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The Ukrainian WU-17 women's team has announced its squad for the second qualifying round of the 2024 European Championship.
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As a reminder, the Ukrainian women's national team WU-17 secured third place in their group during the first round of Euro 2024 qualification and retained their spot in League A.
According to the draw results for the second qualifying round tournament, the players under Sergei Sapronov will be placed in Group A5, where they will face Spain, the Netherlands, and Turkey. The host country for this mini-tournament is the Netherlands, with matches taking place from March 14-20 in the cities of Gravendeel (Sportpark Juliana) and Nordwijk (Gemeentelijk Sportpark S.J.C.).
The team's coach Sergei Sapronov has called up 20 players for preparation, according to the official website of the All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football. Thanks to support from the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB), the Ukrainian team will begin their training camp directly on the territory of the host country. On March 8, the blue and yellow team will travel to Delft for a training session.
Goalkeepers: Svitlana Snihur ("Veres" Rivne), Anna Harchenko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Svitlana Sahno ("Kolos" Kovalyovka).
Defenders: Alina Savka ("Vorskla" Poltava), Yelyzaveta Maslovskaya ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Mariia Iagnatenko, Viktoriia Sanotska (both — "Ladomir" Volodymyr), Anna Babych, Sofia Verzhnyak (both — "Yunyst" Chernihiv).
Midfielders: Viktoriia Savkina, Zoria Hladun, Daria Artemenko (all — "Ladomir" Volodymyr), Anastasiia Zhigadlo, Anna Avramenko (both — "Kryvyi Rih", Kryvyi Rih), Evelyna Kupcovska ("Zhiltobud-1" Kharkiv), Anastasiia Migal (DVTK, Hungary), Alessia Osypchuk ("Atalanta", Italy).
Forwards: Olena Martchenyuk ("EMS-Podillya" Vinnytsia), Vladka Kabanova ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Sofia Kononova ("Ladomir" Volodymyr).
March 14, 2024
Spain — Turkey (8:00 PM)
Ukraine — Netherlands (8:00 PM)
March 17, 2024
Netherlands — Turkey (4:00 PM)
Spain — Ukraine (8:00 PM)
March 20, 2024
Netherlands — Spain (8:00 PM)
Turkey — Ukraine (8:00 PM)
All match times are in Kyiv time.
In the second qualifying round, seven teams will be determined to join Sweden at the final stage of the European Championship for girls under 17 years old. Additionally, teams that move from one league to another will also be decided during this round. The seeding during the draw for the second round was based on the positions the national teams finished in after the first round.
In League A, seven groups with 28 teams are competing, including seven teams that were promoted from League B following the results of the first round. The winners of each group in League A during the second round (and the best runner-up if Sweden finishes first) will qualify for the final stage, which will take place between May 5 and May 18. Teams finishing fourth in their groups will start the next season's first round in League B.
In League B, 22 teams are competing across six groups (four with four participants each, two with three) for promotion to League A during the next qualifying round.
League A
Group A1: France, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
Group A2: Finland, Portugal, Iceland, Kosovo.
Group A3: Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Croatia.
Group A4: Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Wales.
Group A5: Spain, Netherlands, Ukraine, Turkey.
Group A6: England, Italy, Greece, Serbia.
Group A7: Poland, Denmark, Scotland, North Macedonia.
League B
Group B1: Belarus, Montenegro, Lithuania, Andorra.
Group B2: Bulgaria, Slovenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan.
Group B3: Romania, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Georgia.
Group B4: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Armenia, Kazakhstan.
Group B5: Northern Ireland, Malta, Luxembourg.
Group B6: Ireland, Israel, Albania.
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