Ukraine's futsal teams will take part in the Student World Cup

18.08.2018 12:35

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Two futsal teams of Ukraine - men's, led by Alexander Kosenko, and women's, led by Oleg Shaitanov, went to Kazakhstan, where in Almaty will play at the World Cup among students.

Men's student team of Ukraine got to the quartet C, where she will play with the teams of Germany (August 19, beginning - at 19.00), Thailand (August 20, 13.00) and Croatia (August 21, 11.00). A total of 16 countries will take part in the tournament.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Note that the world championships among students have been held since 1984 with an interval of two years. The men's national team of Ukraine started playing for them in 1994. Three times the blue and yellows won the World Cup (1998, 2004, 2012), once won silver (2008) and three times - bronze (1996, 2002, 2006).

Women's Student Team of Ukraine According to the results of the draw, she got to Group A, where she will meet the teams of Poland (August 19, 13.00), Canada (August 20, 13.00), Russia (August 22, 11.00) and Israel (August 23, 13.00). In total, nine countries will take part in the tournament.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Note that the Women's Student World Championships are held every two years since 2008. So far, all five world forums have been won by Brazilians.