UEFA Futsal CUp Main Round 2008.  FK Era-Pack Chrudim and Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion are through to the UEFA Futsal Cup Elite round as 2005 winners Action 21 Charleroi and 2004 runners-up SL Benfica both picked up maximum points as they opened their campaigns.

Holders Spain will play host to Slovakia and Moldova in their attempt to reach the 2010 UEFA European Futsal Championship after the qualifying draw was made. Thirty-eight nations are chasing eleven places alongside hosts Hungary in the expanded 12-team finals in January 2010. Sixteen of those entrants, including debutants Estonia, Montenegro and the Republic of Ireland, will take part in the four-group preliminary round from 14-22 February 2009, with the winners of those pools – also drawn today – plus the two best runners-up progressing to join the other 22 hopefuls in the main qualifying stage from 19-22 March.

UEFA Futsal CUp Main Round 2008. FC Shakhtar Donetsk cancelled out a three-goal deficit to draw 4-4 with MNK Nacional Zagreb as the pair remained locked at the top of UEFA Futsal Cup Main round Group 4, one point ahead of FC Blok Beverwijk thanks to their 2-1 win against Hungarian hosts MVFC Berettyóújfalu.

UEFA Futsal CUp Main Round 2008. Pack Chrudim and Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion moved into position in UEFA Futsal Cup Main round Group 5 on Tuesday while former semi-finalists FC Shakhtar Donetsk made a good start to Group 4.

UEFA Futsal CUp Main Round 2008. Ekaterinburg posted a warning to rivals for their title with two victories this weekend at home to fellow European entrants and reigning Russian champions MFK Dinamo Moskva – the first time that team has failed to take a point in a league double-header.