Oleksandr Kosenko: "Congratulations to France on advancing to the semifinals, it was a really worthy match from both teams' sides."
The main coach of Ukraine's national handball team, Oleksandr Kosenko, commented on the match between the blue and yellow team and France in the quarter-finals of Euro-2026.
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Let us remind you that today in Rīga at the «Riga Arena» Ukrainians conceded to France (2:4, extra time) and ended their Euro-2026 participation. The post-match commentary of our coach is published on the official UEFA website.
«We lost the match and congratulate France on advancing to the semi-finals. It was indeed a good encounter from both sides. In extra time, we lacked strength or goals for a positive result. We also could have scored at the end of the second half but failed to do so, and after being behind 1:2, we tried to put pressure on but conceded again and suffered defeat», said Oleksandr Kosenko.
Euro-2026 without Futsal
Quarter-finals
1. 31.01.2026. France — Ukraine — 4:2, extra time
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. France — winner of 3. 18:00/21:30 (Ljubljana)
04.02.2026. Winner of 2 — winner of 4. 18:00/21:30 (Ljubljana)
Match for 3rd place
07.02.2026. 17:00 (Ljubljana)
Final
07.02.2026. 20:30 (Ljubljana)
Match start times — Kyiv time.
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