Women's 2019 Futsal: Ukraine's national team is among 23 participating teams

05.06.2018 16:31

Ukraine's women's futsal team is preparing to qualify for the debut European Championship, which will be held in August and September.

Last year, UEFA announced the first official women's futsal tournament, the final stage of which will be held every two years with the participation of the four strongest teams. The first draw will take place in February 2019 and will take place on the site of one of the four teams that will reach the finals.

23 national teams will take part in the debut continental championship among women, and the draw of qualifications will take place on July 5. The format of the qualifying tournament, which will consist of preliminary and main rounds, will be confirmed before the draw, according to the UEFA official website reports..

Participants: Belarus, Belgium, Armenia, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Ukraine, Finland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden.

Calendar

2018

Qualifying draw: July 5, Nyon.

Preliminary qualifying round: August 21-26.

Main qualifying round: September 11-16.

Final stage draw: not yet determined.

2019

Final stage: February 14-17.

It will be recalled that in preparation for the Euro-2019 qualifiers on June 20, the coaching staff of the national team of Ukraine plans two away sparring matches with Italy. Representatives of the rival confirmed that the meetings will take place in Rome.