The road to UEFA Futsal EURO 2026 begins with the preliminary round, with the draw having split the contenders into three groups of four.

Preliminary round draw

Group A: Cyprus, Andorra, Estonia, Northern Ireland

Group B: Israel, Bulgaria, Austria, San Marino

Group C: Switzerland, Malta, Gibraltar, Scotland

Matches between 8 and 17 April, exact group dates/hosts tbc

In all 12 teams of the 48 entrants begin in the preliminary round. Co-hosts Latvia and Lithuania progress automatically to the finals while the top 34 qualifying contenders in the UEFA futsal national team coefficient ranking as of December 2023 enter directly in the main round.

The 12 preliminary round contenders were drawn into three groups of four teams, played as mini-tournaments between 8 and 17 April. The hosts are to be confirmed.

The top two in each group will go through to the main round, played as home-and-away fixtures from December.

Teams entering directly in main round

Portugal (holders), Spain, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, France, Finland, Croatia, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Georgia, Netherlands, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Belgium, Belarus, Moldova, Germany, North Macedonia, Sweden, Montenegro, Kosovo, England, Denmark, Albania, Norway, Greece, Türkiye

courtesy: UEFA.com