After losing to Switzerland's team (3:5) and a surprising victory over Spain's team (2:1), today Ukraine's national team faced Sweden in the decisive match of Group B.

The players under Yuri Klimenko performed very well in the first period. On the 6th minute, Snejana Volovenko and on the 11th minute Yulia Deychtyar secured a comfortable lead for our team — 2:0.

In the second 12-minute period, Sweden's national team managed to narrow the gap through Kaisa's efforts, but Yulia Deychtyar sealed her double and reestablished the previous lead at the end of the period. In the last seconds before halftime, Myrosława Vypasnyak even increased it — 4:1.

When Anastasiia Kliapachenko scored the fifth goal against our opponents in the third period on the 28th minute, the course of the match was effectively decided. Tuva's goal four minutes later only added to Sweden's frustration. In the end, 5:2 — a victory for Ukraine.

This success allowed Ukraine's women's national team to accumulate six points and advance to the semifinals of the tournament, securing their place at the World Beach Games which will take place from August 6-12, 2023 in Bali, Indonesia.

World Beach Games 2023. Women's Qualification

Group B

Ukraine — Sweden — 5:2

Goals: Volovenko (6), Deychtyar (11, 23), Vypasnyak (24), Kliapachenko (28) — Kaisa (19), Tuva (32).

Ukraine: Teresh, Volovenko, Deychtyar, Kostenko, Vasylyuk, Kliapachenko, Kyrylchuk, Kramna, Dubitska, Vypasnyak, Tykhonova.

31.08. Sweden — Spain — 2:4

31.08. Switzerland — Ukraine — 5:3

01.09. Switzerland — Sweden — 2:4

01.09. Spain — Ukraine — 1:2

02.09. Ukraine — Sweden — 5:2

02.09. Spain — Switzerland — 8:2

Final Standings

It should be noted that, in addition to Ukraine's national team, England, Italy and Spain have also qualified for the World Beach Games 2023 from Europe.

Semifinals

September 3, 2022

England — Spain. 16.00

Ukraine — Italy. 17.15

World Beach Games 2023

Will take place in Indonesia, on Bali, from August 6-12, 2023. The men's final tournament will feature 16 teams and the women's — 12. Five continental qualification tournaments must be held by July 2, 2023, with the best teams securing spots at the World Beach Games.

Allocation of places by Continental Confederations for men:

UEFA (Europe) — 5 teams;

CONMEBOL (South America) — 3 teams;

CAF (Africa) — 2 teams;

CONCACAF (North and Central America) — 2 teams;

AFC (Asia) and OFC (Oceania) — 2 teams.

Allocation of places by Continental Confederations for women:

UEFA (Europe) — 4 teams;

CONMEBOL (South America) — 2 teams;

CAF (Africa) — 1 team;

CONCACAF (North and Central America) — 2 teams;

AFC (Asia) and OFC (Oceania) — 1 team.

In addition, the men's and women's national teams of Indonesia will participate in the finals of the World Beach Games 2023 as hosts, along with one specially invited team that did not qualify through continental tournaments. 

If a National Olympic Committee of any participant refuses or fails to confirm participation by July 2, 2023, then their place in the tournament will be given to the next highest-ranked team on the continent.

Should a continental qualification tournament not take place by July 2, 2023, then the world beach soccer ranking as of July 1, 2023, will be used to determine participating teams.

It is worth noting that Brazil (men) and Spain (women) are the reigning champions of the World Beach Games, having won their titles in Qatar in 2019.