2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League

2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League

The Arena Riga in Riga hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying rounds: 20 August 2021 – 5 December 2021 Final tournament: 29 April – 1 May 2022
Teams	Final tournament: 4 Total: 55 (from 51 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (4th title)
Runners-up	Sporting CP
Third place	Benfica
Fourth place	ACCS
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Goals scored	850 (6.85 per match)
Attendance	47,731 (385 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Season total: Mirko Marinković (11 goals) Final tournament: Ferrão Dyego Zuffo Alex Merlim Nelson Lutin Hossein Tayyebi (2 goals each)
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The 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League was the 36th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament, and the 21st edition organized by UEFA. It was also the fourth edition since the tournament was rebranded from "UEFA Futsal Cup" to UEFA Futsal Champions League.

Sporting CP, the title holders, entered in the main round. They lost 4–0 in the final against Barcelona, who won their fourth title.

A total of 55 teams from 51 of the 55 UEFA member associations participated in the 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League. The association ranking based on the UEFA futsal national team coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

• Associations 1–3 (since the title holders were in the top three) each had two teams qualify.
• The winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Futsal Champions League qualified automatically and its association may have entered a second team. If the title-holders' association was among the three best ranked associations, the fourth ranked association was also entitled to enter a second team.
• The remaining associations had one team qualify.

The UEFA futsal national team coefficients at the end of April 2020, used to determine the number of teams each association was entitled to enter, was as follows.^[1]

Association ranking for 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1  Spain 2204.047 2 2  Portugal (TH) 2116.631 3  Russia 2098.095 4  Kazakhstan 2073.313 5  Serbia 2012.285 1 6  Azerbaijan 1990.738 7  Croatia 1958.361 8  Italy 1928.482 9  Ukraine 1896.725 10  Czech Republic 1872.788 11  Slovenia 1823.765 12  Romania 1790.859 13  Hungary 1771.058 14  France 1717.830 15  Finland 1715.791 16  Slovakia 1699.141 17  Belarus 1682.792 18  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1669.033 19  Poland 1643.059

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 20  Netherlands 1641.410 1 21  Belgium 1635.426 22  Georgia 1627.160 23  Latvia 1470.151 24  Moldova 1454.560 25  North Macedonia 1423.493 26  Albania 1336.154 27  Norway 1319.691 28  Turkey 1276.953 29  England 1269.457 30  Kosovo 1264.428 31  Montenegro 1260.291 32  Sweden 1235.426 33  Denmark 1225.816 34  Germany 1181.253 35  Switzerland 1168.489 36  Greece 1164.918 37  Armenia 1158.737

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 38  Bulgaria 1153.228 1 39  Cyprus 1145.801 40  Lithuania 1131.401 41  Israel 1027.399 42  Wales 1011.432 43  Andorra 910.044 44  San Marino 894.052 45  Estonia 849.940 46  Malta 837.308 47  Scotland 816.083 DNE 48  Gibraltar 780.661 1 49  Austria 728.018 50  Northern Ireland 724.015 NR  Luxembourg —  Republic of Ireland —  Faroe Islands — DNE  Iceland —  Liechtenstein —

Notes

• TH – Additional berth for title holders
• NR – No rank (association national team had been inactive on the previous 36 months)
• DNE – Did not enter

For the 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League, the clubs' entry round was determined by their UEFA futsal club coefficients, which took into account their performance from the previous three seasons. The following was the access list for the season.^[2]

Access list for 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round (32 teams)		32 teams ranked 23–54
Main round	Path A (16 teams)	Title holders 15 teams ranked 1–11 and 16–19
	Path B (16 teams)	7 teams ranked 12–15 and 20–22	8 group winners from preliminary round Best preliminary round runners-up
Elite round (16 teams)			4 group winners from main round path A 4 group runners-up from main round path A 4 group third-placed team from main round path A 4 group winners from main round path B
Final tournament (4 teams)			4 group winners from elite round

Below were the participating teams of the 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League (with their ranking among participating teams), grouped by their starting round and path for the main round.

