Mini football – EURO 2022: Romania, in the quarterfinals after a crushing victory with Portugal

Romania’s national mini-football team qualified for the quarterfinals of the European Championship in Kosice (Slovakia), after definitely defeating Portugal, on Wednesday evening, with the score of 7-0.

The tricolors scored through Ionuţ Cheţan (‘5), Andrei Moldovan (’19, ’25 +1 and ’30), Mircea Ungur (’22) and Andrei Ferik (’38, ’43).

For a place in the semifinals, Romania will play against the winner between the Czech Republic and England.

Romania played the final at EURO 2018

The previous European Championship took place in August 2018, in Kyiv, Ukraine, where Romania played the final against the Czech Republic (lost 1-4).

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our national team did not participate in a final tournament in October 2019, at the World Championships, in Perth (Australia). There, Romania ranked 3rd, being the best ranked European national team, the first two places going to Mexico and Brazil.

In total, 24 teams participate in this tenth edition of the European Mini-Football Championship, divided into 6 groups of 4 teams each. The top two finishers in each group, as well as the top four teams in third place, will qualify for the round of 16.