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Ukrainian futsal student teams conclude group stage at World Championship in Shanghai
From now until June 16th, the World Futsal Championship among men's and women's student teams is taking place in Shanghai, China, with Ukraine participating.
Following the draw, the opponents for our men's national team are New Zealand, Croatia, and Mongolia (Group C), while the women's national team will face China, Brazil, and Germany (Group A).
Fourteen teams are competing in the men's tournament and seven in the women's. Players up to 25 years old - born in 1999 and younger - are eligible to participate.
Today, June 12th, marked the final matches of the group stage. Ukraine's men's team crushed Mongolia (8:1), while the women's team fell to Brazil (2:6).
Futsal Student World Championship 2024. Men's Teams
Group A: China, Saudi Arabia, France.
Group B: Portugal, Morocco, UAE, Hong Kong.
Group C: Ukraine, New Zealand, Croatia, Mongolia.
Group D: Brazil, Czechia, Oman.
Ukraine's team schedule
June 10, 2024
Ukraine - New Zealand - 9:1
Croatia - Mongolia - 9:0
June 11, 2024
Ukraine - Croatia - 9:1
New Zealand - Mongolia - 2:0
June 12, 2024
Mongolia - Ukraine - 1:8 (0:3)
Goals: Batsukh (29) - Nahornyi (8, 33), Malynovskyi (10, 20), Shchur (24), Babilov (26), Snitsarenko (34, 39).
Croatia - New Zealand - 7:4
Standings
|
|
M |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
P |
|
1. Ukraine |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
26—3 |
9 |
|
2. Croatia |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
17—13 |
6 |
|
3. New Zealand |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7—16 |
3 |
|
4. Mongolia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1—19 |
0 |
On June 14th, in the quarterfinals, Ukraine will face the second team from Group B. The game will kick off at 13:30 Kyiv time.
Ukraine Men's Student Futsal Team Squad:
Goalkeepers: Mykola Huyvan (Aurora), Dmytro Dyachenko (Cardinal-Rivne).
Outfield Players: Vladyslav Sorokin, Maksym Malinovskyi, Dmytro Skybchyk, Eduard Volkov (all Cardinal-Rivne), Eduard Nahornyi, Davyd Kalashnyk, Bahman Fataliyev (all Kharkiv), Denys Snitsarenko (SkyUp Futsal), Valeriy Huyvan (Ryatuvalnyk), Maksym Korniychuk (in.IT), Artem Shchur (Desna), Dmytro Babilov (Sukha Balka).
Coach: Oleksandr Kosenko.
Photo by AFU
Futsal Student World Championship 2024. Women's Teams
Group A: China, Brazil, Ukraine, Germany.
Group B: Portugal, Poland, New Zealand.
Ukraine Team Schedule:
June 10, 2024:
Ukraine - Germany - 2:2 (1:1)
China - Brazil - 2:1
