As part of the preparation for the Euro 2022 (U-19) main round qualifier, Ukraine's youth team is participating in the Futsal Week U-19 international tournament taking place in Poreč, Croatia.

In the first match of the competition, the blue and yellow team defeated Greenland's team — 10:1 (score after the first half — 9:1). Goals for Ukraine were scored by Malynovskyi (1), Kalashnik (2, 5), Britan (4), Smytanenko (6, 18, 33), Skychyk (8), Semenchenko (8), Luta (19). Our boys will play their next match tomorrow against Japan (kickoff — at 10:00 PM Kyiv time).

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After the tournament in Croatia, Ukrainians will travel to Chiorescu, Moldova, which from July 7—10 will host matches of group 6 of the main round qualifier for the European Championship. Our team's opponents will be teams from Andorra, Belgium, and Moldova.

Composition of Ukraine's U-19 Futsal Youth Team

Goalkeepers: Mykola Khomyak, Mykola Huyvan, Dmytro Dyachenko; field players: Andriy Britan, Oleksandr Dychuk, Andriy Tkachuk, Oleksandr Smytanenko, Rostyslav Semenchenko, Vladyslav Syzik, Artem Shchur, Yaroslav Kvasniy, Dmytro Skychyk, David Kalashnik, Dmytro Rybitzky, Maksym Malynovskyi, Sava Luta.

Recall that on August 30 last year, the draw for the main round qualifier of the second European Championship in futsal (U-19) took place. As a result, Vitaliy Odegov's wards were placed into 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 host of one of the mini-tournaments that was 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, Moldova.

Euro 2022 (U-19) Futsal Main Round Qualifier 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.

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

The final part of Euro 2022 (U-19) futsal championship will take place from September 3—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.

Recall that on the first edition of Euro in futsal among youth teams, which took place in 2019, Ukraine's team qualified for the final tournament and secured third place in their group. And Spain's team became the champion.