Futsal World Cup primary qualifying spherical teams: fixtures and outcomes | futsal world cup

The primary qualifying spherical for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup is underway.

The champion Portugal among the many groups that compete in 12 teams of three, with the identical enjoying each at residence and away. The highest 12 finishers in every group and the 4 greatest runners-up go on to the elite spherical, which will likely be performed in teams with residence and away matches on the finish of 2023. The remaining eight runners-up will enter the play-offs of the primary spherical in April, which is able to resolve the final 4 locations within the elite spherical.

Qualifying event format: how Europe’s hopefuls will likely be determined

Group 1: Spain, Moldova, Cyprus

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October 8: Moldova – Cyprus
October 11: Spain – Moldova
November 8: Cyprus – Spain
March 1: Spain – Cyprus
March 5: Cyprus – Moldova
March 8: Moldova – Spain

Group 2: Georgia, Belgium, Austria

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October 5: Belgium – Austria
October 8: Georgia – Belgium
October 12: Austria – Georgia
November 9: Georgia – Austria
March 4: Austria – Belgium
March 7: Belgium – Georgia

Group 3: Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia

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September 17: Bosnia and Herzegovina – Armenia
September 20: Czech Republic – Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 8: Armenia – Czech Republic
October 12: Czech Republic – Armenia
March 3: Armenia – Bosnia and Herzegovina
March 8: Bosnia and Herzegovina – Czech Republic

Group 4: Portugal, Belarus, Lithuania

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October 6: Portugal – Belarus
October 11: Lithuania – Portugal
November 9: Portugal – Lithuania
March 1: Lithuania – Belarus
March 7: Belarus – Lithuania
March 7: Belarus – Portugal

Staff 5: Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Montenegro

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September 20: Slovenia – Montenegro
October 8: Kazakhstan – Slovenia
October 12: Montenegro – Kazakhstan
November 9: Kazakhstan – Montenegro
March 3: Montenegro – Slovenia
March 8: Slovenia – Kazakhstan

group 6: Azerbaijan, Poland, Greece

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September 19: Poland – Greece
October 7: Azerbaijan – Poland
October 11: Greece – Azerbaijan
November 9: Greece – Poland
March 3: Azerbaijan – Greece
March 7: Poland – Azerbaijan

Group 7: Croatia, Hungary, Israel

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September 19: Hungary – Israel
October 7: Croatia – Hungary
October 12: Israel – Croatia
November 8: Croatia – Israel
March 2: Israel – Hungary
March 7: Hungary – Croatia

Group 8: Finland, Romania, Denmark

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October 6: Romania – Denmark
October 11: Finland – Romania
November 8: Denmark – Finland
March 1: Romania – Finland
March 5: Denmark – Romania
March 8: Finland – Denmark

Group 9: Serbia, France, Norway

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October 5: Norway – Serbia
October 8: France – Norway
October 12: Serbia – France
November 9: Serbia – Norway
March 2: Norway – France
March 7: France – Serbia

Group 10: Italy, North Macedonia, Sweden

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October 7: Sweden – North Macedonia
October 12: North Macedonia – Italy
November 9: Italy – Sweden
March 1: Italy – North Macedonia
March 5: North Macedonia – Sweden
March 8: Sweden – Italy

Group 11: Ukraine, Netherlands, Kosovo

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September 18: Netherlands – Kosovo
October 7: Ukraine – Kosovo
October 11: Ukraine – Netherlands
November 8: Kosovo – Ukraine
March 3: Kosovo – Netherlands
March 8: Netherlands – Ukraine

Group 12: Slovakia, Latvia, Germany

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October 5: Latvia – Germany
October 8: Slovakia – Latvia
October 12: Germany – Slovakia
November 9: Slovakia – Germany
March 1: Germany – Latvia
March 8: Latvia – Slovakia

Contenders

• the 32 groups with the best coefficients of the 47 entrants* as of November 2021 begin in the primary spherical group stage: Spain, Portugal (champions), Kazakhstan, Croatia, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Italy, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Finland, Romania, Slovakia, Georgia, Belarus, Netherlands, Hungary, France, Belgium, Latvia, North Macedonia ( *Russia suspended)
• The remaining 13 locations are occupied by the highest two groups from every of the six preliminary spherical teams, plus the very best third-placed group: Germany, Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Kosovo, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway** and Sweden. (**Finest third ranked group)
• Austria, making its World Cup debut, made it by way of a futsal qualifying spherical for the primary time.
• Portugal received the 2021 World Cup in Lithuania, in addition to the final two European Futsal Cups. In flip, Spain was world champion in 2000 and 2004.
• Along with Portugal, Spain and Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Serbia additionally contested the 2021 World Cup.
• Groups which have performed in earlier World Cups: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine

match dates

September 17–20, 2022
October 5–12, 2022
November 8–9, 2022
March 1–8, 2023

The highway to the ultimate section

Predominant spherical knockout draw: 10 March 2023, Nyon
Predominant Spherical Play-offs: April 10-19, 2023
Elite Spherical Draw: fifth July 2023
Elite Spherical: Group matches performed at residence and away by groups and have to be accomplished by 20 December 2023
Elite spherical play-off draw: 25 January 2024, Nyon
Elite Spherical Play-offs: April 8-17, 2024