OFFICIAL: Austria withdraws from Qualifier

Administrative reasons will prevent the Austrian team to take part in the competition

Austria confirmed that they will not be taking part in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier, due to administrative reasons that will not allow the team to fly to Jesolo. 

Consequently, Group F in Round Robin I will be composed by 3 teams and the corresponding matches against them will be cancelled. 

Taking into consideration the current composition of the groups and according to the Principle of Fair Play, the resolution of BSWW endorsed by FIFA and according to the Regulations of UEFA at the event European Under 21 is the following:

Due to the fact that the Competition Format establishes that the two (2) best 3rd of all the groups will go through and qualify for the second group pahse: Round Robin II, the criteria that will be followed is:

 To determine the ranking of the two best 3rd ranked teams of all the groups, only the results of the matches between the first three teams will be taken into account. Thus, the match between the 3rd and 4th placed teams will not be taken into consideration.

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