Main round Path A Team Rank Sporting CP TH Barcelona 1 Kairat 2 Benfica 3 Levante 4 Tyumen 5 Dobovec 6 Sinara Ekaterinburg 7 Atyrau 8 Kauno Žalgiris 9 Pesaro 10 Rekord Bielsko-Biała 11 Csíkszereda 16 MIMEL Lučenec 17 Viten Orsha 18 Hovocubo 19 Main round Path B Team Rank Olmissum 12 Mostar 13 ACCS 14 Plzeň 15 Leo 20 Uragan 21 Halle-Gooik 22

Preliminary round Team Rank Luxol St Andrews 23 TSV Weilimdorf 24 Araz Naxçivan 25 APOEL Futsal 26 Gentofte 27 Haladás 28 Futsal Minerva 29 FON 30 Kampuksen Dynamo 31 Liqeni 32 CIU 33 Differdange 03 34 Proekt 35 Doukas 36 Dinamo Plus 37 Viimsi 38 Hammarby IF 39 Helvécia 40 Raba 41 Varna City 42 Tirana 43 Diamant Linz 44 Blue Magic 45 Ashdod Dolphins 46 Utleira 47 Tavşançalı 48 Cefn Druids 49 Europa 50 Titograd 51 Sparta Belfast 52 Fiorentino 53 Encamp 54

In this season, the tournament returned to the mini-tournament format consisting of three qualifying rounds and the final tournament. The qualifying rounds consisted of the following stages:^[3]

• Preliminary round: 32 teams entering in this round were divided in eight groups of four teams with the winners and the best runners-up advancing to the next round.
• Main round:
  • Path A: 16 teams entering in this round were divided in four groups of four teams, with the winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advancing to the next round.
  • Path B: 7 teams which entered in this round and the 9 teams advancing from the preliminary round were divided in four groups of four teams, with the winners advancing to the next round.
• Elite round: 16 teams were divided in four groups of four teams, with the winners qualifying to the final tournament.

In each group, teams played against each other in a single round-robin format hosted by one of the participating teams.

The final tournament was played at a centralized location and consisted of single-legged semi-finals, third-place play-off and final. If scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the scores remained tied.

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see Article 14 Equality of points – mini-tournaments, Regulations of the UEFA Futsal Champions League):^[3]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
8. UEFA futsal club coefficients.

For the ranking of second-placed teams in the preliminary round, teams are also ranked according to points, with the following tiebreakers applying in case of a tie.

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Goals scored in all group matches;
3. Disciplinary points (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
4. UEFA futsal club coefficients.

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).^[2]

Schedule for 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League

Phase	Round	Draw	Dates
Qualifying stage	Preliminary round	7 July 2021	20–25 August 2021
	Main round	30 August 2021	26–31 October 2021
	Elite round	3 November 2021	30 November – 5 December 2021
Final tournament	Semi-finals	7 April 2022	29 April 2022
	Third-place play-off & final		1 May 2022

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 7 July 2021, 14:00 CEST.^[4] The preliminary round was played from 21 to 25 October 2021. The winners of each group and the best runners-up advanced to the main round Path B.

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

A total of 32 teams played in the preliminary round. Seeding of teams was based on their 2021 UEFA futsal club coefficients. Eight teams were pre-selected as hosts and were first drawn from a separate pot to their corresponding seeding position. The remaining teams were then drawn from their respective pots to their corresponding seeding position. Due to political reasons, teams from Kosovo and Serbia could not be drawn into the same group.

Seeding position 1	Seeding position 2	Seeding position 3	Seeding position 4
Luxol St Andrews TSV Weilimdorf (H) Araz Naxçivan APOEL Futsal Gentofte Haladás Futsal Minerva (H) FON	Kampuksen Dynamo Liqeni CIU Differdange 03 Proekt (H) Doukas (H) Dinamo Plus Viimsi (H)	Hammarby IF Helvécia Raba (H) Varna City Tirana (H) Diamant Linz Blue Magic Ashdod Dolphins	Utleira Tavşançalı Cefn Druids Europa Titograd (H) Sparta Belfast Fiorentino Encamp

