2017–18 UEFA Futsal Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates |
Qualifying rounds: 22 August – 26 November 2017 Final tournament: 19–21 or 20–22 April 2018 |
| Teams |
Final tournament: 4 Total: Maximum of 59 (from maximum of 55 associations) |
The 2017–18 UEFA Futsal Cup will be the 32nd edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament, and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format organized by UEFA.
Inter FS are the defending champions.
Starting from this season, the top three-ranked associations (Russia, Spain and Portugal) can enter two teams. Moreover, same as previous seasons, the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Futsal Cup qualify automatically as title holders, and thus their association can also enter a second team. If the title holders are from the top three-ranked associations, the fourth-ranked association (Italy) can also enter two teams. All other associations can enter one team (the winners of their regular top domestic futsal league, or in special circumstances, the runners-up). Therefore, a maximum of 59 teams from the 55 UEFA member associations may enter the tournament.
Following expansion of the tournament, the top-ranked teams no longer receive byes to the elite round, and the number of teams in the main round is increased from 24 to 32. Teams are ranked according to their UEFA coefficients, computed based on results of the last three seasons, to decide on the round they enter:
The elite round remains to be contested by 16 teams, drawn into four groups of four, where the group winners and runners-up from main round Path A are seeded into the top two pots and kept apart if they are from the same group. The winners of each group advance to the final tournament, which is played in the same knockout format as before.
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
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