CH-2024 handball. Today, the Ukraine national team will play an away round of elite qualifying matches against Serbia

The Ukrainian futsal team will continue their path in the elite round of the 2024 World Cup qualifiers with a match against the Serbian team.

CH-2024 handball. Today, the Ukraine national team will play an away round of elite qualifying matches against Serbia

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Match 3 of Serbia — Ukraine will take place on October 6 in the city of Vrane and will start at 18:00 local time (19:00 Kyiv time). The match of the 4th round, Ukraine — Serbia, will be held five days later, on October 11, in the Hungarian city of Berettyóújfalu. Kick-off is scheduled for 19:00 Kyiv time.

As a reminder, there too, in Berettyóújfalu, Ukraine's team lost to Poland — 2:3, and before that they defeated Belgium in Rusdal — 10:2.

The head coach of the Ukrainian team, Oleksandr Kosynko, has called up 15 players for preparation for these matches. The only change compared to the previous gathering is that Yaroslav Lebid was included instead of injured Igor Chernyavs'kyi.

"Of course, any defeat affects the team and the players, but the atmosphere in the group remains normal despite the failure, and I hope that in the match against Serbia we will be ready to 100%."

"Like any Balkan national team from a sports discipline — this is a strong and technically well-prepared opponent, so we need to prepare for a tough game," — he said the day before Oleksandr Kosynko.

We add that matches of Ukraine's national team in the elite round of qualification for the 2024 World Cup will be exclusively broadcast by the media service MEGOGO.

Squad of Ukraine's National Team in Futsal

Goalkeepers: Kyrylo Tzipun («Pia», Poland), Yuriy Savenko («Hurricane»), Oleksandr Suchov («HIT»).

Field players: Oleksandr Pedias, Daniil Abakshin, Andriy Melnyk, Yevheniy Zhuk (all — «HIT»), Petro Shoturma, Igor Korsun, Artem Farenyuk, Nazar Shved (all — «Hurricane»), Mykhailo Zvarych («Energy»), Rostyslav Semenchenko, Vladyslav Zavertanyi (both — Aurora-Clust), Yaroslav Lebid (Eurobus, Poland).

2024 World Cup. European Qualification. Elite Round. Group V

September 15, 2023

Belgium — Ukraine — 2:10

Poland — Serbia — 1:2

September 20, 2023

Ukraine — Poland — 2:3

Serbia — Belgium — 3:3

Tournament Table

 

Pl

W

D

L

Pts

GD

1. Serbia

2

1

1

0

5—4

4

2. Poland

2

1

0

1

4—4

3

3. Ukraine

2

1

0

1

12—5

3

4. Belgium

2

0

1

1

5—13

1

October 6, 2023

Poland — Belgium

Serbia — Ukraine

October 11, 2023

Ukraine — Serbia

Belgium — Poland

December 15, 2023

Ukraine — Belgium

Serbia — Poland

December 20, 2023

Belgium — Serbia

Poland — Ukraine

Futsal World Cup 2024. UEFA Elite Round Qualification

Group A: Kazakhstan, Romania, Azerbaijan, Netherlands.

Group V: Ukraine, Poland, Serbia, Belgium.

Group C: Croatia, Slovakia, France, Germany.

Group D: Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic.

Group E: Portugal, Georgia, Armenia, Finland.

Futsal World Cup 2024. European Qualification

Elite Round

Matches: September 11—20, October 2—11, December 11—20, 2023.

Twenty national teams are divided into five groups of four teams each. Matches will take place home and away. The five group winners advance to the Futsal World Cup 2024. The top four second-place finishers advance to the elite round play-offs. 

Elite Round Play-Offs

Drawing: January 25, 2024.

Matches: April 8—17, 2024.

Four teams will be divided into two pairs. Matches will take place home and away. The winners of the pairs advance to the Futsal World Cup 2024.

The World Cup will take place in Uzbekistan from September 14 to October 6, 2024.