As part of the preparation for the Euro 2022 (U-19) qualifiers in futsal, Ukraine's youth national team participated in the Futsal Week U-19 international tournament held in Poreč, Croatia.

In group stage matches, the blue and yellow team defeated Greenland (10:1) and Hungary (5:2), drew with Japan (4:4), and lost to Spain in the semifinals (0:3). In the final game in Poreč, our team defeated Poland 8-0. Goals for Ukraine were scored by Malynovskyi (13), Rybitskyi (14), Smytanenko (15), Kalashnik (17) and Dychuk (35, 35, 36). There was also an own goal (33). Thus, the team of Vitaliy Odegov won bronze medals at Futsal Week U-19 for a second consecutive year.

After the tournament in Croatia, Ukrainians will travel to Chiorescu, Moldova, which from July 7–10 will host group 6 matches of Euro 2022 qualifiers. Our team's opponents will be Andorra, Belgium and Moldova.

Composition of the Ukrainian Youth National Futsal Team U-19

Goalkeepers: Mykola Khomiyak, 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 Rybitskyi, Maxim Malynovskyi, Sava Lutai.

As a reminder, on August 30 last year the draw for the main round of qualification for 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 meet Belgium, Moldova and the winner of group A from 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 Championship. Main Round Qualifiers. Group 6

July 7, 2022

Belgium — Moldova  15:00

Ukraine – Andorra  18:00

July 8, 2022

Belgium — Ukraine  15:00

Moldova — Andorra  18:00

July 10, 2022

Andorra — Belgium  15:00

Moldova — Ukraine  18:00

Time is in Kyiv time.

As a reminder, seven participants of the final tournament of the European Championship in futsal-2022 among youth teams are already known. Along with Spain, which will be the host for the first time, joined Italy, Portugal, France, Poland, Romania and Croatia. The last participant of Euro 2022 will be determined by the results of group 6 matches.

The final part of Euro 2022 (U-19) in futsal 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.

As a reminder, on the first ever Euro in futsal among youth teams that took place in 2019, Ukraine's national team qualified for the final tournament and placed third in their group. And Spain's team became the champion.