May 30 will see the draw for the main round of qualification for Euro-2026 in futsal (kickoff at 13:15 Kyiv time). 40 teams will be divided into 10 groups of four participants, who will compete from December to April for ten direct spots in the final stage and eight places in the playoff.

The Euro-2026 futsal championship will be the second edition after expanding the final stage from twelve to sixteen teams and deciding to hold the tournament every four years instead of two.

Euro-2026 Futsal Format

Qualification includes three stages: a preliminary round (mini-tournaments), the main round (groups with home and away matches) and the playoff (home and away).

The tournament hosts, Latvia and Lithuania, will automatically qualify for Euro-2026. Some teams started in the preliminary round, others — directly in the main.

Main Round (December 9, 2024 to April 16, 2025)

Forty participants (the thirty-four best teams by December rating and six of the best from the preliminary round) will be divided into ten groups of four teams. Each national team will meet each other in their group home and away. The ten group winners join Latvia and Lithuania in the final stage, while the eight best second-placed teams will play in the playoff.

During the draw, teams are divided into four pots of 10 teams based on their coefficients as of April 18, 2024. The Ukraine national team is in the fourth pot.

Pot 1 (position 4): Albania, Norway, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Andorra, Malta, Austria.

Pot 2 (position 3): Belarus, Moldova, Belgium, North Macedonia, Germany, Sweden, Montenegro, Kosovo, England, Denmark.

Pot 3 (position 2): Netherlands, Italy, Czech Republic, Romania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Slovakia, Hungary, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pot 4 (position 1): Portugal, Spain, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Croatia, Finland, France, Poland, Slovenia, Serbia.

Playoff (September 15–24, 2025)

Eight teams will be split into four pairs. After home and away matches, the final four participants of the final stage will be determined.

Final tournament (period from January 18 to February 8, 2026, exact dates will be announced later)

Sixteen teams will be split into four groups. The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarter-finals.

Euro-2026 Futsal Calendar

Main round draw: May 30, 2024.

Main round: December 9–18, 2024, January 27 — February 5, 2025, March 3–12, 2025, April 7–16, 2025.

Playoff draw: May 15, 2025.

Playoff: September 15–24, 2025.

Final stage: period from January 18 to February 8, 2026.

As a reminder, the Ukraine national team placed fourth at Euro-2022 in futsal in the Netherlands, and Portugal is the current champion.