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Seedings set for Futsal EURO qualifying

The seeding pots are confirmed for the qualifying draw, streamed live at 14.00CET on 26 September with 24 preliminary round teams aiming to join the 21 in the main round.

The seeding pots have been set for the UEFA Futsal EURO qualifying draw with debutants Scotland among a record 46 nations hoping to lift the trophy at Serbia 2016.

While the hosts are assured of a place in the finals from 2–13 February 2016 in Belgrade, the other 45 countries go into the qualifying draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon from 14.00CET on 26 September, streamed live on UEFA.com. The 21 teams with the highest coefficients, including holders Italy, receive a bye to the main round, with the other 24 hopefuls starting in the preliminary round.

Preliminary round: 13–18 January 2015
• Six groups will be formed of four teams, all played as one-venue mini-tournaments.

• The contenders will be split into four seeding tiers according to their coefficient ranking. Six sides are designated as hosts and drawn from a separate pot, while being placed in their groups according to their seeding tier.

• The six group winners, plus the best runners-up, will advance to the main round.

Main round: 17–22 March 2015
• Seven groups of four will be formed.

• Again the teams will be divided into four seeding tiers, with the seven qualified sides from the preliminary round drawn in the fourth tier. The seven hosts are also pre-selected as per the preliminary round draw.

• The seven main round group winners will progress to join Serbia in the final tournament. The seven runners-up plus the best third-placed team will enter the play-offs on 15 and 22 September 2015. The winners of the four two-legged ties will complete the 12-nation lineup for the finals.

DRAW POTS
Preliminary round
Pot 1 (hosts): Moldova (seeding tier 2), Montenegro (2), Lithuania (2), Buglaria (2), Sweden (3), Malta (4)

Pot 2 (seeding tier 4): Gibraltar, Estonia, Wales, San Marino, Scotland

Pot 3 (seeding tier 3): Andorra, Albania, Cyprus, Denmark, Switzerland,

Pot 4 (seeding tier 2): England, Armenia

Pot 5 (seeding tier 1): Latvia, France, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Israel

Main round
Pot 6 (hosts): Croatia (1), Romania (2), Slovenia (2), Azerbaijan (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), Poland (3), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (3)

Pot 7 (seeding tier 4): Winners preliminary round Groups A-F plus best runners-up

Pot 8 (seeding tier 3): Belgium, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway

Pot 9 (seeding tier 2): Hungary, Slovakia, Netherlands, Belarus

Pot 10 (seeding tier 1): Italy (holders), Spain, Russia, Portugal, Ukraine, Czech Republic

*Due to UEFA Emergency Panel decisions, Spain cannot be drawn with Gibraltar and Azerbaijan cannot be drawn with Armenia.

Hosts to finals: Serbia






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