UEFA 2012 Futsal Euro: Russia vs Italy for the Championship on Saturday!

The 2012 UEFA European Futsal Championship is now underway and as usual is already delivering some of the most exciting moments in futsal this year. All the results are inside.

Taking place in Croatia’s two largest cities, Zagreb and Split, the 12 team competition features the usual powerhouses such as Portugal, Italy and defending champions Spain, who are looking to win their 4th consecutive, and 7th overall championship while up and coming teams such as Slovenia and Romania aim to make their mark. Games can be watched live online by streaming Eurosport.

Group stage

Group A (Split)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	2	2	0	0	7	5	+2	6
Romania	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	5	8	−3	0

31 January 2012 21:00	Croatia	2 – 1	Romania	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Pascal Lemal (Belgium)
	Marinović 23′ Grcić 35′	Report	Csoma 30′

2 February 2012 18:30	Romania	3 – 1	Czech Republic	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)
	Dobre 17′ Ignat 34′ Matei 37′	Report	Belej 8′

4 February 2012 20:30	Czech Republic	4 – 5	Croatia	Spaladium Arena, Split Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal)
	Belej 24′ Kopecký 35′ Roman Mareš 37′ Novak 38′ (o.g.)	Report	Grcić 9′ Marinović 23′, 38′ Despotović 29′ Novak 37′

Group B (Zagreb)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	8	3	+5	6
Ukraine	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	3
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	5	10	−5	0

31 January 2012 19:00	Spain	4 – 2	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)
	Miguelín 15′ Aicardo 26′ Torras 29′, 30′	Report	Fetič 17′ Mordej 37′

2 February 2012 20:30	Slovenia	3 – 6	Ukraine	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria)
	Legchanov 27′ (o.g.) Ursic 33′ Cujec 38′	Report	Klochko 5′ Legchanov 8′, 21′, 29′ Zhurba 9′ Pavlenko 16′

4 February 2012 14:00	Ukraine	1 – 4	Spain	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Petros Panayides (Cyprus)
	Kike 32′ (o.g.)	Report	Borja Blanco 4′ Miguelín 16′ Rafa Usín 18′, 19′

Group C (Split)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	4
Italy	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Turkey	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

1 February 2012 17:15	Italy	3 – 1	Turkey	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stephan Kammerer (Germany)
	Ippoliti 7′, 30′ Gabriel Lima 37′	Report	Yasin Erdal 2′

3 February 2012 18:30	Turkey	0 – 5	Russia	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 500 Referee: Marc Birkett (England)
		Report	Maevski 1′, 8′, 24′ Fukin 21′ Cirilo 22′

5 February 2012 20:30	Russia	2 – 2	Italy	Spaladium Arena, Split
	Fukin 4′ Sergeev 17′	Report	Gabriel Lima 21′ Fortino 30′

Group D (Zagreb)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6
Serbia	2	1	0	1	10	10	0	3
Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	9	13	–4	0

1 February 2012 21:00	Portugal	4 – 1	Azerbaijan	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia)
	Cardinal 3′ Felipe 4′ (o.g.) Marinho 26′ Ricardinho 38′	Report	Farajzade 7′

3 February 2012 20:30	Azerbaijan	8 – 9	Serbia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Sebastian Stawicki (Poland)
	Felipe 1′, 9′ Farzaliyev 5′ Jadder Dantas 11′, 23′, 32′ Thiago 34′ Bojović 39′ (o.g.)	Report	Bojović 6′, 8′, 29′, 39′ Rajčević 9′ Kocić 22′, 27′ Lazić 23′ Pavićević 37′

5 February 2012 14:00	Serbia	1 – 2	Portugal	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Referee: Karel Henych (Czech Republic)
	Ricardinho 31′ (o.g.)	Report	Arnaldo 21′ Pedro Cary 36′

Playoff round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 February 2012 – Split
	Croatia	1 (3)
					9 February 2012 – Zagreb
	Ukraine	1 (1)
					Croatia	2
	7 February 2012 – Split
					Russia	4
	Russia	2
									11 February 2012 – Zagreb
	Serbia	1
									Russia
	6 February 2012 – Zagreb
									Spain
	Romania	3
					9 February 2012 – Zagreb
	Spain	8
					Spain	1			Third place
	7 February 2012 – Zagreb
					Italy	0
	Italy	3							Croatia
	Portugal	1							Italy
									11 February 2012 – Zagreb

[edit] Quarter-finals

6 February 2012 18:30	Romania	3 – 8	Spain	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Referee: Gabor Kovacs (Hungary)
	Gherman 8′, 14′ Matei 25′	Report	Torras 3′, 19′, 29′ Aicardo 13′, 27′ Rafa Usín 16′ Lin 30′ Ortiz 37′

6 February 2012 21:00	Croatia	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Ukraine	Spaladium Arena, Split
	Ovsyannikov 17′ (o.g.)	Report	Chepornyuk 30′
		Penalties
	Grcić Jelovčić Novak	3 – 1	Kondratyuk Zhurba Pavlenko Legchanov

7 February 2012 18:30	Russia	2 – 1	Serbia	Spaladium Arena, Split Referee: Danijel Janosevic (Croatia)
	Fukin 29′ Pula 34′	Report	Milosavac 25′

7 February 2012 21:00	Italy	3 – 1	Portugal	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Referee: Borut Sivic (Slovenia)
	Arnaldo 20′ (o.g.) Saad Assis 29′ Patias 38′	Report	Ricardinho 24′

[edit] Semi-finals

9 February 2012 18:30	Croatia	2 – 4	Russia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Borut Sivic (Slovenia)
	Marinović 27′, 37′	Report	Prudnikov 1′ Cirilo 5′ Abramov 16′ Pula 21′

9 February 2012 21:00	Spain	1 – 0	Italy	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Referee: Gabor Kovacs (Hungary)
	Aicardo 6′	Report

[edit] Third place play-off

11 February 2012 18:30	Croatia	v	Italy	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

[edit] Final

11 February 2012 21:00	Russia	v	Spain	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb