On Friday, April 14, the Ukraine FIFA national team started in the online qualification for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023.

This is the second stage of selection for world supremacy, with game series played in a 2vs2 format using FIFA 23 on the PS5 platform.

Oleksandr CIG Grishay Gryshai and Andriy CIG ST92 Shakalov, representing Ukraine at these competitions, began their game day with a loss to Serbia's team — 1:2.

In the next match, Ukrainians surprisingly overcame group favorites. A single goal helped the blue and yellow team overcome Turkey's resistance (1:0).

Despite losing to Poland in a well-played game (2:3), Ukraine's national team scored points in every subsequent match. Our esports football players defeated Hungary (3:2), drew with Bosnia and Herzegovina's team (3:3) and Croatia (2:2), and at the end of the game day, left no chances for Latvia's team (3:0).

Thus, Ukraine's team finished in third place in Group B with 11 points on the first day of online qualification.

On April 15, matches will take place in the return leg of the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 online qualification. As a reminder, the top four teams in the group advance to the upper bracket playoff, while fifth and sixth-placed teams have a chance to compete in relegation matches in the lower bracket. The two worst-performing teams in the group will conclude their participation in the online qualification.