The Ukrainian national team will compete for a ticket to the semifinals with Venezuela.
On Friday, September 27, the 1/8 final stage of the 2024 Futsal World Cup, which is taking place in Uzbekistan, ended.
Consequently, all quarterfinalists of the world championship have become known, and the pairs for the 1/4 finals have been formed.
The Ukrainian national team also continues to compete in the tournament. In the 1/8 finals, Oleksandr Kosenko's team defeated the Netherlands (3:1).
In the quarterfinals, the “blue-yellows” will compete with Venezuela, which in the first round of the playoffs sensationally beat Spain (2:1).
In the semifinals of the World Cup, the winner of the match Ukraine – Venezuela will play against the winner of the match Brazil – Morocco.
In addition to the defeat of the Spaniards by the Venezuelans, another surprise of the 1/8 finals was the elimination of the current European and world champions, the Portuguese, from Kazakhstan (1:2).
All pairs of the 1/4 finals of the 2024 Futsal World Cup
Sunday, September 29
15:30. Brazil vs. Morocco
18:00. Ukraine vs. Venezuela
Monday, September 30
15:30. France vs. Paraguay
18:00. Kazakhstan vs. Argentina
The Ukrainian national team is participating in the Futsal World Cup for the sixth time in 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 national 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.