U-16: Ukraine to begin tournament in Japan on June 19
The Ukraine U-16 team (players born in 2008 or later) will participate in the Dream Cup 2024 tournament in Japan.
The competition will occur from June 19 to 23 at the J-Village Stadium in Fukuoka. At the tournament, the blue-yellows, preparing for the Euro-2025 (U-17) qualifiers, will face peers from Japan, Senegal, and Venezuela.
On June 15, our team started training camp, and on the 19th, they will play their first match against the hosts. The game will begin at 09:00 Kyiv time.
“We have more information about Japan, whom we will play in the first match. As for the other opponents, we will learn more about them during the tournament.
I am sure this will be an interesting and valuable competition for the Ukraine team, as we will face representatives from different continents and different football philosophies. My only concern is whether our boys will acclimate in the two days we have before the tournament starts,” said the head coach of the Ukrainian youth team, Yuriy Moroz.
Ukraine U-16 Team Squad
Goalkeepers: Maksym Royenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Kyrylo Khadasevych (Wolfsburg, Germany).
Defenders: Yaroslav Mylokost (Shakhtar Donetsk), Arsen Zalypka, Dmytro Solomon (both - Rukh Lviv), Arseniy Koval (Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Nazar Khlivnyuk (Fortuna, Germany), Andriy Lysytskyi (Fiorentina, Italy).
Midfielders: Myroslav Romanyuk, Nazar Ivaskiv, Ivan Andreiko (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Kroitar, Danylo Slyva (both - Rukh Lviv), Oleksandr Sereda (Shakhtar Donetsk), Karen Gevorkyan (Las Rozas, Spain), Denys Khasanov (Viktoria, Germany).
Forwards: Maksym Kucheriavyi (Dynamo Kyiv), Zakhariy Zakharkiv (Kolos Kovalivka).
Dream Cup 2024 Tournament for U-16 Teams
June 19, 2024
Senegal - Venezuela (06:00)
Japan - Ukraine (09:00)
June 21, 2024
Ukraine - Senegal (06:00)
Japan - Venezuela (09:00)
June 23, 2024
Venezuela - Ukraine (06:00)
Japan - Senegal (09:00)
Match start times - Kyiv time.
The tournament is a single round-robin. After two 45-minute halves, in case of a draw, penalty shootouts will determine the winner. Three points will be awarded for a victory in regular time, two for a penalty shootout win, one for a penalty shootout loss, and none for a loss in regular time.
On May 3rd, the draw for the first qualifying round of Euro 2025 (U-17) took place in Nyon. As a result, the Ukrainian youth team (currently U-16, players born in 2008), led by Yuriy Moroz, found itself in Group 4 along with Belgium, Kosovo, and Kazakhstan. The mini-tournament in our group will take place in Belgium, with matches scheduled for October 9th, 12th, and 15th.
Results of the Euro 2025 (U-17) Qualifying Round Draw
Group 1: England, Sweden, Latvia, Malta.
Group 2: Poland, Slovenia, Georgia, Armenia.
Group 3: Netherlands, Croatia, Albania, Faroe Islands.
Group 4: Belgium, Ukraine, Kosovo, Kazakhstan.
Group 5: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Liechtenstein.
Group 6: Hungary, Greece, Romania, Azerbaijan.
Group 7: Germany, Czechia, Belarus, Andorra.
Group 8: Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Lithuania.
Group 9: Italy, Norway, Wales, San Marino.
Group 10: Switzerland, Israel, Montenegro, Moldova.
Group 11: France, Slovakia, Cyprus, Gibraltar.
Group 12: Spain, Iceland, North Macedonia, Estonia.
Group 13: Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria.
Group 14: Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg.
The top two teams from each group advance to the second round of qualifying. After that, 28 participants will compete in seven League A groups in the spring of 2025 for seven spots in the final tournament, which will take place in Albania in the summer. The host team received an automatic berth, although it will participate in qualifying.
The remaining teams in the second round will compete in League B for places in League A of the first qualifying stage of Euro 2027 (U-19).
It's worth noting that Euro 2025 (U-17) will serve as UEFA's qualification for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which will feature 48 teams in Qatar.
In April, the Ukrainian U-16 national team won the UEFA Development Tournament in Estonia.
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