In preparation for the final stage of Euro-2023 (U-19) in futsal, Igor Moskvichov's wards will play at the traditional Futsal Week summer tournament, which will be hosted by Poreč, Croatia.

Our team has been placed in Group B, where they will face Portugal and Czech Republic teams, with the name of another opponent to be announced later. In Group A are teams from Spain, Croatia, Italy, and Poland. The matches of the group stage are scheduled for June 20-23. Matches for positions will take place on June 25.

As reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Futsal Association, head coach Igor Moskvichov has called up 15 players for the upcoming training session.

Composition of the Ukrainian U-19 futsal team

Goalkeepers — Ivan Belimov ("Black Sea"), Konstantin Rafalskyi ("Cardinal-RivneStandard"), Danyil Zanosiy ("Dnipro"); field players — Vadym Tyutyuray, Maxim Malynovskyi, Dmitro Skychyk (all — "Cardinal-RivneStandard"), Dmitro Fedik ("Hurricane"), Denis Snitsarenko (SkyUp Futsal), Roman Tatumiak ("United Pomecia", Italy), Dmitro Ribitskyi, Vitaliy Pantratiy (both — "Futsal Szczecin", Poland), Andriy Yelishev, Vladyslav Tkachenko (both — "Tim Lembrk", Poland), Danilo Boldijev ("Phoenix"), Igor Pelецкий ("Vikingay", Lithuania).

The blue-and-yellow team is preparing for the Euro-2023 (U-19) tournament, which will take place in Poreč from September 3 to 10. The Croatian team, as hosts of the first edition, will be joined by seven winners of the main round. Eight participants of the final tournament were divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two from each advancing to the semifinals. According to the draw results, the Ukrainian U-19 national team was 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 U-19 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 Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, Igor Moskvichov's wards convincingly defeated Montenegro (12:1) and Romania (7:3), and then lost to Serbia (4:2), 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

The inaugural European Championship for youth futsal was held in 2019 in Rijeka, 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, under Vitaliy Odegov's guidance, they secured third place in their group, and in 2022, they were eliminated in the semifinals.