QUALIFICATION Group winners play at final Tournament in Granada (Spain), February 1999
GROUP 1 All game played in Moscow (Russia) 18-12-98 Russia 24-0 (9-0) Greece (Alekberov 5, Belyi, Eremenko 4, Iachine, Panko 3, Malychev 2, Gorine, Grigorie, Kisselev) 19-12-98 Slovenia 9-2 (5-2) Greece (Novak 3, (Demoiros, Koutsopias) Gucek 2, Gacnik, Kraut, Krunek, Stojko) 20-12-98 Russia 7-0 (5-0) Slovenia (Eremenko 5, Alekberov, Kisselev) 1. RUSSIA 2 2 0 0 31- 0 6 2. Slovenia 2 1 0 1 9- 9 3 3. Greece 2 0 0 2 2-33 0
GROUP 2 All Games played in Beyne (Belgium) 07-12-98 Latvia 0-0 (0-0) Azerbaijan 08-12-98 Belgium 3-2 (1-2) Latvia (Vergauwen 2, Gessner) 09-12-98 Azerbaijan 4-4 (1-0) Belgium (Asimov 3, (Plompen 2, Aslanov) Gessner, Michiels) 1. BELGIUM 2 1 1 0 7- 6 4 2. Azerbaijan 2 0 2 0 4- 4 2 3. Latvia 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1
GROUP 3 All games played in Leek (Netherlands) 14-12-98 Finland 3-2 (1-1) Cyprus (Laina, Simula, (Tekkis 2) Uotinen) 15-12-98 Netherlands 6-1 (4-0) Cyprus (Grunholz 2, (Hadjantonis) Biloro, Langenhuijsen, Talha, Zeelig) 16-12-98 Netherlands 11-0 (6-0) Finland (Grunholz 5, Keur, Langenhuijsen 2, Hoekema, Zeelig) 1. NETHERLANDS 2 2 0 0 17- 1 6 2. Finland 2 1 0 1 3-13 3 3. Cyprus 2 0 0 2 3- 9 0
GROUP 4 All games played in Brno (Czech Republic) 29-11-98 Czech Rep. 4-3 (1-1) Hungary (Mickal 2, (Kénoszt, Nagy, Török) Dlouhy, Horacek) 30-11-98 Yugoslavia 4-2 (3-1) Hungary (Vujovic 2, (Kénoszt, Török) Dragoljevic, Petrika) 01-12-98 Yugoslavia 4-3 (1-1) Czech Rep. (Andrejic 2, Vignejevic, Vujovic) 1. YUGOSLAVIA 2 2 0 0 8- 5 6 2. Czech Rep. 2 1 0 1 7- 7 3 3. Hungary 2 0 0 2 5- 8 0
GROUP 5 All games played in Dubrovnik (Croatia) 18-11-98 Poland 13-5 (5-3) Slovakia (Filipczak 6, (Becka, Farkas, Galat, Marcan, Gradowski 4, Strezok) Dabrowski 2, Zamiar) 18-11-98 Croatia 2-1 (0-1) Andorra (Delpont, Martic) (Rosa Fernandez) 19-11-98 Andorra 6-4 (1-2) Slovakia (Rosa Fernandez 2, (Strezok 2, Blazquez Cerdeira, Becka, Ivan) Linares Pociello, Morales Ruiz, Sola Peralba) 19-11-98 Poland 7-7 (3-4) Croatia (Dabrowski 3, (Jelovic 3, Gradowski 2, Delpont 2, Kluska, Szlapa) Malvasija, Martic) 21-11-98 Andorra 3-3 (1-2) Poland (Blazquez Cerdeira 2, (Dabrowski, Filpiczak, Morales Ruiz) Gradowski) 21-11-98 Croatia 13-1 (6-0) Slovakia (Malvasija 3, (Strezok) Huskic, Kolic 2, Delpont, Eklic, Gricar, Jelovic, Martic, Tomcic) 1. CROATIA 3 2 1 0 22- 9 7 2. Poland 3 1 2 0 23-15 5 3. Andorra 3 1 1 1 10- 9 4 4. Slovakia 3 0 0 3 10-32 0
GROUP 6 All games played in Reggio di Calabria (Italy) 07-11-98 Italy 5-2 (3-2) Belarus (Caleca 2, (Cheleg, Savintsev) Mannino, Rubei, Zaffiro) 07-11-98 Georgia 8-4 (4-3) France (Mizandari 4, (Duponchell 2, Sarkisian, Zoidze 2) Anny, Yahia) 08-11-98 Belarus 6-4 (2-2) France (Cheleg 2, (Yahia 2, Blizniuk, Danilenko, Anny, Azhari) Lagoutko, Sitnikov) 08-11-98 Italy 5-2 (3-1) Georgia (Caleca 2, (Sologashwili, Sopoev) Franzoi, Roma, Veronesi) 10-11-98 Georgia 5-4 (3-3) Belarus (Mizandari, Zoidze 2, (Chmelnitki 2, Totladze) Danilenko, Savintsev) 10-11-98 Italy 8-0 (3-0) France (Bussu, Franzoi, Roma 2, Rubei, Zaffiro) 1. ITALY 3 3 0 0 18- 4 9 2. Georgia 3 2 0 1 15-13 6 3. Belarus 3 1 0 2 12-14 3 4. France 3 0 0 3 8-22 0
GROUP 7 All games played in Figueira da Foz (Portugal) 05-12-98 Portugal 2-1 (1-0) Ukraine (Pereira Diaz 2) (Oussakovski) 05-12-98 Bosnia-Herz. 5-1 (2-1) Israel (Mehadzic, Mekic 2, (Sirotkin) Lukovac) 06-12-98 Portugal 8-1 (5-0) Israel (Soares Lima 5, (Shalom) Fernandes Bernardo 3) 06-12-98 Ukraine 4-0 (2-0) Bosnia-Herzegovina (Vonyarkha 2, Koridze, Melnikov) 08-12-98 Portugal 5-1 (3-0) Bosnia-Herzegovina (Santos Teixeira 3, (Velagic) Farinha Cristováo, Mota) 08-12-98 Ukraine 6-1 (2-1) Israel (Kosenko 3, (Levi) Koridze 2, Oussakovski) 1. PORTUGAL 3 3 0 0 15- 3 9 2. Ukraine 3 2 0 1 11- 3 7 3. Bosnia-Herz. 3 1 0 2 6-10 3 4. Israel 3 0 0 3 3-19 0
The group winners Russia, Belgium, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Italy, and Portugal join hosts Spain in the final tournament February 1999 in Granada. TOPSCORERS (in qualification) 1. Konstantin EREMENKO (Russia) 9 goals 2. Edwin GRÜNHOLZ (Netherlands) 7 goals Kryzstof FILIPCZAK (Poland) 7 Radoslav GRADOWSKI (Poland) 7
FINAL TOURNAMENT All games played in Granada, Palacio Municipal de los Deportes(Spain) NOTE: Russia and Spain were seeded on the basis of the their performances in the 1996 FIFA World Championships. The top two sides from each group advance to the semi-finals, with the winners advancing to the final. Matches were led by two referees.
