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The seven teams who will be joining hosts Latvia in the first ever UEFA European Under-19 Mens Futsal Championship finals will be decided when the main round runs take place from 24 to 30 March.
At this stage of the competition, there are 28 nations competing to make the final tournament and make history for their country. From the British Isles, the only nation competing is England and making up the 7 main round groups are:
- Group 1 (27–30 March): Kazakhstan, Poland, France, Finland (hosts)
- Group 2 (27–30 March): Azerbaijan, Slovenia (hosts), Netherlands, Cyprus
- Group 3 (27–30 March): Portugal, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hosts), Moldova
- Group 4 (26–29 March): Ukraine, Romania, Belgium, FYR Macedonia (hosts)
- Group 5 (24–27 March): Spain, Hungary, Georgia (hosts), Turkey
- Group 6 (27–30 March): Russia (hosts), Czech Republic, Belarus, Greece
- Group 7 (27–30 March): Italy, Croatia (hosts), Slovakia, England
Preparation for this qualifiers have already begun for many of the teams with Hungry competing against Belgium, Greece vs Cyprus and Slovenia vs Serbia plus hosts Latvia testing themselves against Futsal giants Spain highlights below:
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Main picture: Nogometna zveza Slovenije