On March 3, the wards of Oleksandr Kosenko secured first place in Group 11 of the main round of the CHS-2024 qualification and an early advance to the elite round. This happened thanks to a draw — 3:3 against Kosovo — Netherlands. The final match of this stage will be played by our team away from home today, March 8 in Almere at 9 PM Kyiv time.

As part of the preparation for the official meeting, Ukraine's national team played a friendly match against Poland's team which took place in Kolobrzeg. The blue and yellow team won — 4:1 thanks to doubles from Danyil Abakshin and Yevhen Syryy.

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Ukraine's futsal national team squad

Goalkeepers: Yuriy Savenko ("Hurricane"), Oleksandr Suchov ("HIT").

Field players: Petro Shoturma, Danyil Abakshin, Igor Korsun, Artem Farenyuk, Mykola Mikhityuk (all — "Hurricane"), Mykhailo Zvarych, Serhiy Malishko, Vitaliy Radovich (all — "Energy"), Yevhen Syryy, Igor Chernyavskyi (both — "HIT"), Andriy Melnyk (CLUST), Yaroslav Lebid' («Piaszczyn», Poland).

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CHS-2024. European Qualification. Main Round. Group 11

September 18, 2022

Netherlands — Kosovo — 2:1

October 7, 2022

Ukraine — Kosovo — 3:1

October 11, 2022

Ukraine — Netherlands — 4:2

November 9, 2022

Kosovo — Ukraine — 2:5

March 3, 2023

Kosovo — Netherlands — 3:3

Standings

March 8, 2023

Netherlands — Ukraine

As a reminder, in the main round, 36 national teams are divided into 12 groups of three teams where matches take place home and away. The 12 group winners and four best second-placed teams advance to the elite round. Other eight second-placed teams will participate in the playoff stage of the main round.

Format

Qualification takes place over five stages: preliminary round (mini-tournaments), main round (groups with home and away matches), playoff stage of the main round (home and away matches), elite round (groups with home and away matches) and playoff stage of the elite round (home and away matches).

Playoff Stage of the Main Round

Drawing: March 10, 2023.

Matches: April 10—19, 2023.

Eight teams will be divided into four pairs and matches will take place home and away. Winners advance to the elite round.

Elite Round

Drawing: July 5, 2023.

Matches: will be completed by December 20, 2023.

Twenty national teams will be divided into five groups of four teams where matches take place home and away. Five group winners advance to the CHS-2024. Four best second-placed teams advance to the playoff stage of the elite round. If the European association is selected for hosting the final tournament, only two best second-placed teams will advance to the playoff stage of the elite round.

Playoff Stage of the Elite Round

Drawing: January 25, 2024.

Matches: April 8—17, 2024.

Four teams will be divided into two pairs (if only two teams participate in the playoffs, a draw will determine match order), matches take place home and away. Winners advance to CHS-2024.