsa Minsk vs Futsal Minerva (TBC)
Kairat Almaty vs Piast Gliwice (16:00)
HIT Kyiv vs L84 Torino (18:00)
Benfica vs Kauno Žalgiris (20:00)
Barça vs Olmissum (20:30)
Sporting Anderlecht vs ElPozo Murcia (20:30)

Saturday 5 December

Semey vs Athletic Futsal (15:00)
Sporting CP vs TFK Beitar (20:00)

Round of 16 team guide

L84 Torino vs HIT Kyiv

• Debutants L84 Torino only conceded one goal in the main round.
• HIT Kyiv narrowly lost to holders Illes Baleares Palma in the round of 16 last year.

Futsal Minerva vs Stalitsa Minsk

• Finals hosts Minerva, the first Swiss side to reach the last 16 under any format, beat Stalitsa 2-1 in the 2024/25 main round.
• Stalitsa previously made the last 16 (the old elite round) in 2017/18 and 2019/20.

Athletic Futsal vs Semey

• Athletic are in their debut campaign.
• Semey got to the quarter-finals last season.

Olmissum vs Barça

• Olmissum have now reached the last 16 in all five of their campaigns.
• Barça, top scorers in the main round, are aiming to match Inter FS's record of five titles.

ElPozo Murcia vs Sporting Anderlecht

• Murcia made it to the final in 2008 and 2020.
• Anderlecht were semi-finalists in 2022/23 and are in the last 16 for the sixth season in a row (including under their old identity as Halle-Gooik).

Beitar vs Sporting CP

• Beitar are in their debut season.
• Sporting won their third title last season after reaching a joint-record eighth final.

Piast Gliwice vs Kairat Almaty

• Piast are in the round of 16 for the second year running.
• Two-time champions Kairat lost in the quarter-finals last season a year after finishing runners-up.

Kauno Žalgiris vs Benfica

• Kauno previously contested the last 16 in 2018/19 and 2020/21.
• Former champions Benfica lost to Sporting CP in an epic quarter-final last term.

How the knockout phase works

Round of 16
• In the round-of-16 two-legged ties, the main round Path B group winners and Path A third-placed teams were drawn against sides finishing in the top two of the Path A groups, who as seeded teams will be away in the first legs. The draw also determined the quarter-final ties.

Quarter-finals
• The winners of the two-legged ties will progress to the final tournament.

Final tournament (7 & 9 May, Biel/Bienne)
• The final tournament is a one-venue four-team knockout event at Biel/Bienne Arena in Switzerland, with the semi-finals on 7 May and the final and third-place match two days later.