Vbet UPL 2025/26, Round 30: Commentaries on episodes from the UEFA Committee of Arbiters
Euro 2026 with futsal. Today, the Ukrainian national team is in the quarter-finals and will play against France.
Today, January 31, Ukraine's national handball team will play a Euro-2026 quarter-final match against France.
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After the loss in the opening match against the national team of Armenia (1:2) the blue and yellow managed two convincing victories — over Lithuania (4:1) and Czechia (5:3) — and finished second in the group, qualifying for the play-offs. In the quarter-finals, Alexander Kosenko's charges will face the winner of Group A — France.
The "tricolors" hold the sixth place in UEFA rankings and are making their second appearance at the European Championship of handball. During the group stage, the French played even with Croatia (2:2), beat Latvia (5:0) and narrowly defeated Georgia (3:1).
The head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Alexander Kosenko, commented on the preparation for today's match as follows: «We hope to repeat our previous experience. We need to take it one step at a time and not think about the final. France — is really a tough opponent for us, but we had some experience playing against them, and now we need to prepare. What we know for sure — the French are good with the ball.»
The match Ukraine vs France will take place in Riga at the same venue and is scheduled to start at 17:00 Kyiv time. The live broadcast of the game will be provided by MEGOGO platform.
Ukraine national team squad
Goalkeepers: Yuriy Savenko («Kyiv Futsal»), Oleksandr Sukhov (HIT), Ivan Belymov («Kaspiy», Kazakhstan).
Field players: Yevheniy Zhuk, Igor Chernyavskyi, Oleksandr Pyedash, Volodymyr Perevyeyev (all — HIT), Artem Farenia, Nazar Shved, Daniil Abakshyn («Eurobus», Poland), Petro Shoturma, Illia Pryhodko (both «Hurricane»), Igor Korson («Osasuna Magna», Spain), Mykola Mikityuk («Ribera Navarra», Spain).
Ukraine national team matches in Euro-2026. Group B
22.01
Armenia — Ukraine — 2:1
Goals: Dermenjyan (30, 39) — Perevyeyev (26).
25.01
Lithuania — Ukraine — 1:4
Goals: Drendyeyev (36) — Chernyavskyi (7), Perevyeyev (13), Korson (23), Abakshyn (33)
28.01
Czechia — Ukraine — 3:5
Goals: P. Drозд (30), Knobloch (36), Záryba (39) — Chernyavskyi (15), Zhuk (16), Abakshyn (23, 28), Shved (36).
Quarter-finals
1. 31.01.2026. France — Ukraine. 17:00 (Riga)
2. 31.01.2026. Armenia — Croatia. 20:00 (Kaunas)
3. 01.02.2026. Portugal — Belgium. 17:00 (Ljubljana)
4. 01.02.2026. Spain — Italy. 20:30 (Ljubljana)
Semi-finals
04.02.2026. Winner 1 — Winner 3. 18:00/21:30 (Ljubljana)
04.02.2026. Winner 2 — Winner 4. 18:00/21:30 (Ljubljana)
Third place match
07.02.2026. 17:00 (Ljubljana)
Final
07.02.2026. 20:30 (Ljubljana)
Match start times — Kyiv time.
