2010 UEFA Futsal Championship Facts for Kids

The 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship was a big soccer tournament, but played indoors with a smaller ball! It was the sixth time this European Championship for national futsal teams was held. UEFA organized it.

The tournament took place in Hungary from January 19 to January 30, 2010. Games were played in two cities: Budapest at the Papp László Sportaréna and Debrecen at the Főnix Arena. For the first time ever, twelve teams competed in the final part of the championship!

In the exciting final match, Spain played against Portugal. Spain won the game 4–2. This victory meant Spain had won the championship five times in a row! They were really good.

How Teams Qualified
- Teams That Played
Where the Games Were Played
Final Standings
Awards
See also

How Teams Qualified

To get into the main tournament, many countries had to play in a qualifying round first. Thirty-eight nations tried to qualify! Hungary automatically got a spot because they were the host country.

Teams That Played

Here are the twelve teams that made it to the 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship:

Country	How they qualified	How many times they played before¹
Hungary	Hosts	1 (2005)
Spain	Won their qualifying group	6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Italy	Won their qualifying group	6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Russia	Won their qualifying group	6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Ukraine	Won their qualifying group	5 (1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Portugal	Won their qualifying group	4 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Czech Republic	Won their qualifying group	4 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Serbia	Came second in their qualifying group	2 (1999, 2007)
Slovenia	Came second in their qualifying group	1 (2003)
Belgium	Won their qualifying group	3 (1996, 1999, 2003)
Belarus	Came second in their qualifying group	0 (This was their first time!)
Azerbaijan	Came second in their qualifying group	0 (This was their first time!)

¹ Bold means they won the championship that year.

Where the Games Were Played

The tournament used two main arenas in Hungary:

Arena	Papp László Sportaréna	Főnix Arena
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City	Budapest	Debrecen
Capacity	12,500 people	8,500 people

Final Standings

Here's how the teams finished in the tournament:

	Spain
	Portugal
	Czech Republic
4	Azerbaijan
5	Russia
	Italy
	Ukraine
	Serbia
9	Belarus
	Hungary
	Belgium
	Slovenia

Awards

The "Golden Boot" award is given to the player who scores the most goals in the tournament. In 2010, four players shared this award because they all scored the same number of goals!