As part of the preparation for the Euro 2022 (U-19) qualification round, Ukraine's youth national team is participating in the Futsal Week U-19 international tournament taking place in Poreč, Croatia.

In previous matches of the tournament, the blue-and-yellow team defeated Greenland (10:1) and drew with Japan (4:4). In their final group match, they beat Hungary 5-2. The goals for Ukraine were scored by Tkachuk (10), Smytanenko (17, 25), and Dychuk (18, 19).

The blue-and-yellow team secured the second spot in their group and will now face Spain in the semi-finals. The game is scheduled for Saturday, June 25th (kick-off at 7:45 PM Kyiv time).

After the tournament in Croatia, the Ukrainians will travel to Chiorescu, Moldova, where they will host group 6 matches of the Euro 2022 qualification round from July 7-10 (link). The opponents for our team will be Andorra, Belgium, and Moldova.

Ukraine's U-19 Futsal National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Mykola Khomjak, Mykola Huyvan, Dmytro Dyachenko; field players: Andriy Britan, Oleksandr Dychuk, Andriy Tkachuk, Oleksandr Smytanenko, Rostyslav Semenchenko, Vladyslav Syzik, Artem Shchur, Yaroslav Kvasniy, Dmytro Skychyk, David Kalashnik, Dmytro Rybickiy, Maxim Maliynovskiy, Sava Lutai.

Recall that on August 30 last year, the draw for the main round of qualification for the second European Championship in futsal (U-19) took place (link). As a result, Vitaliy Odegov's wards were placed in group 6, where they will meet Belgium, Moldova, and the winner of group A from the previous round — Andorra.

The Ukrainian team was designated as the host of one of the mini-tournaments that were to take place at Lviv's "Bosko-Arena" on March 16-19. However, due to Russia's military invasion, the matches were rescheduled for July 7-10 this year. The games will be hosted by Chiorescu in Moldova.

Euro 2022 (U-19) Futsal Qualification Round - Group 6

July 7, 2022

Belgium — Moldova   3:00 PM

Ukraine — Andorra   6:00 PM

July 8, 2022

Belgium — Ukraine  3:00 PM

Moldova — Andorra 6:00 PM

July 10, 2022

Andorra — Belgium  3:00 PM

Moldova — Ukraine  6:00 PM

Time is in Kyiv time.

Recall that based on the results of the qualification matches, seven participants of the final tournament of the European Championship 2022 among youth teams are already known. Joining Spain, which will be the host nation for the first time, are Italy, Portugal, France, Poland, Romania and Croatia. The last participant in Euro 2022 will be determined by the results of group 6 matches.

The final stage of Euro 2022 (U-19) futsal championship will take place from September 3 to 10 in Jaén, Spain at "Olivo-Arena", which accommodates 6500 spectators. According to the draw, eight tournament participants will be divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two from each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Recall that on the first-ever Euro in futsal among youth teams, which took place in 2019, Ukraine's national team qualified for the final tournament and secured third place in their group. link The champion was one of Ukraine's rivals — Spain's team.