The Ukrainian junior national futsal team will play in a tournament in Croatia in January
Within the preparation for matches of the Euro-2023 (U-19) qualifiers, Ukraine's youth national futsal team will participate in the Umag Nations Cup 2023.
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According to the press service of the Ukrainian Futsal Association, the tournament will take place in Novigrad, Croatia. Within the competition, Igor Moskychov's wards will play friendly matches against French counterparts (January 17), Slovenian counterparts (January 19), and Italian counterparts (January 20).
Composition of the Ukrainian Futsal U-19 National Team
Goalkeepers — Ivan Belimov ("Black Sea"), Konstantin Rafalskyi ("Cardinal-RivneStandard"), Yurii Yamchuk ("Bongo Futsal", Poland); field players — Vadym Tyutyrai ("Cardinal-RivneStandard"), Dmytro Karmalita ("Fortuna", Germany), Damian Zaporozhan ("Hurricane"), Denis Snitsarenko (SkyUp Futsal), Roman Tatumiak ("United Pomecia", Italy), Vitaliy Pankratii, Dmytro Ribitskyi (both — "Futsal Szczecin", Poland), Andriy Yelishev, Vladyslav Tkachenko (both — "Tim Lembrk", Poland), Dmytro Fedik ("Levice", Slovakia), Nazarii Krukovskyy ("Burinhosa", Portugal), Daniil Boldijev ("Phoenix"), Igor Pelецкий ("Vikingay", Lithuania).
We remind you that on November 3, the draw for the preliminary and main rounds of the Euro-2023 (U-19) futsal qualification took place. According to its results, Ukraine's youth national team was drawn into Group 2 of the main round, where it will face Romania, Serbia, and the winner of Group V from the preliminary round (Montenegro, San Marino, Gibraltar). The mini-tournament will be hosted by Serbia.
The venue for the final tournament of Euro-2022/2023 futsal among under-19 boys was determined to be Poreč (Croatia). In addition to the hosts, Croatia, seven national teams will participate in the final stage, which will become known after the second qualification round ends by March 26. The format of the final tournament remains the same: eight participants will play in two groups of four teams each, with the top two from each group advancing to the semifinals.
The inaugural European Championship for under-19 boys was held in Rijeka in 2019, and the second edition took place in Hain in 2022 — both times (2019, 2022) Spain's team emerged as champions. The second championship was initially planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ukrainian national team participated in both final tournaments. In 2019, Vitaliy Odegov's wards secured third place in their group, and in 2022 they were eliminated in the semifinals.