2025 Under-19 Futsal EURO preliminary and main round draws

The UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship preliminary and main round draws, streamed at 14:15 CET on Thursday 31 October, pave the road to the 2025 finals in Chișinău.

In all, 36 teams have entered, with 35 competing to join hosts Moldova in the finals at Chișinău Arena, scheduled from 28 September to 5 October. Portugal are the holders having won the title in 2023 with a final victory against Spain, who triumphed at the first two editions in 2019 and 2022.

The 25 nations with the highest coefficients – including Portugal, Spain, and 2023 semi-finalists Slovenia and Ukraine – enter directly in March's main round. The remaining ten entrants begin in January's preliminary round, competing for the last three main round places.

Competition calendar

Preliminary round: 21–26 January 
Main round: 25–30 March 
Final tournament: 28 September–5 October (Chișinău Arena, Moldova)

How the draw works

• Hosts Moldova receive a bye to the finals.
• Of the 35 other entrants, the ten lowest-ranked associations by coefficient (based on results in the inaugural three editions) begin in January's preliminary round.
• The preliminary round contenders compete for three places alongside the 25 nations entering in March's main round, which will produce Moldova's seven opponents for the finals.
• Both rounds will be played as one-venue mini-tournaments, with the three preliminary group winners progressing to the main round and the seven main round group winners joining Moldova in the finals.

Preliminary round

• There will be one group of four teams and two groups of three teams.
• Teams are split into four seeding tiers (three in each of positions 1 and 2, and the other four in positions 3 or 4) based on their coefficients, and drawn accordingly. Group A will contain four teams and Group B will have three.
• Lithuania (position 2) and San Marino (position 4 or 3) are pre-designated as mini-tournament hosts and drawn from a separate Pot 1 while maintaining their seeding.

Seeding pots

Pot 1 (hosts):
Lithuania (seeding position 2)
San Marino (seeding position 4 or 3)

The hosts are drawn into the position corresponding to their coefficient ranking starting with Group A. Should San Marino be drawn first, they will be allocated into position 4 in Group A and if they are drawn second, they will be allocated into position 3 in Group B.

Group C will not have a host assigned to that group; the associations of that group will have to decide amongst themselves who will host the mini-tournament by Monday 11 November at the latest. If the associations cannot agree, the UEFA administration will conduct a draw to determine the hosts.

Pot 2 (seeding position 4 or 3):
Malta
Germany
Estonia

The first team drawn will be allocated into position 4 in Group A, if not already occupied by San Marino and then the following two teams are drawn into the vacant position 3 in Groups A to C. 

Pot 3 (seeding position 2):
Kosovo
Gibraltar

The two teams are drawn into position 2 in Groups A to C, missing out the group which already has a host assigned to that position.

Pot 4 (seeding position 1):
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Montenegro

The three teams are drawn into position 1 in Groups A to C.

Main round

• Seven groups of four are formed: the seven group winners will join hosts Moldova in the finals in Chișinău.
• Teams are split into four seeding tiers according to their coefficients: the three preliminary round group winners join the teams ranked 22 to 25 in position 4.
• Seven teams are pre-designated as mini-tournament hosts and drawn from Pot 1 while maintaining their seeding.
• Based on decisions taken by the UEFA Executive Committee, the following pairs of teams cannot be drawn together: Gibraltar and Spain; Kosovo and Serbia; Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo; Belarus and Ukraine

Seeding pots

Pot 1 (hosts):
Portugal (holders, seeding position 1)
Croatia (seeding position 1)
Czechia (seeding position 2)
Latvia (seeding position 3)
Serbia (seeding position 3)
Hungary (seeding position 3)
Slovakia (seeding position 3)

The hosts are drawn into Groups 1 to 7 and placed in the position corresponding to their coefficient ranking.

Pot 2 (seeding position 4):
Kazakhstan
Andorra
Montenegro
England
Winners preliminary round Group A
Winners preliminary round Group B
Winners preliminary round Group C

The seven teams are drawn into position 4 in Groups 1 to 7.

Pot 3 (seeding position 3):
Türkiye
Belarus
Greece

The three teams are drawn into position 3 in Groups 1 to 7, missing out the groups which already have a host assigned to that position.

Pot 4 (seeding position 2):
France
Belgium
Finland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania
Netherlands

The six teams are drawn into position 2 in Groups 1 to 7, missing out the group which already has a host assigned to that position. 

Pot 5 (seeding position 1):
Spain
Ukraine
Poland
Slovenia
Italy

The four teams are drawn into position 1 in Groups 1 to 7, missing out the groups which already have a host assigned to that position.

Meet the teams

• Portugal are holders having beaten Spain in the 2023 final, having been runners-up in 2022 and semi-finalists in 2019.
• Spain won the first two editions, in 2019 and as hosts in 2022 before losing the 2023 final.
• Croatia were runners-up in 2019 and have been in both subsequent final tournaments, as hosts in 2023.
• Ukraine reached the semi-finals in 2022 and 2023 and also qualified in 2019.
• Slovenia reached the semis on their finals debut in 2023.
• Other teams aiming for a finals return are Finland (2023), France (2022 and 2023), Italy (2022 and 2023), Latvia (2019 hosts), Netherlands (2019) and Romania (2022).