GROUP A 22-02-99 Croatia 4-3 (1-2) Yugoslavia (Jelovic 2, (Cetkovic, Vignejevic, Vujovic) Eklic, Martic) 22-02-99 Spain 3-1 (0-0) Netherlands (Lorente Penas 2, (Langenhuijsen) Araujo) 23-02-99 Netherlands 1-1 (1-0) Yugoslavia (Lettinck) (Przulj) 23-02-99 Spain 3-1 (1-0) Croatia (J. Linares Rodriguez, (Malvasija) Lorente Penas, Amor) 25-02-99 Netherlands 8-3 (6-1) Croatia (Langenhuijsen, (Grdovic, Huskic, Tomcic) Zeelig 2 Van Dijk, Frankfort, Grunholz, Lettinck) 25-02-99 Spain 5-1 (0-0) Yugoslavia (Lorente Penas 2, (Przulj) Cobeta Atienza, Mena, Riquer) 1. SPAIN 3 3 0 0 11- 3 9 2. NETHERLANDS 3 1 1 1 10- 7 4 3. Croatia 3 1 0 2 8-14 3 4. Yugoslavia 3 0 1 2 5-10 1
GROUP B 22-02-99 Belgium 0-0 (0-0) Portugal 22-02-99 Russia 3-3 (2-0) Italy (Eremenko 2, (Caleca, Quattrini, Rubei) Gorine) 23-02-99 Italy 3-3 (1-1) Portugal (Quattrini, Rubei, (Fernandes Bernardo 2, Veronesi) Soares Lima) 23-02-99 Russia 5-1 (1-0) Belgium (Eremenko 2, (Gessner) Agafonov, Alekberov, Belyi) 25-02-99 Russia 3-1 (2-0) Portugal (Eremenko 2, (Pereira Dias) Tratchuk) 25-02-99 Italy 2-0 (1-0) Belgium (Roma, Rubei) 1. RUSSIA 3 2 1 0 11- 5 7 2. ITALY 3 1 2 0 8- 6 5 3. Portugal 3 0 2 1 4- 6 2 4. Belgium 3 0 1 2 1- 7 1
SEMI-FINALS 26-02-99 Russia 9-6 (3-2) Netherlands 1-0 2' Gorine 2-0 4' Eremenko 3-0 15' Markia 3-1 16' Grunholz 3-2 16' Langenhuijsen 4-2 21' Alekberov 5-2 22' Markia 6-2 26' Verijnikov 6-3 31' Langenhuijsen 6-4 34' Grunholz 7-4 36' Eremenko 8-4 36' Eremenko 8-5 38' Langenhuijsen 9-5 39' Eremenko 9-6 40' Langenhuijsen 26-02-99 Spain 3-1 (2-0) Italy 1-0 2' J.Linares Rodríguez 2-0 5' Araujo 2-1 22' Franzoi 3-1 28' J.Linares Rodríguez
THIRD PLACE MATCH 28-02-99 Italy 3-0 (2-0) Netherlands 1-0 11' Caleca 2-0 20' Roma 3-0 36' Rubei FINAL 28-02-99 Russia 3-3 (0-1) Spain 0-1 9' Lorente Penas 1-1 27' Belyi 2-1 33' Alekberov 2-2 33' Sŕnchez Franco 3-2 34' Eremenko 3-3 35' Lorente Penas Penalty shoot-out Russia Spain 0-1 Araujo 1-1 Gorine 2-1 Verijnikov 2-2 Mena 3-2 Alekberov 4-2 Eremenko Russia win the First European Futsal Championship 4-2 on penalties. Russia: Denissov, Samokhine - Eremenko, Agafonov, Verijinkov, Alekberov, Abianov, Markia, Gorine, Belji, Chuganov Spain: Clavería Domínguez, Tarodo - García Mera, Herrera Amor, A. Linares Rodriguez, Martínez Bas, J. Linarez Rodriguez, Mena, Lorente Penas, Sánchez Franco, Riquer
TOPSCORERS: (in final tournament) 1. Konstantin EREMENKO (Russia) 11 goals 2. Pascal LANGENHUIJSEN (Netherlands) 7 goals Javier LORENTE PENAS (Spain) 7 goals
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