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 UEFA.comCroatia has been appointed host nation of UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 with matches to be held at the 15200-capacity Zagreb Arena and the 10931-seater Spaladium ...
Croatia to host Futsal Euro 2012Published: Wednesday 24 March 2010, 12.27CETCroatia has been appointed host nation of UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 with matches to be held at the 15,200-capacity Zagreb Arena and the 10,931-seater Spaladium Arena in Split.
SharePrint The Zagreb Arena Getty Images Published: Wednesday 24 March 2010, 12.27CETCroatia to host Futsal Euro 2012Croatia has been appointed host nation of UEFA Futsal Euro 2012 with matches to be held at the 15,200-capacity Zagreb Arena and the 10,931-seater Spaladium Arena in Split.
Read moreCroatia has been selected as host nation of UEFA Futsal Euro 2012.The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) was appointed to stage the next UEFA European Futsal Championship final tournament at Wednesday's UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Tel Aviv.
The other nations who bid were Belgium and FYR Macedonia and qualifying is scheduled for spring 2011.Two venues are slated to be used for the final tournament, which is currently scheduled for February 2012: the 15,200-capacity Zagreb Arena and the 10,931-seater Spaladium Arena in Split, both opened for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship.
The HNS recently staged the 2009 UEFA Regions' Cup in the Zagreb region.In hosting the Futsal Euro finals, Croatia follows Hungary, who staged the first expanded 12-team event this January, Portugal (2007), the Czech Republic (2005), Italy (2003), Russia (2001) and Spain (1999).
Last week the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, to be played in a different season to the UEFA Futsal Euro, was awarded to Thailand.
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