Oleh Shaitanov's wards have started preparing for the final tournament on March 8th in Portugal. A day before Euro-2023, blue-and-yellow played two friendlies against Portuguese teams in the city of Rio Maior. In the first match, our team conceded — 0:7, in the second one — 1:6.

The Ukrainian women worked in a double training mode, with a total of 10 trainings and several theoretical sessions planned. Until March 15th, blue-and-yellow continued preparing for the final part of Euro-2023 in Portugal, after which they headed to Debrecen.

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The final four matches will take place at the "Phoenix Arena". On January 24th, there was a draw, according to which our opponents in the semifinals are Hungary. The match is scheduled for today (kickoff at 8:30 PM Kyiv time), with direct broadcast planned on the Suspilne: Sport platform.

"Our last official matches against Hungary were quite challenging. We won a game for third place in the previous Euro with a score of 2:1. Also, I can mention that our match in the main round of Euro-2019 ended in a draw — 4:4. There are no easy games with future opponents, so we're preparing for a tough test," — head coach Oleh Shaitanov noted before the game.

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"A few years ago, everyone could say that Ukraine was a favorite. However, everything is constantly changing. We remember our last match against Hungary. It didn't go easy on us. On Friday, the semifinal will take place, and we will only strive for victory. This will be a new story. We will give all our strength to demonstrate our best qualities and achieve the necessary result," — captain of Ukraine's women's team Yulia Forsyuk said ahead of the game.

Composition of Ukraine's Women's Futsal Team

Goalkeepers — Nastasya Teresh (Interacional, Portugal), Victoria Kislava (Torreblanca, Spain), Natalia Mytrofanova (Deporivo Cordoba, Spain); field players — Yulia Titova (Italkave Real Statte, Italy), Yulia Forsyuk, Xenya Grytsenko (both «Moslles», Spain), Iryna Dubitska, Taisia Babenko (both «Interacional», Portugal), Oleksandra Skibina («Hoventut», Spain), Anna Shulga (Torreblanca, Spain), Snizhana Volovenko («Atletico Navalcernero V», Spain), Polina Drozd, Vera Dyatel (both «Ilves», Finland), Alona Kyrilchuk (unattached).

We remind you that in the main round of the European Championship qualifier for women's futsal, which took place in Poznan, Poland, blue-and-yellow managed to secure first place in their group. In the first game, Ukraine's national team defeated the Netherlands (5:2), in the second one — beat Croatia (5:1), and concluded the mini-tournament with a draw against Poland (1:1). As a result, our team secured continental supremacy for the second time in history.

Moreover, Ukraine's women's futsal national team became bronze medalists of the Euro-2022 final tournament, which took place from July 1 to 3 last year in Portugal. Then, in the match for third place, blue-and-yellow defeated Hungary (2:1).

Euro-2023 Women's Futsal

March 17    5:00 PM    Semifinal              Spain — Portugal

March 17    8:30 PM    Semifinal              Ukraine— Hungary

March 19    2:00 PM    Match for 3rd place

March 19    5:00 PM    Final

Match start times are in Kyiv time.