Women's EURO 2025: Ukraine gears up for Kosovo and Croatia matches
On July 12th and 16th, the Ukraine women's national team will play their final matches in the group stage qualifiers for Women's EURO 2025.
Recall that Ukraine is competing in Group B4 alongside Wales, Croatia, and Kosovo.
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The first of the scheduled matches, Kosovo vs Ukraine, will take place on July 12th in Pristina at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium. Kick-off is at 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT).
The Ukraine vs Croatia match will be held on July 16th in Skopje, North Macedonia, at the training center stadium of the local football federation. Kick-off is at 20:00 local time (18:00 GMT).
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The team, consisting of 23 players, began their preparations in the Polish city of Rzeszów and will depart for Skopje on July 10th. It's worth noting that Lesya Olkhova has been called up to the national team for the first time.
Ukraine Women's National Team Squad:
Goalkeepers: Kateryna Samson (Vorskla Poltava), Dariya Kelyushyk (Kolos Kovalivka), Kateryna Boklach (Marseille, France).
Defenders: Kateryna Korsun, Yana Kotyk, Iryna Podolska, Maryna Shainyuk (all Vorskla Poltava), Olha Basanska, Lesya Olkhova (both Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Lyubov Shmatko (Fomget, Turkey).
Midfielders: Nadiya Kunina, Veronika Andrukhiv, Dayana Semkiv (all Kolos Kovalivka), Yana Kalinina (Vorskla Poltava), Yelyzaveta Molodyuk, Tamila Khimich, Dariya Apanashchenko, Anna Petryk (all Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Yana Malakhova (Mura Nona, Slovenia), Nicole Kozlova (Glasgow City, Scotland).
Forwards: Roksolana Kravchuk (Vorskla Poltava), Olha Ovdiychuk (Fomget, Turkey), Inna Hlushchenko (Nice, France).
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Women's EURO 2025 Qualifiers. League B. Group 4
Matchday 1
05.04.2024
Ukraine — Kosovo — 2:0
Wales — Croatia — 4:0
Matchday 2
09.04.2024
Croatia — Ukraine — 1:0
Kosovo — Wales — 0:6
Matchday 3
31.05.2024
Wales — Ukraine — 1:1
Kosovo — Croatia — 0:1
Matchday 4
04.06.2024
Ukraine — Wales — 2:2
Croatia — Kosovo — 2:0
Standings
|
|
Team |
M |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
P |
|
1 |
Croatia |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4—4 |
9 |
|
2 |
Wales |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
13—3 |
8 |
|
3 |
Ukraine |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5—4 |
5 |
|
4 |
Kosovo |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0—11 |
0 |
Matchday 5
12.07.2024
Kosovo - Ukraine
Croatia - Wales
Matchday 6
16.07.2024
Ukraine - Croatia
Wales - Kosovo
The results of the Women's EURO 2025 Qualifiers 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.
Women's EURO Qualifiers. 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).
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