The Ukrainian national team will compete for a place in the quarterfinals with the Netherlands.
The group stage of the 2024 Futsal World Cup ended on Sunday, September 22., which is taking place in Uzbekistan.
Based on its results, all the teams that will continue the fight in the playoffs became known. Among them is the national team of Ukraine, which took second place in Group C behind Argentina, but ahead of Afghanistan and Angola.
The two best teams from each group, as well as four of the six teams that took third place in their quartets, advanced to the playoffs.
In the 1/8 finals, Oleksandr Kosenko's team will compete with the Netherlands. The match will take place on Tuesday, September 24, at 18:00 Kyiv time.
The tournament grid up to the final has also been formed. In case of success in the match with the Netherlands, the Ukrainian team will play the winner of the Spain – Venezuela pair in the quarterfinals.
Then the “blue-yellows” could potentially face a match against Brazil in the semifinals.
All pairs of the 1/8 finals of the 2024 Futsal World Cup
September 24
15:30. Brazil – Costa Rica
18:00. Netherlands – Ukraine
September 25
15:30. Spain – Venezuela
18:00. Paraguay – Afghanistan
September 26
15:30. Iran – Morocco
18:00. Portugal – Kazakhstan
September 27
15:30. Thailand – France
18:00. Argentina vs. Croatia
2024 Futsal World Cup quarterfinals
September 29
Brazil/Costa Rica vs. Iran/Morocco
Netherlands/Ukraine vs. Spain/Venezuela
September 30
Thailand/France vs. Paraguay/Afghanistan
Portugal/Kazakhstan vs. Argentina/Croatia
The Ukrainian national team is taking part in the Futsal World Cup for the sixth time in its history. The best result of the “blue-yellows” is fourth place in the debut tournament for our team in 1996.
At the 2004 and 2008 World Cups, the Ukrainian team stopped in the 2nd group round (top 8), in 2012 it reached the quarter-finals, and in 2016 it was eliminated in the 1/8 finals.