Women's Euro-2025. Ukraine lost to Croatia in qualifying match

09.04.2024 19:04

The women's national team of Ukraine continued their Euro 2025 qualifying campaign with an away match against Croatia.

The blue-yellow team kicked off their Euro 2025 qualifiers with a victory over Kosovo (2:0) in Antalya, Turkey. Following this, our team traveled for an away game against Croatia, scheduled to take place at the Stadion Ivan Laljak-Ivic in Zapresic.

The match started with intense competition, and in the 18th minute, the hosts unexpectedly opened the scoring—Loyna netted a goal past Kelyushyk from a free-kick. After that, the Ukrainians pressed their opponents on their half. Before halftime, Kravchuk had the best opportunity to score but failed to beat the goalkeeper from a fantastic position.

The blue-yellow team started the second half actively, but all their attempts were thwarted by Bacic. In the 62nd minute, Ovdiychuk's shot after a set-piece narrowly missed the post. Later, Rudelic and Andrukhiv exchanged inaccurate shots.

In the 83rd minute, after Apanashchenko's shot from outside the box hit the post, Molodyuk missed a good chance. Despite all efforts, the Ukrainian team failed to find even a single goal, marking the first defeat of Volodymyr Pyatenko's team in the qualifiers.

Women's Euro-2025. Qualifying. League B. Group 4

Croatia - Ukraine - 1:0 (1:0)

Goal: Loyna (18).

Croatia: Bacic (k), Slipcevic, Balog (Kunstek, 25, Krainovic, 74), Nevrkla, Vracevic, Jelencic, Pezel, Loyna (Vidovic, 74), Krznaric, Markovic (Glibo, 87), Rudelic (Jedvaj, 87).

Trainer: Nenad Gracan.

Ukraine: Kelyushyk, Petryk, Kotyk, Shmatko (k), Basanska, Pantsulaya (Andrukhiv, 46), Khimich, Semkiv (Apanashchenko, 46), Ovdiychuk (Kozlova, 82), Kravchuk (Kalinina, 68), Glushchenko (Molodyuk, 82).

Trainer: Volodymyr Pyatenko.

Referee: Sulema Gonzalez (Spain).

Booked: Jelencic (35), Kunstek (49), Krznaric (84), Slipcevic (90+1) — Apanashchenko (51), Molodyuk (88).

April 9. Zapresic Stadion Ivan Laljak-Ivic.

Kosovo - Wales - 0:6

Standings

3 round

31.05.2024

Wales - Ukraine

Kosovo — Croatia

4 round

04.06.2024

Ukraine — Wales

Croatia - Kosovo

5 round

12.07.2024

Kosovo - Ukraine

Croatia - Wales

6 round

16.07.2024

Ukraine - Croatia

Wales - Kosovo

The results of the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying draw

League A

Group A1: Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Finland.

Group A2: Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Czechia.

Group A3: France, England, Sweden, Ireland.

Group A4: Germany, Austria, Iceland, Poland.

League B.

Group B1: Switzerland, Hungary, Turkey, Azerbaijan.

Group B2: Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Israel.

Group B3: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, Malta.

Group B4: Wales, Croatia, Ukraine, Kosovo.

League C.

Group C1: Belarus, Lithuania, Cyprus, Georgia.

Group C2: Slovenia, Latvia, North Macedonia, Moldova.

Group C3: Greece, Montenegro, Andorra, Faroe Islands.

Group C4: Romania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Armenia.

Group C5: Albania, Estonia, Luxembourg.

The distribution of tickets for Euro-2025 takes place based on the results of the next league cycle. The teams compete in groups of four or three teams (League C). The eight best teams in League A (first and second places) immediately go to the final tournament. There they join the host country, Switzerland.

The remaining seven passes are to be played in two rounds of playoffs. In the one-way first round, the third- and fourth-placed teams in League A face the group winners and the top three second-placed teams in League C. The eight winners advance to the second round.

Elsewhere, the four group winners and the top two runners-up in League B play the remaining two runners-up and the four third-placed teams in League B. The six winners advance to the second round.

In the second round of the playoffs, 14 national teams directly play for seven tickets to the final tournament of Euro-2025, where a total of 16 participants play.

The paths of the teams in the play-off matches are to be adjusted, if necessary, taking into account the performances of Switzerland, which plays in League B, but will be represented at the Euro as the host country.

If Switzerland finishes first, second, or third in their B League group, the fourth-best team from that division will enter the playoffs.

Promotion and relegation

In parallel, teams will also compete for positions in the next Nations League, which begins the 2025-2027 cycle:

— winners, holders of second and third places in League A groups will remain in League A;

— the second-place winners and the three best third-place winners in League B groups will remain in League B;

— the winners of the second, third, and fourth places in the groups of League C will remain in League C;

— the winners of the groups in the B and C leagues will move to the higher division;

— the fourth-place finishers in League A and B groups, as well as the worst third-place finisher in League B, will be relegated.

Euro-2025 among women's teams. Calendar

Matches 1—2 rounds: April 3-9, 2024.

Matches 3—4 rounds: May 29 - June 4, 2024.

Matches 5—6 rounds: July 10-16, 2024.

Playoff draw: July 19, 2024

1st round of playoffs (2 matches): October 23-29, 2024.

2nd round of playoffs (2 matches): November 27 - December 3, 2024.

Final tournament draw: December 16, 2024.

Final tournament: July 2-27, 2025 (Switzerland).