The draw for the main round of the European qualification for the 2024 World Cup in futsal will take place on July 7 (start at 14:30 Kyiv time).

As UEFA reports, UEFA, 36 national teams will participate in the main round draw and will be divided into 12 groups of three teams, with matches played home and away. The 12 group winners and four best second-placed teams will advance to the elite round. The other eight second-placed teams will take part in the playoff of the main round.

The group stage of the main round will be contested by 23 teams with the highest coefficients from among the 47 European national teams as of November 2021: Spain, Portugal, 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.

The main round will also feature 13 teams that started in the previous round: Austria, Armenia, Greece, Denmark, Israel, Cyprus, Kosovo, Lithuania, Moldova, Germany, Norway, Montenegro, Sweden.

The Ukrainian futsal team will start its participation in the 2024 World Cup qualification from the main round. During the draw, our team will be placed in the first seeding pot. Matches of the main round will conclude by March 8, 2023.

2024 WC. European Qualification. Main Round

Seeding pots

Pot 1: Portugal, Spain, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Italy, Czech Republic, Georgia, Finland, Slovakia.

Pot 2: Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belarus, Hungary, France, Belgium, Latvia, North Macedonia, Moldova.

Pot 3: Montenegro, Kosovo, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Armenia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Cyprus, Lithuania, Austria.

Date of matches

September 12-21, 2022

October 3-12, 2022

November 6-9, 2022

February 27 - March 8, 2023

Format

Qualification takes place over five stages: preliminary round (mini-tournaments), main round (groups with home and away matches), playoff of the main round (home and away matches), elite round (groups with home and away matches) and playoff of the elite round (home and away matches).

Main Round Playoff

Draw: March 10, 2023.

Matches: April 10-19, 2023.

Eight teams will be divided into four pairs and matches will take place home and away. Winners will advance to the elite round.

Elite Round

Draw: July 5, 2023.

Matches: will be concluded by December 20, 2023.

Twenty national teams will be divided into five groups of four teams and matches will take place home and away. Five group winners will advance to the World Cup 2024. The four best second-placed teams will proceed to the playoff of the elite round. If the European association is selected to host the final tournament, only two best second-placed teams will proceed to the playoff of the elite round.

Elite Round Playoff

Draw: January 25, 2024.

Matches: April 8-17, 2024.

Four teams will be divided into two pairs (if only two teams participate in the playoff, a draw will determine the order of matches), and matches will take place home and away. Winners will advance to the World Cup 2024.