U-21: Ukrainian national team matches calendar at international tournament in Turkey

05.03.2019 13:10

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The U-21 national team will hold four matches at the international tournament in Turkish Belek. The match schedule has already become known.

In preparation for the Euro-2021 (U-21) qualifiers, the youth national team of Ukraine will take part in an international tournament in Turkey from March 21 to 26. In addition to Ruslan Rotan's wards, youth teams from Estonia, Latvia, Macedonia and Kazakhstan will play in it.

Players with a date of birth later than December 31, 1997 are eligible to participate in the competition. Tournament matches will be held at several stadiums in the resort town of Belek.

Match fixtures

The tournament in Belek will be held on a circular system with two exceptions. As the youth national teams of Latvia and Estonia, as well as Kazakhstan and Macedonia are in the same qualifying groups for Euro 2021 (U-21), matches between them will not be held.

In this regard, to determine the winner of the tournament in the standings of each team will go only three duels. Thus, the Ukrainians will become the only team that will play four matches in Turkey, but a meeting with Estonia will not give them points. But for the Estonians, this match will have a tournament value.

The youth team of Ukraine is planning to start its first gathering under the leadership of Ruslan Rotan on March 18. Recall that in the qualifying tournament Euro-2021 blue and yellow will start on September 6 match with Finland.