The Ukrainian women's beach soccer team won the silver medal at the World Beach Games qualification

04.09.2022 18:01

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In the final match of selection for the 2023 World Beach Games, the women's beach soccer team of Ukraine lost to England in a tense struggle. 

Today, the wards of Yuriy Klymenko, who have already secured a ticket to the 2023 World Beach Games, which will be held from August 6 to 12 on the Indonesian island of Bali, met England in the final duel for the gold of European qualification.

The first period of the meeting turned out to be very nervous and, despite numerous opportunities for both teams, ended in a scoreless draw. At the beginning of the second 12-minute period, the English added momentum, and in the middle of the period, our defense could not hold out. Gemma Hiller and Molly Clarke managed to score in Anastasia Terech's goal within two minutes.

The final part of the game began with a goal by Sarah Kempson and the withdrawal of Yulia Kostiuk, which minimized the chances of our girls to play back. Unfortunately, they did not succeed. As a result, the defeat was 0:3.

Thus, the women's national team of Ukraine took second place in the European qualification for the 2023 World Beach Games. The first was England, the third was Spain, which defeated Italy in the small final (5:3).  

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Final

England — Ukraine — 3:0 

Goals: Hiller (18), Clarke (19), Kempson (25).

Ukraine: Tereh, Volovenko, Dekhtyar, Kostyuk, Vasylyuk, Klipachenko, Kyrylchuk, Kramna, Dubytska, Vypasnyak, Tikhonova.

After 26 minutes removed Kostyuk (Ukraine).

Match for 3rd place

Spain — Italy — 5:3

World Beach Games 2023

The World Beach Games will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from August 6 to 12, 2023. There will be 16 teams in the men's final tournament and 12 in the women's final. Five continental qualifiers are scheduled to take place until July 2, 2023, with the top teams earning a spot at the World Beach Games.

Distribution of seats by continental confederations for men:

UEFA (Europe) — 5 teams;

CONMEBOL (South America) — 3 teams;

CAF (Africa) — 2 teams;

CONCACAF (North and Central America) — 2 teams;

AFC (Asia) and AFC (Oceania) — 2 teams.

Distribution of seats by continental confederations for women:

UEFA (Europe) — 4 teams;

CONMEBOL (South America) — 2 teams;

CAF (Africa) — 1 team;

CONCACAF (North and Central America) — 2 teams;

AFC (Asia) and AFC (Oceania) — 1 team.

In addition, the finals of the 2023 World Beach Games will feature the Indonesian men's and women's national teams as hosts, as well as one specially invited team each that did not take part in the qualifying tournaments. 

If the National Olympic Committee of any of the participants withdraws or does not confirm their participation by July 2, 2023, then the place in the tournament will be transferred to the next highest ranked team on the continent.

If the continental selection tournament does not take place by July 2, 2023, then the world ranking of beach soccer as of July 1, 2023 will be used to determine the participating teams.

Let's add that the current winners of the World Beach Games are the teams of Brazil (for men) and Spain (for women), who won the 2019 titles in Qatar.