Notes

• H – Mini-tournament hosts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luxol St Andrews	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Advance to main round
2	Proekt (H)	3	2	0	1	14	6	+8	6
3	Cefn Druids	3	1	0	2	6	15	−9	3
4	Ashdod Dolphins	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Plus	3	3	0	0	10	6	+4	9	Advance to main round
2	Futsal Minerva (H)	3	2	0	1	25	6	+19	6
3	Varna City	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Fiorentino	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haladás	3	3	0	0	12	6	+6	9	Advance to main round
2	Differdange 03	3	1	0	2	9	10	−1	3
3	Tirana (H)	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	3
4	Utleira	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hammarby IF	3	2	0	1	16	9	+7	6	Advance to main round
2	Gentofte	3	2	0	1	12	11	+1	6
3	Viimsi (H)	3	2	0	1	16	7	+9	6
4	Sparta Belfast	3	0	0	3	5	22	−17	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KMF FON	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advance to main round
2	Titograd (H)	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Blue Magic	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	CIU	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kampuksen Dynamo	3	2	1	0	23	7	+16	7	Advance to main round
2	Araz Naxçivan	3	2	1	0	21	10	+11	7
3	Raba (H)	3	1	0	2	12	16	−4	3
4	Europa	3	0	0	3	8	31	−23	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Diamant Linz	3	2	1	0	22	10	+12	7	Advance to main round
2	Doukas (H)	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	7
3	Encamp	3	1	0	2	2	16	−14	3
4	APOEL Futsal	3	0	0	3	9	14	−5	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liqeni	3	3	0	0	15	8	+7	9	Advance to main round
2	TSV Weilimdorf (H)	3	2	0	1	19	11	+8	6
3	Helvécia	3	1	0	2	20	19	+1	3
4	Tavşançalı	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Araz Naxçivan	3	2	1	0	21	10	+11	7	Advance to main round
2	G	Doukas	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	7
3	B	Futsal Minerva	3	2	0	1	25	6	+19	6
4	H	TSV Weilimdorf	3	2	0	1	19	11	+8	6
5	A	Proekt	3	2	0	1	14	6	+8	6
6	E	Titograd	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
7	D	Gentofte	3	2	0	1	12	11	+1	6
8	C	Differdange 03	3	1	0	2	9	10	−1	3

The draw for the main round was held on 30 August 2021, 14:00 CEST.^[5] The main round was played from 26 to 31 October 2021.

A total of 32 teams played in the main round. They were divided in two paths:

• Path A (16 teams): the title holders and teams ranked 1–11 and 16–19.
• Path B (16 teams): teams ranked 12–15 and 20-22 and 9 teams advancing form the preliminary round.

Seeding of teams was based on their 2021 UEFA futsal club coefficients. On Path B, the seeding position 3 and 4 were drawn from the same pot, comprising all teams advancing from the preliminary round, with the exception of Luxol St Andrews, who attributed to seeding position 2 as top ranked team advancing from the previous round. Eight teams (four in each path) were pre-selected as hosts and were first drawn from a separate pot to their corresponding seeding position. The remaining teams were then drawn from their respective pots to their corresponding seeding position. Teams from Kosovo and Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina or Armenia and Azerbaijan could not be drawn into the same group. Additionally, winners and runners-up from the same preliminary round advancing to the main round could not be drawn into the same group.

Path A

Seeding position 1	Seeding position 2	Seeding position 3	Seeding position 4
Sporting CP Barcelona Kairat Benfica	Levante MFK Tyumen Dobovec (H) Sinara Ekaterinburg	Atyrau Kauno Žalgiris (H) Pesaro (H) Halle-Gooik	ACCS Plzeň MIMEL Lučenec (H) Viten Orsha

Path B

Seeding position 1	Seeding position 2	Seeding position 3 and 4
Olmissum (H) Mostar (H) Rekord Bielsko-Biała Csíkszereda	Leo Uragan (H) Luxol St Andrews (H) Hovocubo	Araz Naxçivan Haladás FON Kampuksen Dynamo	Liqeni Dinamo Plus Hammarby IF Diamant Linz

