UEFA Futsal EURO 2022 – Special rules apply due to COVID-19

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Matches at the UEFA Futsal EURO 2022 final tournament in the Netherlands will go ahead as long as a team is able to field a squad of seven players, including one goalkeeper.

With the UEFA Futsal EURO 2022 final tournament set to get underway in the Netherlands on 19 January, UEFA has published a series of special rules for the duration of the competition, due to COVID-19.

The rules are as follows:

1. Should a group of players of a team be placed into mandatory quarantine or self-isolation following a decision of “the authority”, the match will go ahead as scheduled as long as the team has at least seven players available (including at least one goalkeeper), irrespective of any other provision of the relevant competition regulations (including the deadline for the submission of the list of players), provided that all players are eligible to represent the national team in accordance with Article 40 of the competition regulations and have been tested negative as required by the UEFA Protocol. Any additional player called up to meet the minimum of seven players requires that an equivalent number of quarantined players are definitively withdrawn from the 14-player list.
2. If a national association is not in a position to field a team with the above-mentioned minimum number of players (i.e. seven, including at least one goalkeeper), the match may, if possible (i.e. subject to viable rescheduling options being available), be rescheduled within the next 24 hours of the date of the relevant match by the UEFA administration, which shall also have the power to assign the rescheduled match to an alternative venue.
3. If the match cannot be rescheduled, the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) will take a decision on the matter. The national association that is responsible for the match not taking place will be declared by the UEFA CEDB to have forfeited the match and will be considered to have lost the match 5-0.
4. If any member of the appointed referee team for a match tests positive for Covid19, UEFA may exceptionally appoint replacement match officials who may be of the same nationality as one of the national associations concerned and/or may not be on the FIFA list.