2018–19 UEFA Futsal Champions League

Association team allocation

Association ranking

• UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 final tournament and qualifying competition
• 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup final tournament and qualifying competition
• UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 final tournament and qualifying competition

• TH – Additional berth for title holders
• NR – No rank
• DNE – Did not enter

  Distribution

• The title holders and the teams ranked 1–22 or 23 enter the main round, divided into Path [|A] and Path [|B].
• *Path A contains the title holders and the teams ranked 1–11 and 16–19, and the 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four. The top three teams of each group advance to the elite round.
• *Path B contains the teams ranked 12–15 and 20–22 or 23, and together with the preliminary round qualifiers, the 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four. The winners of each group advance to the elite round.
• The remaining lowest-ranked teams enter the preliminary round, and are drawn into groups of three or four. The winners of each group and possibly one or more best runners-up advance to main round Path B.

Teams

• In the preliminary round, the 34 teams were drawn into nine groups: seven groups of four containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4, and two groups of three containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–3. First, the nine teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 25 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.
• In the main round Path B, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, should a team from Armenia advance from the preliminary round and qualify for a main round group with a team from Azerbaijan, they would be swapped with the preliminary round group winner in seeding position [|4] of the next main round group.
• In the main round Path A, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one team from each of the seeding positions 1–4. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Teams from the same association could be drawn into the same group. Based on the decisions taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel, teams from Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn into the same group.

• TH: Futsal Cup title holders
• CH: National champions
• RU: National runners-up
• : Preliminary and main round hosts

;Notes Format In the preliminary round, main round, and elite round, each group was played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. In the final tournament, the four qualified teams played in knockout format, either at a host selected by UEFA from one of the teams, or at a neutral venue if none of the teams wished to host. Tiebreakers In the preliminary round, main round, and elite round, teams were ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings : Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above ; Disciplinary points ; UEFA club coefficient; Drawing of lots. Schedule The schedule of the competition is as follows. Round Draw Dates Preliminary round 5 July 2018 28 August – 2 September 2018 Main round 5 July 2018 2–7 October 2018 Elite round 12 October 2018 13–18 November 2018 Final tournament [|1] February 2019 In the preliminary round, main round and elite round, the schedule of each group is as follows, with one rest day between matchdays [|2] and [|3] for four-team groups, and no rest days for three-team groups : Note: For scheduling, the hosts are considered as Team 1, while the visiting teams are considered as Team 2, Team 3, and Team 4 according to their coefficient rankings. Matchday Matches Matches Matchday 1 2 v 4, 1 v 3 1 v 3 Matchday 2 3 v 2, 1 v 4 3 v 2 Matchday 3 4 v 3, 2 v 1 2 v 1 Preliminary round The winners of each group advance to the main round Path B to join the seven teams which receive byes. Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group [|C] ---- ---- Group [|D] ---- ---- Group E ---- ---- Group F ---- ---- Group G ---- ---- Group H ---- ---- Group I ---- ---- Main round Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA. Path A The top three teams of each group in Path A advance to the elite round. Group 1 ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- Group 3 ---- ---- Group 4 ---- ---- Path B The winners of each group in Path B advance to the elite round. Group 5 ---- ---- Group 6 ---- ---- Group 7 ---- ---- Group 8 ---- ---- Elite round The draw for the elite round was held on 12 October 2018, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, containing one Path A group winners, one Path A group runners-up, and two teams which were either Path A group third-placed teams or Path B group winners. First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining 12 teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions. Winners and runners-up from the same Path A group could not be drawn in the same group, but third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same Path A group. Teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. Group Winners Runners-up Third-placed teams Seed Seeding position 1 Seeding position 2 Seeding position 3 or 4 1 Benfica Barcelona ' Halle-Gooik 2 Inter FS Era-Pack Chrudim ' Ekonomac 3 Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk Dobovec Sibiryak 4 Kairat Sporting CP Lidselmash Lida The winners of each group advance to the final tournament. Times are CET, as listed by UEFA. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Final tournament The hosts of the final tournament were selected from the four qualified teams. Kairat were chosen as hosts at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 3 December 2018, with the final tournament taking place at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 26 and 28 April 2019. Qualified teams In the following table, all final tournaments were in the Futsal Cup era. Only final tournaments in four-team format starting from 2007 are shown. Group Winners Previous final tournament appearances A Inter FS 6 B Barcelona 5 C Sporting CP 5 D Kairat 7 ;Notes Final draw The draw for the final tournament was held on 1 February 2019, at half-time of the Kazakhstan v Croatia friendly, at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty. The four teams were drawn into two semi-finals without any restrictions. Bracket In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary; however, no extra time was used in the third place match. Times are CEST, as listed by UEFA. Semi-finals ---- Third place match Final Top goalscorers Preliminary round: Main round: Elite round: Final tournament: Rank Player Team Total 1 Michał Kubik Rekord Bielsko-Biała 4 3 3 — 10 2 Ferrão Barcelona — 5 3 1 9 2 Oleksandr Bondar Rekord Bielsko-Biała 5 2 2 — 9 2 Michał Marek Rekord Bielsko-Biała 5 3 1 — 9 5 Dieguinho Sporting CP — 1 4 3 8 5 Edson Kairat — 3 4 1 8 5 Nermin Kahvedžić Mostar SG Staklorad 4 4 — — 8 8 Leandro Esquerdinha Barcelona — 5 1 1 7 8 Taynan da Silva Kairat — 6 0 1 7 8 Diogo Castro Halle-Gooik — 4 3 — 7 8 Humberto Inter FS — 4 3 0 7 8 Kristian Legiec Uddevalla 4 3 — — 7 8 Sávio Valadares Informatica Timişoara 6 1 — — 7