Notes

• H – Mini-tournament hosts

The top three teams of each group in Path A advanced to the elite round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	9	Elite round
2	Sinara Yekaterinburg	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Halle-Gooik	3	1	0	2	8	4	+4	3
4	Lučenec (H)	3	0	0	3	2	20	−18	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting CP	3	3	0	0	18	5	+13	9	Elite round
2	ACCS	3	2	0	1	14	8	+6	6
3	Dobovec (H)	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	3
4	Atyrau	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	3	3	0	0	21	4	+17	9	Elite round
2	Levante	3	1	1	1	8	12	−4	4
3	Viten Orsha	3	0	2	1	6	10	−4	2
4	Kauno Žalgiris (H)	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kairat	3	1	2	0	9	8	+1	5	Elite round
2	Plzeň	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
3	Tyumen	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Pesaro (H)	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3

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The winners of each group in Path B advanced to the elite round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haladás	3	3	0	0	16	9	+7	9	Elite round
2	Rekord Bielsko-Biała	3	1	1	1	11	7	+4	4
3	Luxol St Andrews (H)	3	1	1	1	6	9	−3	4
4	Hammarby	3	0	0	3	8	16	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uragan (H)	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Elite round
2	Araz Naxçivan	3	1	1	1	12	11	+1	4
3	Liqeni	3	1	1	1	13	17	−4	4
4	United Galati	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olmissum (H)	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	Elite round
2	FON	3	1	0	2	12	7	+5	3
3	Leo	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	3
4	Diamant Linz	3	1	0	2	6	19	−13	3

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hovocubo	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7	Elite round
2	Kampuksen Dynamo	3	1	2	0	12	4	+8	5
3	Mostar (H)	3	1	1	1	11	8	+3	4
4	Dinamo Plus	3	0	0	3	4	23	−19	0

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The draw for the elite round was held on 3 November 2021, 14:00 CET.^[6] The elite round was played from 30 November to 5 December 2021.

A total of 16 teams played in the elite round. Seeding of teams was based on their results in the previous round:

• Seeding position 1: main round path A group winners.
• Seeding position 2: main round path A runners-up.
• Seeding positions 3 and 4 (drawn from the same pot): main round path A third-placed teams and path B group winners.

Four teams were pre-selected as hosts and were first drawn from a separate pot to their corresponding seeding position. Teams from Ukraine and Russia could not be drawn into the same group. Additionally, winners and runners-up from the same main round path A group could not be drawn into the same group.

Seeding position 1	Seeding position 2	Seeding positions 3 and 4
Benfica (H) Sporting CP (H) Barcelona Kairat	Sinara Ekaterinburg ACCS Levante Plzeň (H)	Halle-Gooik Dobovec Viten Orsha Tyumen (H)	Haladás Uragan Olmissum Hovocubo

Notes

• H – Mini-tournament hosts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tyumen (H)	3	3	0	0	11	6	+5	9	Excluded
2	ACCS	3	1	1	1	15	13	+2	4	Advance to final tournament
3	Kairat	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
4	Viten Orsha	3	0	0	3	9	16	−7	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting CP (H)	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Advance to final tournament
2	Sinara Ekaterinburg	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
3	Olmissum	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Hovocubo	3	0	0	3	6	17	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	3	3	0	0	19	7	+12	9	Advance to final tournament
2	Plzeň (H)	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	3
3	Halle-Gooik	3	1	0	2	11	15	−4	3
4	Dobovec	3	1	0	2	6	14	−8	3

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica (H)	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10	9	Advance to final tournament
2	Haladás	3	1	0	2	9	11	−2	3
3	Levante	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
4	Uragan	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3

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The final tournament consisted of two semifinals, a third-place play-off and a final, and was contested by the last four remaining teams from 29 April to 1 May 2022 at Arena Riga in Latvia.^[7]

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 April
	Benfica	4
					1 May
	Barcelona (a.e.t.)	5
					Barcelona	4
	29 April
					Sporting CP	0
	ACCS	2
	Sporting CP	6
					Third place
					1 May
					ACCS	2
					Benfica	5

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