Futsal Student World Championships: Ukraine's men's and women's national teams reach the semi-finals

23.08.2018 18:35

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Ukraine's Futsal men's and women's national teams have qualified for the semifinals of the World Championships, which is currently underway in Kazakhstan. 

Men. 1/4 finals

Ukraine - Poland - 5: 3 (3: 0)

Goals of the national team of Ukraine: Dziuba, Lysenko, Pelech (2), Tselik.

The national team of Ukraine started the match very powerfully. Already after the first half, the blue-yellows led 3-0. The beginning of the second half was also successful for the Ukrainians, who scored another goal. However, after that the Poles recovered and upset our goalkeeper twice - 4: 2. Nevertheless, Oleksandr Kosenko's wards kept the advantage in the last minutes. The teams only exchanged balls.  

Now our guys will play in the semifinals with the Russian team, which in turn defeated the Czechs - 6: 2. The match will take place on August 24 at 17.00. 

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Women. Group A

Ukraine - Israel - 6: 2 (1: 1)

Goals of the national team of Ukraine: Babenko (3), Chyzhenok, Dychko, Mayborodina.

The beginning of the meeting was not too easy for Oleg Shaitanov's wards. Our rivals were the first to excel. All the Ukrainians managed to do in the first half was to restore balance. But after the rest, our girls put everything in its place. 

Thus, the Ukrainians reached the semifinals of the World Cup from first place in the group. On August 24, they will meet the French team, which took second place in Group B. The match will start at 13.00 Kyiv time. 

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