UEFA Women's Futsal EURO 2027 dates and format
Saturday, March 21, 2026
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Two rounds of mini-tournaments and a play-off will decide which seven teams join Croatia in the expanded eight-nations finals in March 2027.
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The UEFA European Women's Futsal Championship has a new format for its fourth edition having switched from a biennial four-team final tournament to an eight-nation event held every four years.
Qualifying for UEFA Women's Futsal EURO 2027 is in three stages: main round, elite round and play-off. Croatia automatically qualify for the final tournament at Arena Gradski Vrt in Osijek as hosts.
The qualifying draw on Friday 12 December 2025 covered both the main and elite rounds. Of the 23 qualifying entrants, each participating association starts the competition according to the UEFA Women’s National Futsal Team Coefficient Rankings.
The 12 lowest-ranked associations began the competition in the main round, which ran from 18 to 21 March 2026, and played in three groups of four teams. The remaining 11 enter in the elite round (running from 6 to 11 October 2026), joined by the five qualifiers from the main round.
Six teams will qualify from the elite round to join Croatia in the finals with one more to emerge from the two-nation play-off. Spain will aim to defend their title having won the first three editions in 2019, 2022 and 2023.
UEFA Women's Futsal EURO 2027 calendar
Qualifying draw: 14:00 CET, 12 December 2025
Main round: 18 to 21 March 2026
Elite round: 6 to 11 October 2026
Play-off: 12 to 26 November 2026
Finals draw: tbc
Final tournament (Osijek, Croatia): 14 to 21 March 2027
UEFA Women's Futsal EURO 2027 format
Qualifying
Main round
The teams competed in three single-venue mini-tournaments of four countries.
Group A
Through to elite round: Czechia, Norway (hosts)
Also in group: Belarus, Kazakhstan
Group B
Through to elite round: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Also in group: England, Serbia, Lithuania (hosts)
Group C
Through to elite round: France, Slovenia (hosts)
Also in group: Latvia, Northern Ireland
Ranking of teams progressing from main round
Group winners:
1 France
2 Norway
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group runners-up:
1 Slovenia
2 Czechia
Elite round
The 11 teams entering directly in the elite round are joined by the five main round qualifiers. These 16 sides are drawn into four groups of four, played as single-venue mini-tournaments.
Group 1: Portugal (hosts), Finland, Netherlands, Czechia
Group 2: Hungary, Sweden, Slovakia (hosts), Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group 3 (hosts TBC): Spain (holders), Italy, France, Slovenia
Group 4 (hosts TBC): Ukraine, Poland, Belgium, Norway
The winner of each group and the two best runners-up in the elite round qualify directly for the UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO 2027 along with hosts Croatia.
The two bottom-ranked runners-up qualify for the home-and-away play-off that will determine the last qualified team.
Play-off
A two-legged tie determines the last qualifier for the final tournament. The fourth-ranked elite round runner-up will be at home to the third-ranked elite round runner-up in the first leg.
Final tournament
Hosts Croatia and the seven qualifiers are drawn into two groups of four. The top two teams in each group progress to the knockout phase starting with the semi-finals.
