On July 25, Dmitry Mikhailenko's team will play with France.
The opponent of the team has been determined Ukraine Football (U-19)in the semi-finals of Youth Euro 2024.
The “blue-yellows” will compete with France for reaching the final of the continental championship. p>
The day before, Dmitry Mikhailenko’s team in the final round of the group stagewon a strong-willed victory over Italy (3:2), thanks to which she took second place in Group A with 5 points and reached the semi-finals. “Squadra Azzurra” (6 points) qualified for the playoffs from first position.
The Ukrainians' opponent in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 (U-19) was to be the winner of Group B, whose name was determined in a head-to-head match between France and Spain. Before the last round, the French had 6 points, and the Spaniards – 4, so Le Blais remained the leader of the quartet even in the event of a draw.
The Spaniards had to win in order to finish in first place. The Red Fury lost the first half with a score of 0:1, but after the break they scored twice and took the lead. However, in the 90th minute France snatched a draw (2:2) and thus retained the lead in the group, which made it Ukraine's opponent in the semi-finals.
In the parallel match of the last round of Quartet B, Türkiye and Denmark achieved a scoring draw (3:3). So, France (7 points) and Spain (5) entered the playoffs, and the Turks (2) and the Danes (1) stopped fighting for the trophy.
The semi-final match between France and Ukraine will take place on Thursday, 25 July, beginning at 21:00 Kyiv time.
Italy and Spain will compete for another ticket to the final. This match is also scheduled for July 25, the starting whistle will sound at 16:00 Kyiv time.
The final match of the 2024 EURO (U-19) will take place on Sunday, July 28, and will begin at 21:00 Kyiv time.
Note that Euro 2024 (U-19) is also a UEFA selection for the 2025 World Cup (U-20), which will take place in Chile. The right to play at the World Cup will be given to the five best teams of the European Championship – all semi-finalists and the winner of the match between the teams that took third place in their groups.
Having reached the semi-finals, the Ukrainian national team has qualified for the fifth time in history. strong> to the World Youth Championship (U-20). At the four previous planetary championships, the Ukrainian team invariably reached the playoffs: they stopped in the 1/8 finals three times (2001, 2005, 2015), and in 2019 they became the winner of the tournament.
In addition to the “blue-yellows” , from Europe at the 2025 World Cup (U-20) France, Italy, Spain and the winner of the match for fifth place at the 2024 European Championship (U-19), in which Norway and Turkey will compete (July 25, 18:30 Kyiv time ).
We would like to remind you that the Ukrainian U-19 team is taking part in the European Championship for the sixth time. In this age category, the “blue-yellows” were able to overcome the Euro group stage for the fourth time, and their best result was victory at the tournament in 2009.