Today, Ukraine's handball team will play its second friendly match against Portugal.
Today, the Ukrainian handball team as part of Euro 2026 final stage preparation will play their second friendly match against Portugal.
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Let us remind you that on December 19th, in the first of two scheduled friendly matches, Oleksandr Kosenko's wards played against the Portuguese team at night (1:1). The only goal for our side was scored by Ihor Korson.
Ukraine's national futsal squad roster
Goalkeepers: Yuriy Savenko (Kyiv Futsal Kyiv), Oleksandr Sukhov (ХІТ Kyiv), Ivan Belimov ("Kaspiy", Kazakhstan).
Field players: Yevheniy Zhuk, Ihor Chernavskyi, Volodymyr Perevyeyev (all - ХІТ Kyiv), Artem Farenyk, Nazar Shved, Danyil Abakshyn, Rostyslav Semchyk (all - "Євробус", Poland), Petro Shoturma, Illia Pryhodko (both - "Ураган" Ivano-Frankivsk), Ihor Korson ("Osasuna Magna", Spain), Mykhailo Mikityuk ("Рібера Наварра", Spain).
The start of the second friendly match against the current European champion in the city of Tavira is scheduled for 21:45 Kyiv time. An exclusive live stream will be available on the MEGOGO media service. The broadcast can also be viewed on OTT platforms with "Sport" subscriptions and all MEGOPACKs. It will also be available on the MEGOGO Sport channel during T2 and cable networks.
Let us remind you that Ukraine's national futsal squad is preparing for the Euro-2026 final tournament.
Ukraine's match schedule in the group stage of Euro-2026
January 22, 2026
Armenia — Ukraine (17:00)
January 25, 2026
Ukraine — Lithuania (17:00)
January 28, 2026
Czech Republic — Ukraine (20:30)
Match start times - Kyiv time.
Euro-2026 in futsal. Group stage
Group A: Latvia, Croatia, Georgia, France.
Group B: Lithuania, Armenia, Czech Republic, Ukraine.
Group C: Slovenia, Belarus, Spain, Belgium.
Group D: Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Poland.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
1. Winner of Group B - second place in Group A
2. Winner of Group A - second place in Group B
3. Winner of Group C - second place in Group D
4. Winner of Group D - second place in Group C
Semi-finals
5. Winner of Quarter-final 2 - winner of Quarter-final 4
6. Winner of Quarter-final 1 - winner of Quarter-final 3
Match for third place
7. Winner of match 5 - winner of match 6
Final
8. Winner of match 5 - winner of match 6
Let us remind you that Euro-2026 will take place from January 21 to February 7 next year on the fields of Latvian Riga, Lithuanian Kaunas, and Slovenian Ljubljana.
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