UEFA Futsal Euro 2016
Logo of UEFA Futsal Euro 2016
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Serbia
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| City | Belgrade |
| Dates | 2–13 February 2016 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Spain (7th title)
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| Runners-up |
 Russia
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| Third place |
 Kazakhstan
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| Fourth place |
Serbia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 129 (6.45 per match) |
| Attendance | 113,961 (5,698 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Serik Zhamankulov Ricardinho Álex Miguelín Mario Rivillos(6 goals each) |
| Best player |
Miguelín
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The 2016 UEFA Futsal Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Futsal Euro 2016, was the 10th edition of the UEFA Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of Europe. It was hosted for the first time in Serbia, following a decision of the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012. Serbia was chosen ahead of other bids from Bulgaria and Macedonia.
The final tournament was contested from 2 to 13 February 2016 by twelve teams, eleven of which joined the hosts Serbia after overcoming a qualifying tournament. The matches were played in the Belgrade Arena in the city of Belgrade.
A total of 46 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Scotland which entered for the first time), and with the hosts Serbia qualifying automatically, the other 45 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 11 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition, which took place from January to September 2015, consisted of three rounds:
The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.
The final draw was held on 2 October 2015, 12:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the Belgrade Town Hall in Belgrade, Serbia, where former Serbian footballer Dejan Stanković was unveiled as the tournament ambassador and made the draw. The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, with the hosts Serbia (assigned to position A1 in the draw) and the title holders Italy automatically placed into Pot 1.
Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and one team from Pot 3. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group or in groups scheduled to be played on the same day (due to a potential clash of teams and clash of fans). Therefore, if Russia were drawn in Group B, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group C or D, and if Russia were drawn in Group C or D, Ukraine had to be drawn in Group A or B.
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