As part of the preparation for the Euro 2022 (U-19) qualification round in futsal, Ukraine's youth national team will participate in the Futsal Week U-19 international tournament taking place in Poreč, Croatia from June 21 to 26. Today, the blue and yellow team will play their opening match against Greenland at 7:45 PM (Kyiv time).

"This tournament is extremely important for us. We have less than a month until the start of the main round, so friendly matches are necessary. I would like to emphasize this point. Our goal is not to win during Futsal Week; we need to make good use of all the games in the tournament. This will help improve our game readiness. It's great that we have an opportunity to participate in these competitions," — believes head coach Vitaliy Odegov.

After the tournament in Croatia, the blue and yellow team will travel to Chiorescu, Moldova, which will host group 6 matches of the Euro 2022 qualification round from July 7 to 10. Our team's opponents will be the national teams of Andorra, Belgium, and Moldova.

Composition of Ukraine's U-19 Futsal Youth National Team

Goalkeepers: Mykola Khomiyak, Mykola Huyvan, Dmytro Dyachenko; field players: Andriy Britan, Oleksandr Dychuk, Andriy Tkachuk, Oleksandr Smytannenko, Rostyslav Semenchenko, Vladyslav Syzik, Artem Shchur, Yaroslav Kvasniy, Dmytro Skychyk, David Kalashnik, Dmytro Rybitzky, Maxim Malynovskiy, Sava Luta.

We remind you that on August 30 last year, the main round draw of the second European Championship in futsal (U-19) took place. As a result, Vitaliy Odegov's wards were placed in group 6, where they will face Belgium, Moldova, and the winner of group A of the previous round — Andorra.

The Ukrainian team was designated as the host of one of the mini-tournaments that was supposed to take place at Lviv's "Bosko-Arena" on March 16-19. However, due to Russia's military invasion, the matches were rescheduled for July 7-10 this year. The games will be hosted by Chiorescu in Moldova.

Euro 2022 (U-19) Futsal Qualification Round. Group 6

July 7, 2022

Belgium — Moldova   3:00 PM

Ukraine — Andorra   6:00 PM

July 8, 2022

Belgium — Ukraine 3:00 PM

Moldova — Andorra 6:00 PM

July 10, 2022

Andorra — Belgium   3:00 PM

Moldova — Ukraine 6:00 PM

Time is Kyiv time.

We remind you that according to the results of the matches in the main round qualification, seven participants of the final tournament of the European Championship 2022 among youth teams are already known. Joining Spain, which will be the host for the first time, are Italy, Portugal, France, Poland, Romania and Croatia. The last participant in Euro 2022 will be determined by the results of group 6 matches.

The final part of Euro 2022 (U-19) futsal championship will take place from September 3 to 10 in Jaén, Spain at "Olivo-Arena," which accommodates 6500 spectators. According to the draw, eight tournament participants will be divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two from each group advancing to the semifinals.

We remind you that in the first-ever Euro futsal championship among juniors, which took place in 2019, Ukraine's national team qualified for the final tournament and placed third in their group. And Spain's team became champions.