Today, on October 19, the women's national handball team of Ukraine will start their journey in the main round of qualification for Euro-2023, where they will face Poland, Croatia and the winner of group A from the previous round, which were the Netherlands. They will also play against them in their opening match. It should be noted that Ukraine was initially supposed to host the mini-tournament, but due to Russian aggression, UEFA moved the matches of the quartet to Poland.

The training camp for the women's national handball team of Ukraine ahead of the group 2 main round qualification matches for Euro-2023 began on October 12 in the Polish city of Miedzyzdroje.

"The team worked in a two-session mode. Already from the first training session, I noticed positive moments because I saw that the girls arrived in playing form. We have gathered around this time before, and I can say that previously there was a feeling of lack of playing form among the handball players. Now they are performing in their clubs, gaining important experience in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian championships. This is undoubtedly a positive moment. The opponents in our group are equal, so I believe that everything depends on us," — head coach of the blue-and-yellow team Oleg Shaytanov noted ahead of time. By the way, one of his assistants recently became Julia Titova, who plays for Italian "Italcave Real Stato."

Roster of Ukraine's Women's Handball Team

Goalkeepers— Anastasiia Tereshenko ("Inter Nacional", Portugal), Viktoriia Kislова ("Torreblanca", Spain), Nataliia Mytrofanova ("Deportivo Cordoba", Spain); field players — Sofia Ruban, Iryna Dubytska, Taїsia Babenko (all «Inter Nacional», Portugal), Polina Drzod («Guadalajara», Spain), Julia Titova («Italcave Real Stato», Italy), Christina Stepanenko («Viases Amaral», Spain), Julia Forsyк, Kseniia Grytsenko (both — «Mostoles», Spain), Mariia Vaskovets, Oleksandra Skibina (both — «Hueventut», Spain), Snejhana Volovenko («Atletico Navalcarnero-V», Spain), Aliona Kyrilchuk (without club).

The final stage of Euro-2023 women's handball is scheduled for March 2023, with four national teams participating. The qualification cycle, as before, consists of two stages. The preliminary round took place from May 10–14, and the main round involving sixteen of the strongest teams will take place on October 19–22. Four group winners will advance to the final stage.

Euro-2023 Women's Handball. Main Round. Group 2

19.10.2022

Croatia — Poland (5:00 PM)

Ukraine — Netherlands (8:00 PM)

20.10.2022

Croatia — Ukraine (5:00 PM)

Poland — Netherlands (8:00 PM)

22.10.2022

Netherlands — Croatia (5:00 PM)

Poland — Ukraine (8:00 PM)

Match times are in Kyiv time.

Euro-2023 Women's Handball. Main Round

Group 1: Spain, Finland*, Sweden, Belgium.

Group 2: Ukraine, Poland*, Croatia, Netherlands.

Group 3: Portugal*, Italy, Belarus, Slovenia.

Group 4: Hungary, Czech Republic*, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

* — hosts of mini-tournaments.

As a reminder, the women's national handball team of Ukraine became bronze medalists of the final tournament of Euro-2022, which took place from July 1–3 in Portugal.