All other associations could enter one team (the winners of their regular top domestic futsal league, or in special circumstances, the runners-up).

As a result, Spain, Portugal, Russia and Kazakhstan entered two teams.

The winners of each group advance to the final tournament, which is played in the same knockout format between four teams as before.

A record total of 57 teams from 53 associations entered this season's competition.

The winners of each group advance to the main round Path B to join the seven teams which receive byes (another 16 teams receive byes to the main round Path A).

The draw for the elite round was held on 12 October 2018, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

First, the four teams which were pre-selected as hosts (marked by (H) below) were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions.

Kairat were chosen as hosts at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 3 December 2018, with the final tournament taking place at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 26 and 28 April 2019.

The draw for the final tournament was held on 1 February 2019, at half-time of the Kazakhstan v Croatia friendly (kick-off 19:30 local time), at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty.