The Ukrainian U-19 futsal team is playing in a tournament in Croatia
Within the preparation for the final stage of the UEFA Euro 2023 (U-19) futsal tournament, Igor Mosyichov's wards will play in the traditional summer Futsal Week tournament, which will be hosted by the Croatian town of Poreč.
Press service photo of AFC
In preparation for the final stage of Euro-2023 (U-19) in futsal, Igor Moskvin's wards will participate in the traditional Futsal Week summer tournament hosted by Poreč, Croatia.
According to the press service of the Ukrainian Futsal Association, our team has been placed in Group B, where they will face Portugal and Czech Republic teams, with the name of another opponent yet to be announced. In Group A are teams from Spain, Croatia, Italy, and Poland. The group stage matches are scheduled for June 20–23. Matches for placement will take place on June 25.
The blue-and-yellow team is preparing for the Euro-2023 (U-19) tournament, which will be held in Poreč from September 3 to 10. The Croatian national team, as hosts, will be joined by seven winners of the main round. Eight participants have been divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two from each group advancing to the semifinals. According to the draw results, Ukraine's youth national team has been placed in Group B, where they will play against Finland, Slovenia, and Italy.
Euro-2023 (U-19) Futsal Final Tournament
Group A: Croatia, Portugal, Spain, France.
Group B: Ukraine, Finland, Slovenia, Italy.
Schedule
03.09.2023
Finland — Slovenia (14.00)
Ukraine — Italy (16.30)
Portugal — Spain (19.00)
Croatia — France (21.30)
04.09.2023
Slovenia — Ukraine (14.00)
Italy — Finland (16.30)
France — Portugal (19.00)
Spain — Croatia (21.30)
06.09.2023
Ukraine — Finland (14.00)
Slovenia — Italy (16.30)
Spain — France (19.00)
Croatia — Portugal (21.30)
08.09.2023
Semifinal 1 (18.30 or 21.30)
Semifinal 2 (18.30 or 21.30)
10.09.2023
Final (21.30)
Match times are in Kyiv time.
As a reminder, in March the Ukrainian youth national futsal team qualified for the final tournament of the continental championship for the third consecutive year. In Group 2 of the main round of qualification for Euro-2023 (U-19), which was held in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, Igor Moskvin's wards convincingly defeated Montenegro (12:1) and Romania (7:3), but lost to Serbia (4:2) in the decisive match, securing first place in the group.
Euro-2023 (U-19) Futsal Main Round Qualification. Group 2
22.03.2023
Ukraine — Montenegro — 12:1
Romania — Serbia — 1:6
23.03.2023
Romania — Ukraine — 3:7
Serbia — Montenegro — 3:1
25.03.2023
Serbia — Ukraine — 2:4
Montenegro — Romania — 2:7
Final Standings
|
|
G |
W |
D |
L |
Pts |
GD |
|
1. Ukraine |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
+17 |
9 |
|
2. Serbia |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
+5 |
6 |
|
3. Romania |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-4 |
3 |
|
4. Montenegro |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
-18 |
0 |
The inaugural European Championship for youth futsal took place in 2019 in Rijeka, and the second edition was held in Hain in 2022 — both times (2019, 2022) Spain's team won. 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 reached the semifinals.
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