WU-17: Ukraine's girls' national team gets into fourth basket at Euro 2020 elite round draw

27.11.2019 16:06

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On November 29, during the draw of the elite round of Euro 2020 qualifiers, the girls' national team of Ukraine WU-17 will learn the names of its rivals.

The draw ceremony will take place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. 28 participants of the elite round will be divided into seven groups of four teams. For the draw procedure itself, the teams were divided into four baskets according to their UEFA ranking. 

We will remind that Sergey Sapronov's wards qualified for an elite round, ranked in the top four teams in third place in their groups of the qualifying round. Therefore, the national team of Ukraine will be in basket D during the draw.

Warehouse composition 

Cart A: Spain, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Ireland, France, Hungary.

Cart B: Austria, Italy, Russia *, England, Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic.

Cart C: Poland, Slovakia, Iceland, Slovenia, Serbia, Scotland, Greece.

Cart D: Denmark, Turkey, Belgium, Wales, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine*.

* Based on the decisions of the UEFA Executive Committee and the UEFA Emergency Committee, Ukraine and Russia cannot be included in one group.

Note that also the first and second teams of one group of the qualifying round cannot get to one group of the elite round. This rule does not apply to third teams.

Each group of the elite round will include one team from each basket. Next, the hosts of the mini-tournaments will be determined, which must be completed by March 29 next year.

Seven group winners will advance to the finals of the European Championship, where they will join the host of the competition - the Swedish national team. The final tournament will take place in this country from May 9 to 22. His draw is scheduled for April 3.

We will add that the final tournament of Euro-2020 (WU-17) will simultaneously become a selection for the World Cup-2020 (WU-17) in India.