Alexander Kosienko: "Every opponent will be even more seriously prepared for us after the world championship"

Head coach of the Ukraine futsal team, Oleksandr Kosyenko, commented on the draw results for the final tournament of Euro-2026.

Alexander Kosienko: "Every opponent will be even more seriously prepared for us after the world championship"

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The head coach of Ukraine's futsal team Oleksandr Kosyenko commented on the results of the draw for the final tournament of Euro-2026. Our opponents in Group B are one of the hosts — Lithuania, as well as Czech Republic and Armenia.

"Many ask whether we are satisfied with the results or not. I will say this: now there are no easy teams. We played friendly matches — against Lithuania and against Czech Republic they were very difficult. Armenia also showed itself to be a very serious team."

"Everyone will prepare, each opponent will be even more seriously geared up for us after the World Cup. So we need to prepare very carefully, we are not waiting for easy games," — said Oleksandr Petrovych.

Against Armenia and Lithuania, Ukraine's team will play at "Žalgiris Arena" in Kaunas on January 22nd and 25th respectively, while the third round match against Czech Republic will take place on January 28th in Latvia's capital Riga at "Arena Riga."

Schedule of matches for Ukraine's team in the group stage of the European Championship

January 22, 2026

Armenia — Ukraine (5:00 PM)

January 25, 2026

Ukraine — Lithuania (5:00 PM)

January 28, 2026

Czech Republic — Ukraine (7:30 PM)

The start time of the matches is in Kyiv time.

Euro-2026 Futsal. Group Stage

Group A: Latvia, Croatia, Georgia, France.

Group B: Lithuania, Armenia, Czech Republic, Ukraine.

Group C: Slovenia, Belarus, Spain, Belgium.

Group D: Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Poland.  

The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-Finals

1. Winner of Group B — second place in Group A

2. Winner of Group A — second place in Group B

3. Winner of Group C — second place in Group D

4. Winner of Group D — second place in Group C

Semi-Finals

5. Winner of quarter-final 2  winner of quarter-final 4

6. Winner of quarter-final 1  winner of quarter-final 3

Match for third place

7. Winner of match 5  winner of match 6

Final

8. Winner of match 5  winner of match 6

Recall that Euro-2026 will take place from January 21 to February 7 next year on the pitches in Latvia's Riga, Lithuania's Kaunas and Slovenia's Ljubljana.