UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 January – 27 September 2017 |
| Teams | 47 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 78 |
| Goals scored | 456 (5.85 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Halim Selmanaj (9 goals)
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The UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying competition is a men's futsal competition that will determine the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Slovenia in the UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 final tournament.
A total of 47 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition (including Germany and Kosovo who entered for the first time).
The qualifying competition consists of three rounds:
In the preliminary round and main round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):
To determine the best third-placed team from the main round, the following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):
In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 20.01).
The qualifying matches are played on the following dates.
The teams were ranked according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:
The 21 highest-ranked teams entered the main round, while the 26 lowest-ranked teams entered the preliminary round. The coefficient ranking was also used for seeding in the preliminary round and main round draws, where each team was assigned a seeding position according to their ranking for the respective draw, with seven teams each pre-selected as hosts for the preliminary round and the main round (marked by (H) below).
The draws for the preliminary round and main round were held on 21 October 2016, 14:30 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
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