Vitaliy Odegov's wards secured their second victory in the main round of qualification for the European Football Championship among U-19 teams, which are taking place in Moldova's Chiorescu.

In the second round within group 6, the current leaders of the quartet met. In their previous matches, Ukraine comfortably defeated Andorra (10:2), while Belgium managed to beat Moldova (6:0).

This time, the blue and yellow team scored 11 goals against their opponent. Eight players were on the scoresheet, with Andriy Britan scoring a hat-trick and Oleksandr Smytanenko netting two.

Having secured two convincing victories, Ukrainians guaranteed their place at Euro-2022. The last match in group 6 will be against Moldova on July 10 (kick-off at 18:00).

UEFA Euro-2022 (U-19) Indoor Football Qualification Round. Group 6

July 7, 2022

Ukraine — Andorra — 10:2

Belgium — Moldova — 6:0

July 8, 2022

Belgium  — Ukraine — 0:11 (0:6)

Goals: Kalashnik (6), Kvasniy (9), Britan (14, 18, 32), Dychuk (18), Tkachuk (19), Skibchik (24), Malynovskiy (29), Smytanenko (39, 40).

Belgium: Beks — Vanrenken, Vandenenplas, Punzo, Morando (c) — Merlin, El Harri, Jacobs, De Kerf, Vandenberge, Kus, Sanchez Arevalo.

Ukraine: Guyvan — Kalashnik, Britan, Dychuk (c), Kvasniy — Dyachenko, Lutai, Malynovskiy, Smytanenko, Semenchenko, Skibchik, Tkachuk.

Warned: De Kerf (14), El Harri (28) — Smytanenko (16).

Moldova — Andorra — 4:5 (1:3)

Standings

July 10, 2022

Andorra — Belgium   15.00

Moldova — Ukraine 18.00

Time is Kyiv time.

We remind you that seven participants of the final tournament of the European Football Championship-2022 among youth teams were already known based on the results of the qualification matches. Joining Spain, which will be the host for the first time, were Italy, Portugal, France, Poland, Romania and Croatia. The last participant of Euro-2022 was to be determined by the results of group 6 matches.

The final stage of UEFA Euro-2022 (U-19) Indoor Football Championship will take place from September 3—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 semifinals.

We remind you that in the first-ever UEFA Euro among youth players, which took place in 2019, Ukraine's team qualified for the final tournament and secured third place in their group. And Spain's team became the champion, — one of Ukraine's rivals.