On Friday, May 19, the Ukrainian FIFA team played matches in the second round of the playoff qualification for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023.

This is the third stage of qualifying for world supremacy, with game series taking place in a 2vs2 format using the FIFA 23 simulator on PS5.

Oleksandr CIG Grishay Gryshai and Andriy CIG ST92 Shakalov, representing Ukraine at these competitions, started their game day with a draw against Italy. The blue-and-yellow team won during the match but conceded an unpleasant goal just before the final whistle.

This result affected the mood of Ukrainian esports players who initially could not put up adequate resistance to Israel (0:4), and later lost five clean goals to Norway.

The final match of the game day, which had no tournament significance, our team lost to Bulgaria — 2:4.

Thus, Ukraine finished in fourth place in Group A of the playoff group stage for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 and advanced to the upper bracket of the competition.

On May 20, matches will take place in the upper bracket that determine the first winners of tickets to the world championship of e-football. The Ukrainian team will play a series of two games against the French national team.

Join the broadcast at 6:00 PM on the UAF YouTube channel and support the blue-and-yellow team in this decisive esports battle of the year!