In preparation for the final stage of Euro-2023 (U-19) in futsal, Ukraine's youth national team participated in the traditional summer tournament Futsal Week, which took place in Poreč, Croatia.

In group matches at Futsal Week, our boys lost to Morocco (1:4), Poland (2:4), and Portugal (2:5). Today, in the match for seventh place against their Czech counterparts, they were leading 3-1 but unfortunately could not hold on to their lead and lost in a penalty shootout.

Youth National Futsal Tournament Futsal Week

Czech Republic (U-19) — Ukraine (U-19) — 3:3 (1:3), on penalties — 4:2

Goals scored by the Ukrainian team: Ribitskyi (10), Pelytskyi (13), Pantratii (20).

Ukraine: Rafalskyi — Ribitskyi, Skychyk, Tatymyrak, Pantratii; Elisev, Tkachenko, Pelytskyi, Fedik, Tytyurai, Snitarenko, Prykhodko.

Yellow card: Prykhodko (25).

Youth National Futsal Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Ivan Belyimov ("Black Sea"), Konstantin Rafalskyi ("Cardinal-Rivnestandart"), Danyil Zanosii ("Dnipro-Gostomel"); field players: Dmytro Ribitskyi, Vitaliy Pantratii (both — "Futsal Szczecin," Poland), Illia Prykhodko, Dmytro Fedik (both — "Hurricane"), Roman Tatymyrak ("United Pomiecie," Italy), Vladyslav Tkachenko ("Red Devils," Poland), Andriy Elisev ("Tim Lemborz," Poland), Danilo Boldijev ("Phoenix"), Denis Snitarenko (SkyUp Futsal), Vadim Tytyurai, Dmytro Skychyk (both — "Cardinal-Rivnestandart"), Igor Pelytskyi ("Vikingay," Lithuania).

The blue-and-yellow team is preparing for Euro-2023 (U-19) which will take place in Poreč from September 3 to 10. Joining the host Croatia, six other winners of the main round have been invited. The eight participating teams are divided into two groups of four, with the top two from each group advancing to the semifinals. According to the draw results, Ukraine's youth national team was placed in Group B, where they will play against Finland, Slovenia, and Italy.

Euro-2023 (U-19) Futsal Final Tournament

Group A: Croatia, Portugal, Spain, France.

Group B: Ukraine, Finland, Slovenia, Italy.

Schedule

03.09.2023

Finland — Slovenia (14:00)

Ukraine — Italy (16:30)

Portugal — Spain (19:00)

Croatia — France (21:30)

04.09.2023

Slovenia — Ukraine (14:00)

Italy — Finland (16:30)

France — Portugal (19:00)

Spain — Croatia (21:30)

06.09.2023

Ukraine — Finland (14:00)

Slovenia — Italy (16:30)

Spain — France (19:00)

Croatia — Portugal (21:30)

08.09.2023

Semifinal 1 (18:30 or 21:30)

Semifinal 2 (18:30 or 21:30)

10.09.2023

Final (21:30)

Match times are in Kyiv time.

As a reminder, in March the Ukrainian youth national futsal team qualified for the final tournament of the continental championship for the third consecutive year. In Group 2 of the main round of qualification for Euro-2023 (U-19), which was held in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, Igor Moskvin's wards convincingly defeated Montenegro (12:1) and Romania (7:3), but lost to Serbia in the decisive match (4:2), securing first place in the group.

Euro-2023 (U-19) Futsal Main Round Qualification. Group 2

22.03.2023

Ukraine — Montenegro — 12:1

Romania — Serbia — 1:6

23.03.2023

Romania — Ukraine — 3:7

Serbia — Montenegro — 3:1

25.03.2023

Serbia — Ukraine — 2:4 

Montenegro — Romania — 2:7 

Final Standings

The inaugural European Championship for youth futsal took place in 2019 in Rijeka, and the second edition was held in Hain in 2022 — both times (2019, 2022) Spain's team emerged as champions. The second championship was initially planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ukrainian national team participated in both final tournaments. In 2019, Vitaliy Odegov's wards secured third place in their group, and in 2022 they were eliminated in the semifinals.