The new-look UEFA Futsal Cup categorical turn runs from Tuesday until subsequent Sunday with 32 teams chasing 16 elite-round berths.
- No teams now accept byes to a chosen round, with a categorical turn now separate into dual paths.Â
- Path A consists of 16 teams including a holders Inter FS. In addition, a sides ranked 1st to 11th and 16th to 19th in a UEFA Futsal Cup bar fellow rankings (excluding a holders) are in Path A. The tip 3 in any of a 4 groups allege to a chosen round.
- Path B comprises a other 16 teams (ranked 12th to 15th and 20th downwards, including a 8 rough turn qualifiers – dual per Path B group). The winners of a organisation groups go into a chosen round.
Main turn groups
Path A
Group 1 (11–14 October): Kairat Almaty (KAZ), FC Dynamo (RUS), Pescara (ITA), Stalitsa Minsk (BLR, hosts)
Group 2 (11–14 October): Inter FS (ESP, holders), Dina Moskva (RUS), Braga/AUUM (POR), Brezje Maribor (SVN, hosts)
Group 3 (11–14 October): Sporting CP (POR), Ekonomac Kragujevac (SRB, hosts), Nikars Riga (LVA), MFC Kherson (UKR)
Group 4 (11–14 October): Barcelona (ESP), EP Chrudim (CZE), Győr (HUN), Luparense (ITA, hosts)
- The top 3 teams in any of a 4 groups swell to a chosen round.
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Path B
Group 5 (12–15 October): Nacional Zagreb (CRO, hosts), Garges Djibson (FRA), Leo Futsal Club (ARM), FC Liburn (KOS)
Group 6 (10–13 October): Slovan Bratislava (SVK, hosts), Georgians Tblisi (GEO), Bielsko-BiaÅ‚a (POL), ‘t Knooppunt (NED)
Group 7 (11–14 October): Halle-Gooik (BEL), Sievi FS (FIN, hosts), SSV Jahn 1889 Regensburg (GER), Futsal Minerva (SUI)
Group 8 (11–14 October): Araz Naxçivan (AZE), FC Deva (ROU, hosts), Luxol St Andrews (MLT), Mostar SG (BIH)
- The group winners swell to a chosen round.
Club guide
- Inter won their record fourth pretension final deteriorate and aim to turn a initial organisation to keep a prize given Playas de Castellón won a initial finals in 2002 and 2003.
- Kairat kick Dynamo in a 2013 final and these dual former winners accommodate again in Group 1; a other dual former champions concerned are Inter and Barcelona.
- Spain, Russia, Italy and Portugal all have dual entries underneath a new stretched foe system.
- Chrudim have got by a categorical turn 10 years in a row.
- Braga, Kherson and Garges Djibson are creation their debuts while Liburn, Regensburg, Mostar, Leo and ‘t Knooppunt all came by a rough turn on their initial entries.
- Luxol were a initial bar from Malta to tarry a turn of this foe in creation this stage.
Elite turn Final tournament
- The 16 clubs will contest in 4 groups of four, drawn on 19 October.
- The 4 organisation winners in Nov will swell to a final contest in April, with a hosts picked from among a qualifiers.
Calendar
Elite turn draw: 19 October
Elite round: 21–26 November
Finals draw: tbc
Finals: 19 or 20 21 or 22 April
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