2026 World Socca Championship, Round of 16

Ukraine – Australia – 2:1

Goals: Gibalo (8), Shevchyk (12, penalty) – Lisopad (23, own goal)

In the quarter-finals, Ukraine will face Brazil, who defeated Albania 1:0. The match between Ukraine and Brazil will start on September 5 at 13:30 Kyiv time. 

The 2026 World Socca Championship is being held in Essen (Germany).

Ukraine's squad for the 2026 World Socca Championship

Goalkeepers: Roman Pazenko, Sviatoslav Markanych

Field players: Sergiy Maximets, Yevheniy Melnychuk, Dmytro Melnychuk, Yuriy Shevchyk, Timofiy Lisopad, Kyrylo Duchov, Serhiy Gibalo, Maxim Litvinov, Yaroslav Bohunov, Vladyslav Shevrbanyi, Kostiantyn Mytlenko, Maksym Komisar, Vitaliy Hoshkoderia

Head coach: Mykhailo Shevchenko

World Socca Championship 2026 broadcasts

Kievstar TB is the exclusive broadcaster of the 42 best matches in Ukraine. The platform will show all matches of Ukraine's national team, among others. Some individual games will also be available on the Kievstar TB Sport YouTube channel. 

What is socca?

Socca is a variant of football played in a 6x6 format. The socca field measures 50x30 meters. A match consists of two halves, each lasting 20 minutes (according to international rules), with teams consisting of one goalkeeper and five outfield players.

Matches are played on both natural and synthetic grass. The goal dimensions are 2x5 meters.