Ukraine Olympic team sets course for Marseille in prestigious tournament

31.05.2024 12:03

From May 31st to June 17th, the Ukrainian Olympic team will undergo a training camp and participate in the international tournament Tournoi Maurice Revello in France as part of their preparation for the Summer Games.

Photo by UAF press service

Today, the team traveled to Warsaw and will fly to Marseille via Munich, where the tournament will take place. The schedule for the blue-yellow squad includes theory sessions and the first training session scheduled for tomorrow. They will follow this routine daily until their opening match against Indonesia on June 4th.

Photo by UAF press service

Due to various reasons, the roster of the Ukrainian Olympic team has been updated, and the coaching staff can now rely on 26 players for the tournament.

Ukrainian Olympic team roster:

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Kiril Fesyun (Kolos Kovalivka), Heorhiy Yermakov (Oleksandriya).

Defenders: Taras Mykhavko (Dynamo Kyiv), Arseniy Batahov (Zorya Luhansk), Oleksandr Martynyuk, Danil Skorko (both Oleksandriya), Oleksandr Drambaiev (Osijek, Croatia), Yevhen Pavlyuk, Ihor Krupskyi (both Vorskla Poltava), Volodymyr Salyuk (Chornomorets Odesa).

Midfielders: Yegor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England), Maksym Kucheryavyi (St. Johnstone, Scotland), Maksym Khlan (Lechia Gdansk, Poland), Valentin Rubchynskyi, Oleg Ocheretko (both Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Nazar Voloshyn (Dynamo Kyiv), Mykola Mykhaylenko, Kyrylo Siheiev, Denys Shostak (all Oleksandriya), Oleg Fedor (Rukh Lviv), Maksym Bragaru (Chornomorets Odesa), Hennadiy Synchuk (Metalist Kharkiv), Vladyslav Veleten (Kolos Kovalivka).

Forwards: Ihor Krasnopir (Obolon Kyiv), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk).

It should be recalled that 10 national teams will participate in the tournament, divided into two groups. During the initial stage, Ruslan Rotan's team will face Indonesia (replacing Egypt), Italy, Panama, and Japan.

International U-23 Tournament Tournoi Maurice Revello

Group Stage

Group A: Ivory Coast, Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, France.

Group B: Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Ukraine, Japan.

June 4, 2024

Italy vs. Japan (16:00)

Indonesia vs. Ukraine (19:00)

June 6, 2024

Ukraine vs. Italy (16:00)

Indonesia vs. Panama (19:00)

June 8, 2024

Japan vs. Indonesia (15:00)

Ukraine vs. Panama (18:30)

June 10, 2024

Ukraine vs. Japan (15:30)

Italy vs. Panama (19:15)

June 12, 2024

Japan vs. Panama (15:30)

Italy vs. Indonesia (19:15)

Playoffs

June 14, 2024

Match for 9th place (15:00)

Match for 7th place (19:00)

Match for 5th place (18:00)

June 16, 2024

Match for 3rd place (15:30)

Final (19:15)

All match times are in Kyiv time.

Furthermore, on March 20th, Ukraine learned its opponents for the football tournament at the 2024 Olympics. Seeded in the fourth pot, they were drawn into Group B alongside Argentina, Morocco, and the third team from Asia, Iraq. The matches for the blue-yellow squad will be held on July 24th, 27th, and 30th.

Olympics 2024 Men's Football Tournament

Group A: France, USA, Guinea, New Zealand.

Group B: Argentina, Morocco, Iraq, Ukraine.

Group C: Uzbekistan, Spain, Egypt, Dominican Republic.

Group D: Japan, Paraguay, Mali, Israel.

Group B Schedule

July 24, 2024

Argentina vs. Morocco (16:00, Saint-Étienne)

Iraq vs. Ukraine (20:00, Lyon)

July 27, 2024

Argentina vs. Iraq (16:00, Lyon)

Ukraine vs. Morocco (18:00, Saint-Étienne)

July 30, 2024

Ukraine vs. Argentina (18:00, Lyon)

Morocco vs. Iraq (18:00, Nice)

All match times are in Kyiv time.

The top two teams from Group B will advance to face representatives from Group A in the knockout stage.

The format of the Olympic tournament is traditional: competition in four groups of four teams, with the top two advancing to the playoffs, followed by quarterfinals, semifinals, the match for third place, and the final (August 9th, Paris, Parc des Princes).

Last summer, by defeating France (3-1) in the quarterfinals of the Euro 2023 (U-21) and securing a spot in the semifinals, our team achieved a historic success—earning the country's first-ever participation in the Olympic football tournament. Alongside Ukraine, Spain and Israel also secured European licenses for the Summer Games 2024 in this discipline through the U-21 Euro 2023.

The participants in the men's football tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games will compete from July 24th to August 9th in seven cities in France: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne, Nice, and Nantes. According to the regulations, players born after January 1st, 2001, are eligible to participate. Additionally, each team can include three players older than this age in their squad.

In total, 16 national teams will participate in the tournament: France as the host, three teams representing Europe (Ukraine, Spain, Israel), three from Africa (Morocco, Egypt, Mali), three from Asia (Japan, Uzbekistan, Iraq), two from South America (Paraguay, Argentina), two from the CONCACAF region (USA, Dominican Republic), one from Oceania (New Zealand), and the winner of the intercontinental playoff (Guinea).