The final eight matches of the Vbet Cup Ukraine 2025/2026 round of 1/16 took place. As a reminder, in this tournament, 68 teams are participating, including 21 amateur teams.

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The program for the Vbet Cup Ukraine round of 1/16 concluded in Lviv with a match between UPL representatives "Rukh" and "Polesia." In this game, players from the national team — Georgiy Bushchan, Bohdan Mykhailichenko, and Oleksandr Nazarenko — were part of Polesia's lineup. Despite having less preparation time, the home team came out with a strong desire to challenge their opponents and redeem themselves for poor results in the league. And Ivan Fedik’s charges managed to do just that.

On the 30th minute, after Illi Kvasnitsy's pass, Rukh's foreign player Bakoukar Fall scored the opening goal. Midway through the second half, a misfortune befell Polesia’s defender Danylo Beskorovaynyi, who inadvertently kicked the ball into his own net. 2:0. The Lvivians caught their stride and on the 73rd minute, left-back Rostyslav Liah finished off an attack with a successful shot. Goalkeeper Georgiy Bushchan of the visiting team and Ukraine's national team could not react in time. 3:0. Players from "Rukh" convincingly secured their passage to the next round of the Cup of Ukraine.

However, unexpected results were recorded not only in Lviv. In Tishkivtsi, located in Kirovohrad Oblast, amateur team "Agrotech" surprisingly eliminated league leader Chornomorets in a penalty shootout series. It's worth noting that at the previous stage, under Oleksandr Mizenko’s guidance, they also won through a football lottery by overcoming an elite division representative — "Epizentro."

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Continuing to write their own story, second league "Locomotiv," led by Serhiy Karpenko, first forced "Kolos" to capitulate and then in the round of 1/16 overcame another Premier League representative — "Veres" (1:0).

This is precisely what makes cup battles so special: more prestigious clubs do not always confirm their superiority in class.

Vbet Cup Ukraine-2025/2026. Round of 1/16

September 17, 2025

"Metalist" (Kharkiv) — LNZ (Cherkasy) — 0:2

"Chernihiv" — "Kryvyi Rih Iron and Steel Plant" (Kryvyi Rih) — 1:1, on penalties — 1:3

"Polesia" (Stavky, Kyiv Oblast) — "Shakhtar" (Donetsk) — 0:1

"Left Bank" (Kyiv) — "Victoria" (Sumy) — 0:1

"Oleksandria" — "Dynamo" (Kyiv) — 1:2

September 18, 2025

"Metallurg" (Zaporizhzhia) — "Phoenix Mariupol" (Mariupol) — 1:1, on penalties — 2:4

"Bukovyna" (Chernivtsi) — "Karpaty" (Lviv) — 1:0

"Niva" (Ternopil) — "Poltava" — 3:0

September 23, 2025

"Olympia" (Savynychi) — "Lesne" (Kyiv) — 1:2 (0:1)

Goals: Malik (49) — Rybalka (12, from the penalty), V. Voloshyn (78).

"Denhoff" (Denihiwka) — "Agrobiznes" (Volochysk) — 0:2 (0:0)

Goals: Kuzmin (51), Syomka (58).

September 24, 2025

"Agrotech" (Tishkivtsi) — "Chornomorets" (Odessa) — 1:1 (1:0), on penalties — 5:3

Goals: Pastukhov (18) — Louiefer (73).

"Ingulets" (Petrove) — "Podillya" (Khmelnytskyi) — 4:1 (1:1)

Goals: Faraseyenko (43), Gadzhuk (76), Dzen (90+1), Yanovich (90+4) — Profatilo (7).

Red card: Kozirenko ( «P», 89, serious foul play).

"Niva" (Vinnytsia) — "Gorohiv Sport" (Horishni Plavni) — 7:0 (3:0)

Goals: Zagoruylko (16, 30), Pogorilyi (18, 61), Lototskyi (49), Petlenko (63), Petrik (86).

"Locomotiv" (Kyiv) — "Veres" (Rivne) — 1:0 (1:0)

Goal: Mordas (40, from the penalty).

"Kolos" (Polonne) — "Metalist 1925" (Kharkiv) — 1:4 (0:0)

Goals: Yakubov (75) — Mba (54), Itodo (63), Lytvynenko (90+3), Karpizin (90+4).

"Rukh" (Lviv) — "Polesia" (Zhytomyr) — 3:0 (1:0)

Goals: Faal (30), Beskorovaynyi (63, own goal), Liah (73).