Today, in Viareggio, Italy, the men's national beach soccer team of Ukraine started their season's most important tournament — the EuroLeague-2025 Superfinal.

The first opponent for coach Mykola Kostenko’s squad in Group B was Switzerland. 

In the opening period, the battle was even, but Ukraine capitalized on a few dangerous moments. On the 7th minute, Oleksandr Poslavsky scored an own goal from his team's net, and Anton Ross successfully redirected the ball into the goal — 1:0. Three minutes later, Andriy Pashko received a pass in the central zone and powerfully shot to double Ukraine’s lead. Near the end of the period, Poslavsky demonstrated great reflexes by parrying Glenn Hodel's bicycle kick.

In the second 12-minute period, Grigory Yarmak had a wonderful chance to score but his header from close range was saved by Switzerland’s goalkeeper. Pashko did not miss from a set play and on the 19th minute extended our team's lead to three goals. Unfortunately, an unforced error by Andriy Potapov near Ukraine’s goal led to Hodel scoring, reducing Switzerland’s deficit — 1:3. 

In the third period, Ivan Glutsyk scored on a good pass from Ross — 4:1. The Swiss responded with a successful shot by Philipp Borer. On the 31st minute, Switzerland were down to four players due to Sandro Spakka's penalty. With two minutes of numerical advantage, Ukraine scored their fifth goal — marked by Dmytro Voytok. Despite this, coach Angelo Schirinzi’s team fought until the end, and Borer with two shots gave hope back to his teammates. 

On the final seconds, a crossbar saved Ukraine. In the end, 5:4 — a hard-fought victory for Ukraine. 

EuroLeague-2025. Superfinal. Men

Switzerland — Ukraine — 4:5

Goals: Hodel (24), Borer (30, 33, from penalty, 35) — Ross (7), Pashko (10, 19), Glutsyk (29), Voytok (32).

Switzerland: Eliot, Spakka, Hodel, J. Knopfler, Borer; Kessler, Arielle, Gmur, Rodrigues, Y. Knopfler, Steinemann.

Ukraine: Poslavsky, Glutsyk, Yarmak, Ross, Pashko; Nerush, A. Borsuk, Potapov, Samoylenko, Maksymets, Zborovsky, Voytok.

Warned: Spakka (25), Borer (29), Hodel (32), Steinemann (36) — Yarmak (23), Poslavsky (35), Pashko (35).

Expelled: Spakka (31).

Denmark — Spain — 5:7

Tournament table

EuroLeague-2025. Superfinal. Men

Group A: Italy, Belarus, Portugal, France.

Group B: Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Denmark.

Schedule of Ukraine's national team matches

11.09. Spain — Ukraine. 17:45

12.09. Ukraine — Denmark. 12:30

The two best teams from each group will advance to the semifinals. The others will compete for 5th-8th place.