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Host country
  
Croatia

Champions
  
Spain (6th title)

Fourth place
  
Croatia

Teams
  
12

Goals scored
  
109

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Runners-up
  
Russia

Best player
  
Enrique Boned Guillot

Attendance
  
95,519

Matches played
  
20

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Dates
  
31 January – 11 February

Champion
  
Spain national futsal team

Third place
  
Italy national futsal team

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The UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 was the eighth official edition of the UEFA European Championship for national futsal teams. It was hosted by Croatia, and was played from January, 31 to February, 11. 12 teams competed for the title, with 11 teams gain entries from qualification rounds, while Croatia gained an automatic entry as hosts. The championship was played in the two biggest Croatian cities, Zagreb and the 15,024 seater Arena Zagreb and in Split, at the 10,931 capacity Spaladium Arena.

Contents

Spain defended their title, having won it for the sixth consecutive time.

Uefa futsal euro 2012 spain 1 0 italy


Bids

Three nations had made bids for the 2012 Championship. Alongside Croatia, Belgium – which had failed in the 2010 bid – made a new bid with Antwerp and Charleroi, while Macedonia made one with the city of Skopje. Croatia was selected to host the Championship by a decision made on March 24, 2010, at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Qualification

Forty-two nations took part in 2012 edition. Host nation qualified directly, while other had to go through qualification rounds.

The qualification was played in two stages, with 24 sides competing in the preliminary round between 20–24 January 2011. The group winners progressed to join the other 18 entrants in the next phase. In the main qualifying round, which was taking place between 24–27 February 2011, 24 teams were split in 6 groups of 4 teams. The winners and best five second-placed teams joined Croatia in the finals.

Seeding

UEFA announced the seedings on Monday, 28 February 2011, one day after the qualification was concluded. Croatia was automatically seeded as A1. The Draw was scheduled for 9 September 2011 in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

References

UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 Wikipedia