The day before, Yuri Klymenko's wards narrowly lost to the Netherlands national team (2:3), leading 2-0 at one point during the match. Therefore, today in their encounter with Portugal, the Ukrainian women needed only a win to continue their fight for tournament honors.

Our girls started the first period excellently. Just on the first minute, Snizhana Volovenko put our team ahead. However, the opponents did not give up and equalized with Andrea Silva's efforts in four minutes. 

At the beginning of the second 12-minute segment, Marta Simoins scored her team's second goal, but near the end of the third period, Myroslava Vipasnyak managed to extend the game into overtime — 2:2. In it, the Portuguese were stronger. With 40 seconds left on the clock, Joana Florêsh scored the decisive goal. 

2:3 — Ukraine's national team failed to advance to the semifinals of Euroleague-2023.

Euroleague 2023. Superfinal. Women's tournament. Group S

September 22, 2023

Portugal — Ukraine — 3:2 (OT)

Goals: Silva (5), Simoins (15), Florêsh (39) — Volovenko (1), Vipasnyak (34).

Portugal: Mareiros, Reis, Lucas, Florêsh, Toscano, Pereira, Simoins, Peralta, Silva, Cruz, Ferreira, Costa.

Ukraine: Terekh, Tykhonova, Deyhtyar, Kostyuk, Vipasnyak, Kyrylchuk, Klipachenko, Dubitska, Volovenko.

Penalties: Costa (33) — Kostyuk (34).

Portugal — Netherlands — 4:1

Ukraine — Netherlands — 2:3

Final standings

Thus, the Ukrainian women's national team secured third place in Group S and will now compete for 5th-8th places. On September 23, Yuri Klymenko's wards will face the Netherlands team. The match starts at 7 PM Kyiv time.