UEFA Futsal Champions League finals draw: Barça-Sporting, Benfica-Palma
Thursday, March 14, 2024
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Holders Mallorca Palma Futsal face Benfica and Barça play Sporting CP in the semi-finals on 3 May in Yerevan.
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Holders Mallorca Palma Futsal face Benfica and Barça meet Sporting CP in the 2024 UEFA Futsal Champions League semi-finals on 3 May after the draw ceremony in the Red Hall of the venue that will stage the finals, Yerevan's Demirchyan Arena SCC.
The draw was made by tournament ambassador Ruben Nazaretyan, the Armenia futsal head national coach.
Finals schedule
Friday 3 May
Semi-finals:
Benfica vs Mallorca Palma Futsal (16:00)
Barça vs Sporting CP (19:00)
Sunday 5 May
Third-place play-off:
Barça / Sporting CP vs Benfica / Palma (15:00)
Final:
Barça / Sporting CP vs Benfica / Palma (18:00)
All time CET, local time is two hours ahead.
Last year Palma, hosting the finals on debut, beat 2010 winners Benfica 4-3 in the semi-finals before going on to defeat two-time champions Sporting, who will now aim to become the first club to reach the decider four years running. Barça, hoping to equal Inter FS's record of five titles, beat Sporting in the semi-finals in 2012 and 2015 and also in the 2022 final, 12 months after the Lisbon side defeated the Blaugrana to win the first of their crowns.
Roll of honour
UEFA FUTSAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Four-team finals
2023 (Palma de Mallorca): Mallorca Palma Futsal (ESP) 1-1aet, 5-3pens Sporting CP (POR)
2022 (Riga): Barça (ESP) 4-0 Sporting CP (POR)
Eight-team finals
2021 (Zadar): Sporting CP (POR) 4-3 Barça (ESP)
Four-team finals
2020 (Barcelona): Barça (ESP) 2-1 Murcia FS (ESP)
2019 (Almaty): Sporting CP (POR) 2-1 Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
UEFA FUTSAL CUP
Four-team finals
2018 (Zaragoza): Inter FS (ESP) 5-2 Sporting CP (POR)
2017 (Almaty): Inter FS (ESP) 7-0 Sporting CP (POR)
2016 (Guadalajara): Ugra Yugorsk (RUS) 4-3 Inter FS (ESP)
2015 (Lisbon): Kairat Almaty (KAZ) 3-2 Barça (ESP)
2014 (Baku): Barça (ESP) 5-2aet FC Dynamo (RUS)
2013 (Tbilisi): Kairat Almaty (KAZ) 4-3 FC Dynamo (RUS)
2012 (Lleida): Barça (ESP) 3-1 FC Dynamo (RUS)
2011 (Almaty): Montesilvano (ITA) 5-2 Sporting CP (POR)
2010 (Lisbon): Benfica (POR) 3-2aet Inter FS (ESP)
2009 (Ekaterinburg): Inter FS (ESP) 5-1 Sinara Ekaterinburg (RUS)
2008 (Moscow): Sinara Ekaterinburg (RUS) 4-4aet, 3-2pens Murcia FS (ESP)
2007 (Murcia): FC Dynamo (RUS) 2-1 Inter FS (ESP)
Two-legged finals
2006: Inter FS (ESP) 6-3/3-4: 9-7agg FC Dynamo (RUS)
2005: Action 21 Charleroi (BEL) 4-3/6-6aet: 10-9agg FC Dynamo (RUS)
2004: Inter FS (ESP) 4-1/3-4: 7-5agg Benfica (POR)
2003: Playas de Castellón (ESP) 1-1/6-4: 7-5agg Action 21 Charleroi (BEL)
Eight-team finals
2002 (Lisbon): Playas de Castellón 5-1 Action 21 Charleroi (BEL)
