Alexander Kosenko's wards start the main round of the 2024 World Cup football qualification with a match against Kosovo in the Latvian city of Salaspils.

Upcoming for the Ukrainian team are home matches in the main round of the 2024 WC qualifiers, which due to Russia's military aggression will take place in Latvia. The game against Kosovo is scheduled for today, October 7th, in Salaspils, and against the Netherlands on October 11th in Jelgava. Both games start at 7 PM Kyiv time.

The Ukrainian national team's training camp started in Latvia on September 3rd. 

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Ukrainian National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Kyrylo Tsybun ("Pszast", Poland), Oleksandr Suchov ("HIT"), Yurii Savenko ("Hurricane").

Field Players: Petro Shoturma, Igor Korsun, Daniil Abakshin, Artem Farenyuk, Mykola Mikhityuk (all — "Hurricane"), Mykhailo Zvarych, Serhiy Malishko, Vitaliy Radevich (all — "Energy"), Yevhen Syryi, Igor Chernyavskyi (both — "HIT"), Andriy Melnyk (CLUST), Yaroslav Lebid ("Cosmos", Estonia).

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2024 WC European Qualifiers. Main Round. Group 11

Sep. 18, 2022

Netherlands — Kosovo — 2:1

Oct. 7, 2022

Ukraine — Kosovo (7 PM)

Oct. 11, 2022

Ukraine — Netherlands (7 PM)

Nov. 9, 2022

Kosovo — Ukraine (6 PM)

Mar. 3, 2023

Kosovo — Netherlands

Mar. 8, 2023

Netherlands — Ukraine

In the main round, 36 national teams are divided into 12 groups of three teams each, where matches will be played home and away. The 12 group winners and four best second-place finishers advance to the elite round. The other eight second-place finishers participate in a playoff from the main round.

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2024 WC European Qualifiers. Main Round

Group 1: Spain, Moldova, Cyprus.

Group 2: Georgia, Belgium, Austria.

Group 3: Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia.

Group 4: Portugal, Belarus, Lithuania.

Group 5: Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Montenegro.

Group 6: Azerbaijan, Poland, Greece.

Group 7: Croatia, Hungary, Israel.

Group 8: Finland, Romania, Denmark.

Group 9: Serbia, France, Norway.

Group 10: Italy, North Macedonia, Sweden.

Group 11: Ukraine, Netherlands, Kosovo.

Group 12: Slovakia, Latvia, Germany.

Format

Qualification takes place over five stages: a preliminary round (mini-tournaments), the main round (groups with home and away matches), playoffs from the main round (home and away matches), an elite round (groups with home and away matches) and playoffs from the elite round (home and away matches).

Main Round Playoffs

Drawing: March 10, 2023.

Matches: April 10—19, 2023.

Eight teams will be divided into four pairs and matches will take place home and away. The winners advance to the elite round.

Elite Round

Drawing: July 5, 2023.

Matches: will be completed by December 20, 2023.

Twenty national teams will be divided into five groups of four teams each and matches will take place home and away. The five group winners advance to the 2024 WC. Four best second-place finishers advance to playoffs from the elite round. If the European association is selected for hosting the final tournament, only two best second-place finishers advance to playoffs from the elite round.

Elite Round Playoffs

Drawing: January 25, 2024.

Matches: April 8—17, 2024.

Four teams will be divided into two pairs (if only two teams participate in the playoffs, a draw will determine the match order), and matches will take place home and away. The winners advance to the 2024 WC.