Vbet UPL 2025/26, Round 30: Commentaries on episodes from the UEFA Committee of Arbiters
Euro 2026 with futsal. Today, the Ukrainian national team will play their second match at the continental championship against Lithuania's team.
Today, on January 25, Ukraine's national handball team will play their second match in Euro-2026 — against one of the tournament hosts, Lithuania's team.
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In the first match of Euro 2026, the blue and yellow team lost to Armenia with a score of 1:2. After the game, Ukraine's head coach Oleksandr Kosenko commented on the result and the team's preparation for the next match:
"This was a very tough match. We didn't want to start with a loss. In the first half, we played without speed and movement. In the second half, we changed our approach — that helped, but it wasn't enough for the desired result."
"Now we need to prepare for the match against Lithuania. We hope to play better than on previous tournaments,"
— the coach added.
It is worth noting that two teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs, so the match against the Lithuanians will be crucial for Oleksandr Kosenko's team.
The Lithuania national team is ranked 35th in UEFA and makes its debut at Euro as one of the host nations. In their first match, they drew 3:3 against the Czech Republic.
The match will take place in Kaunas at the «Žalgiris Arena» starting at 17:00 Kyiv time. The live stream of the game will be provided by MEGOGO platform.
Ukraine's national handball team squad
Goalkeepers: Yuriy Savchenko (Kiev Handball), Oleksandr Sukhov (KhIT), Ivan Belimov (Kaspiy, Kazakhstan).
Field players: Yevheniy Zhuk, Igor Chernavskyi, Oleksandr Pedya, Volodymyr Perevyeyev (all from KhIT), Artem Farenyuk, Nazar Shved, Danyil Abakshyn (all from Eurobus, Poland), Petro Shoturma, Illia Pryhodko (both from Uragan), Igor Korsun (Osasuna Magna, Spain), Mykola Mikityuk (Ribera Navarra, Spain).
Euro 2026. Handball group stage. Group B
1st round
Armenia — Ukraine — 2:1
Lithuania — Czech Republic — 3:3
Tournament table
| Team | PL | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Armenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2—1 | 3 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3—3 | 1 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3—3 | 1 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1—2 | 0 |
25 January 2026
Ukraine — Lithuania (17:00)
28 January 2026
Czech Republic — Ukraine (20:30)
Match start times — Kyiv time.
Euro 2026. 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 qualify for 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 match 2 — winner of match 4
6. Winner of match 1 — winner of match 3
Match for third place
7. Winner of match 5 — winner of match 6
Final
8. Winner of match 5 — winner of match 6
It is worth noting that Euro 2026 will take place from January 21 to February 7 on the courts in Riga, Kaunas, and Ljubljana.
