The 2007 UEFA Futsal Championship was the sixth official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Portugal, between November 16 and November 25, 2007, in two venues located in Porto's Greater Metropolitan Area — Gondomar and Santo Tirso municipalities. Eight teams competed in the final round, after a qualifying phase where seven teams managed to join the Portuguese hosts.
| Campeonato Europeu de Futsal de 2007 | |
|---|---|
 UEFA Futsal Championship Portugal 2007 logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 16–25 November |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Italy |
| Third place |  Russia |
| Fourth place |  Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 83 (5.19 per match) |
| Attendance | 33,579 (2,099 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Daniel  Predrag Rajić Cirilo(5 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Ricardinho |
← 2005 2010 → | |
Spain, the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship and 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship winners, successfully defended their European crown and added a fourth continental title to their record, by defeating Italy 3-1, in a reprise of the last FIFA Futsal World Championship final.
Bids
editThe Portuguese bid was selected during a meeting of UEFA's Executive Committee, on April 19, 2005, in Tallinn, Estonia. The bid was picked ahead of two other entries from the Netherlands (Eindhoven and Maastricht) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), which had been previously shortlisted from nine preliminary bids.[1]
Venues
editThe bid's proposed main venue was to be the 4,500-seated Rosa Mota Pavilion, in the heart of Porto, and a second venue would be located in the neighbouring Matosinhos municipality. However, on August 14, 2006 the tournament's main venue was switched to the future 3,800-seated arena in the Gondomar municipality — the Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar "Coração de Ouro" (English: Gondomar's Multi-Purpose Pavilion "Heart of Gold".[2] The second venue was also changed to Santo Tirso's Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal (English: Municipal Sports Pavilion).
Referees
edit- Alexandr Remin (Belarus)
- Antonio Jose Fernandes Cardoso (Portugal)
- Antonius Van Eekelen (Netherlands)
- Edi Šunjić (Croatia)
- Ivan Shabanov (Russia)
- Karel Henych (Czech Republic)
- Károly Török (Hungary)
- Massimo Cumbo (Italy)
- Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
- Pascal Lemal (Belgium)
- Roberto Gracia Marin (Spain)
- Vladimir Colbasiuc (Moldova)
Final tournament
editGroup stage
editGroup A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
 Portugal
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
 Romania
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 |
 Czech Republic
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 4–8 | Romania |
|---|---|---|
G. Dobre  15' (o.g.)T. Sluka 18'L. Rešetár 27'M. Mareš 30' |
Report | R. F. Matei 12', 37', 40' (pen.) C. Gherman 17'R. Lupu 23' 35'G. Molomfalean 24'Lo. Szöcs 32' |
| Italy | 7–1 | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| C. Morgado 2', 21', 23' S. Assis 6'A. Foglia 10', 19'F. Grana 26' |
Report | C. Gherman 14' |
| Portugal | 5–3 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Ricardinho 7' Gonçalo 15'Arnaldo 20'Marcelinho 28'Formiga 36' |
Report | R. Mareš 1', 12' D. Frič 9' |
| Romania | 0–3 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ricardinho 1', 25' Leitão 34' |
| Italy | 4–0 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| S. Zanetti 11' A. Foglia 23'A. Fabiano 32'F. Grana 36' |
Report |
Group B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
 Russia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
 Serbia
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
 Ukraine
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0 |
| Spain | 6–2 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Marcelo 15', 38' Kike 17'Álvaro 27'Jordi Torras 33'Daniel 35' |
Report | S. Cheporniuk 17', 27' |
| Serbia | 3–5 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| P. Rajić 24', 31' M. Perić 26' |
Report | Cirilo 2', 15', 34' D. Khamadiev 24'V. Shayakhmetov 37' |
| Ukraine | 1–4 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| D. Khamadiev 35' (o.g.) |
Report | O. Khursov 20' (o.g.) Cirilo 26' (pen.)V. Shayakhmetov 27'S. Zuev 36' |
| Ukraine | 2–3 | Serbia |
|---|---|---|
| S. Cheporniuk 21' S. Sytin 24' |
Report | P. Rajić 5', 23' V. Cvetanović 14' |
Knockout stage
editSemi-finals
edit| Italy | 2–0 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Grana 3' A. Fabiano 31' |
Report |
| Spain | 2–2 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel 36' Andreu 39' |
Report | Gonçalo 31' Ricardinho 35' |
| Penalties | ||
Kike  Daniel Jordi Torras Ortiz |
4–3 | Ricardinho Joel Queirós Marcelinho Ivan Leitão |
Third place play-off
editFinal
editChampions
edit| UEFA Futsal Championship 2007 winners |
|---|
 Spain Fourth title |
Final ranking
edit |
Spain
|
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Italy
|
 |
Russia
|
| 4 | Portugal
|
| 5 | Serbia
|
| 6 | Romania
|
| 7 | Ukraine
|
| 8 | Czech Republic
|
Top goalscorers
edit| Scorer | Goals | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| Predrag Rajić | 5 | Serbia
|
| Cirilo | 5 | Russia
|
| Daniel | 5 | Spain
|
| Ricardinho | 4 | Portugal
|
| Marcelo | 4 | Spain
|
References
edit- ^ "Porto to stage 2007 finals". UEFA. 2005-04-19. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- ^ "Gondomar given EURO honour". UEFA. 2006-08-14. Retrieved 2007-12-04.