"The Cardinal-Equistar" makes history by winning the Ukrainian Futsal Cup for the first time

In the final match of the Ukrainian Futsal Cup, Rivne's "Cardinal-Rivnepostandart" proved stronger than Kyiv's "HIT".

"The Cardinal-Equistar" makes history by winning the Ukrainian Futsal Cup for the first time

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In the final match of the Ukrainian Cup in futsal, Rivne's "Cardinal-Rivnastandart" proved stronger than Kyiv's "HIT".

In Lviv on the pitch of "Bosco-Arena", decisive matches of the VBET Ukrainian Cup took place. In the first semi-final match, "Cardinal-Rivnastandart" overcame Lviv's "Energiya" in a penalty shootout. In the second game, Kyiv's "HIT" crushed "Rescuers" from Romny.

Today, in the final meeting between teams "HIT" and "Cardinal-Rivnastandart", the score was tied but neither side managed to break it during regular time. On the 6th minute, Yevgen Zhuk of "HIT" opened the scoring, however on the 25th minute Serhiy Kravchuk equalized – 1:1. The additional 10 minutes also did not produce a winner and the matter went to a series of six-meter shots.

Only then did the team from Rivne demonstrate their superiority, winning with a score of 5:4. Thus, "Cardinal-Rivnastandart" won the Ukrainian Cup for the first time in history.

Ukrainian Futsal Cup

Semi-finals

29.04.2023

"Energiya" (Lviv)  "Cardinal-Rivnastandart" (Rivne)  1:1 (0:0), on penalties — 2:4

Goals: Tsilk (30) — Volianyuk (35).

"Rescuers" (Romny)  "HIT" (Kyiv)  1:8 (0:5)

Goals: Prokopychuk (40) — Zhurba (5, 9), Syryi (6), Zhuk (17, 20), Skhodnyy (26, 38), Pedyas (27).

Final

30.04.2023

"Cardinal-Rivnastandart" (Rivne)  "HIT" (Kyiv)  1:1 (0:1), on penalties — 5:4

Goals: Kravchuk (25) — Zhuk (6).