By defeating Cyprus in the fifth match of the Euro-2026 qualifying round (11:1), Ukraine's national team secured their spot at the final tournament, which will take place from January 20 to February 7 next year on the courts in Latvia’s Riga and Lithuania’s Kaunas.

Earlier, blue-and-yellow had confidently won four matches — against Cyprus (7:0), Romania (2:0), and Germany (5:3, 9:0). The second defeat of Cyprus after Romania's loss to Germany secured our team a spot at the European Championship.

In the final match of Group 1, which will no longer have any tournament significance for Oleksandr Kosenko’s charges, they will face Romania. The nominal home game will take place in Koszalin on April 15 (kickoff at 7 PM Kyiv time).

The draw for the final tournament is scheduled for October 24. During the ceremony at the "Žalgiris Arena" in Kaunas, four groups of four national teams will be formed, and then the top two teams from each quartet will proceed to the quarter-finals.

Sixteen participants will take part in Euro-2026: Latvia and Lithuania as hosts, winners of ten qualifying round groups (besides Ukraine, Portugal, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Armenia, Belarus have already qualified), plus four winners from the play-off matches involving eight best second-placed teams. The main round will conclude on April 16. The draw for knockout stage matches is set to take place on May 21, with the matches themselves scheduled from September 15-24.