2025 UEFA Futsal Champions League finals: Le Mans
Monday, December 16, 2024
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The 2024/25 finals will be a four-team knockout event in the first weekend of May at a venue to be confirmed.
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Antarès in Le Mans will stage the 2025 UEFA Futsal Champions League finals from 2 to 4 May.
Finals contenders
Cartagena Costa Cálida (ESP), Illes Balears Palma (ESP, holders), Kairat Almaty (KAZ), Sporting CP (POR)
Officially hosted by French club Etoile Lavalloise, it will be the first UEFA futsal final tournament to be played in France. The date and location for the draw is to be announced.
The 5,785-capacity arena, nicknamed the ‘Saucer’ after its distinctive shape, opened in 1995, and is located inside the Circuit de la Sarthe, home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. It is the home of Le Mans Sarthe Basket and was a venue for FIBA EuroBasket 1999 as well as hosting handball, gymnastics, fencing, ice shows, concerts and trade fairs among many events.
The finals are a four-team knockout event played between the teams that won the recent elite round mini-tournaments: debutants Cartagena Costa Cálida, holders Illes Balears Palma and their fellow two-time champions Kairat Almaty and Sporting CP.
Roll of honour
UEFA FUTSAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Four-team finals
2024 (Yerevan): lles Balears Palma (ESP) 5-1 Barça (ESP)
2023 (Palma de Mallorca): lles Balears Palma (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)