We remind you that the draw for the final tournament of the first-ever Women's Nations League and the play-off matches took place back in December.

From February 23 to 28, four group winners from League A (Spain, Netherlands, Germany, France) will determine the first ever champion of the Women's Nations League. The final stage will be played under a single-match knockout system.

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The finalists will join France (host of the 2024 Olympics) at the Olympic Games. If France plays in the Nations League final, its spot will go to the tournament's bronze medalist.

Also, it was determined the pairs of play-off matches between teams from Leagues A, B and C who are vying for retention in their division or promotion to a higher class. All games will take place on February 23-28.

The Ukrainian team will face Bulgaria in the play-offs. During the draw, Ukraine was seeded, so they will start with an away match.

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The game Bulgaria - Ukraine will take place on February 23 in the Bulgarian town of Kırklareli at the central stadium "Arda-Arena". The start time is 16:00 Kyiv time.

The return match Ukraine - Bulgaria will be played on February 27. Nominal home team, the blue and yellow, will play at the "Marad" stadium in Antalya (Turkey). The start time of this game is 15:00 Kyiv time.

Head coach of the blue and yellow Volodymyr Pyatenko invited 23 players to the match against Bulgaria, reports the official website of the Ukrainian Women's Football Association. For the first time, Elizaveta Molodyuk has been called up for the national team. Unfortunately, Nadia Kunina, Yana Kalinina, Viktoriya Golovach and Viktoriya Hryhin will miss this stage of preparation due to injury.

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Today, on February 15, the team gathered in Kyiv and will start their journey by bus to Warsaw. They will then fly to Antalya where they will hold a preparatory training camp.

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Roster of the Ukrainian Women's National Team

Goalkeepers: Kateryna Samson ("Vorskla" Poltava), Daria Kelyushyk ("Kryvyi Rih" Kryvyi Rih), Kateryna Boklach ("Marseille", France).

Defenders: Kateryna Korsun, Yana Kotik, Iryna Podolska (all - "Vorskla" Poltava), Anastasiia Voronina ("Kolos" Kovalevka), Olha Basanska ("Zhiltobud-1" Kharkiv), Lubov Shmatko ("Galatasaray", Turkey), Yana Derkach ("Fomget", Turkey).

Midfielders: Iryna Maihorodina ("Kolos" Kovalevka), Anna Petrik, Nika Kozlova, Veronika Andrukhiv (all - "Vorskla" Poltava), Elizaveta Molodyuk ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Dayana Semkiv ("Kryvyi Rih" Kryvyi Rih), Tamila Khimich, Natiia Pansulaia, Daria Apaanych (all - "Zhiltobud-1" Kharkiv), Yana Malakhova ("Mur Na", Slovenia).

Forwards: Roxolana Kravchuk ("Vorskla" Poltava), Olha Ovdiiychuk ("Fomget", Turkey), Inna Hlushchenko ("Nice", France).

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Women's Nations League 2023/2024

League A. Final tournament

February 23, 2024

Semifinals

Spain — Netherlands

France — Germany

February 28, 2023

Final/Match for third place

Spain/Netherlands — France/Germany

Play-off matches to retain position in League A

Serbia — Iceland

Hungary — Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina — Sweden

Croatia — Norway

Play-off matches to retain position in League B

Latvia — Slovakia

Montenegro — Northern Ireland

Bulgaria — Ukraine

We remind you that the Ukrainian team secured third place in their group and managed to outperform Slovenia in the third-place ranking, avoiding relegation to League C for now.

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Women's Nations League 2023/2024. Group B3

Round 1

September 22, 2023

Ukraine — Serbia — 1:2 

Greece — Poland — 1:3

Round 2

September 26, 2023

Poland — Ukraine — 2:1

Serbia — Greece — 4:0

Round 3

October 27, 2023

Greece — Ukraine — 2:1

Poland — Serbia — 2:1

Round 4

October 31, 2023

Ukraine — Greece — 1:0

Serbia — Poland — 1:1

Round 5

December 1, 2023

Ukraine — Poland — 0:1

Greece — Serbia — 0:2

Round 6

December 5, 2023

Serbia — Ukraine — 0:1

Poland — Greece — 2:0

Final standings