Malta was drawn in Group A along with Denmark Andorra and Scotland in the Preliminary Round of the European qualifying for the 2028 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

The preliminary round will be played between April 6 and 15 April 2026. Group A will be hosted by Denmark.

The winners and runners-up of each preliminary round group qualify for the main round.

2028 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying: Preliminary round draw

Group A: Denmark (hosts), Andorra, Malta, Scotland

Group B: Sweden, England (hosts), Switzerland, Northern Ireland

Group C: North Macedonia, Lithuania (hosts), Türkiye, Bulgaria

Group D (hosts TBC): Kosovo, Montenegro, Austria, Gibraltar

Group E (hosts TBC): Latvia, Albania, Cyprus, San Marino

Group F (hosts TBC): Greece, Norway, Israel, Estonia

The top two teams in each group progress to the main round to join the 24 highest-ranked entrants: Portugal, Spain, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, France, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Czechia, Poland, Netherlands, Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Slovakia, Finland, Belgium, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Germany, Azerbaijan