Futsal World Cup 2024. Today, the national team of Ukraine will play against the team of Kosovo in Pristina

09.11.2022 11:00

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Oleksandr Kosenko's men will continue their fight in the main round of the Futsal World Cup 2024 with an away match against the Kosovo team, which will be held in Pristina.

National team of Ukraine began on November 4. The away match of the main qualifying round of the 2024 World Cup against Kosovo will be played today in Pristina (starting at 18.00:XNUMX Kyiv time).

"Energy" player Vitaly Radevich will not be able to help our team in this match due to illness. The day before, Oleksandr Kosenko's wards started the training process in Pristina, and also held classes at the Pallati i Rinise sports complex, where the meeting will take place, reports the Futsal Association of Ukraine press-service reports..

We will remind, in the previous matches of the main round, which took place in Latvia, the blue and yellow defeated Kosovo (3:1) and the Netherlands (4:2).

The roster of the Ukrainian national futsal team:

Goalkeepers: Kyrylo Tsypun (Piast, Poland), Yuriy Savenko (Hurricane).

Outfield players: Petro Shoturma, Daniil Abakshin, Artem Farenyuk, Mykola Mykytyuk (all "Uragan"), Mykhailo Zvarych, Serhiy Malyshko (both "Energy"), Yevhen Siriy, Ihor Chernyavskyi (both "HIT"), Andriy Melnyk, Rostyslav Semenchenko (both - CLUST), Yaroslav Lebid (Cosmos, Estonia).

WC-2024. European qualification. Main round. Group 11

18.09.2022

Netherlands — Kosovo — 2:1

07.10.2022

Ukraine — Kosovo — 3:1

11.10.2022

Ukraine - Netherlands - 4: 2

Standings

09.11.2022

Kosovo - Ukraine (18.00)

03.03.2023

Kosovo — Netherlands

08.03.2023

Netherlands - Ukraine

In the main round, 36 national teams are divided into 12 groups of three teams, in which matches are played at home and away. The 12 group winners and the four best runners-up will advance to the elite round. The other eight runners-up will compete in the main round playoffs.

WC-2024. European qualification. Main round

Group 1: Spain, Moldova, Cyprus.

Group 2: Georgia, Belgium, Austria.

Group 3: Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia.

Group 4: Portugal, Belarus, Lithuania.

Group 5: Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Montenegro.

Group 6: Azerbaijan, Poland, Greece.

Group 7: Croatia, Hungary, Israel.

Group 8: Finland, Romania, Denmark.

Group 9: Serbia, France, Norway.

Group 10: Italy, North Macedonia, Sweden.

Group 11: Ukraine, Netherlands, Kosovo.

Group 12: Slovakia, Latvia, Germany.

Format

Qualification takes place in five stages: the preliminary round (mini-tournaments), the main round (groups with home and away matches), the playoffs of the main round (home and away matches), the elite round (groups with home and away matches) and elite round playoffs (home and away matches).

Main round playoffs

Draw: March 10, 2023.

Matches: April 10-19, 2023.

Eight teams will be divided into four pairs, the matches will be held at home and away. The winners will advance to the elite round.

Elite round

Draw: July 5, 2023

Matches: will be completed by December 20, 2023.

The 20 national teams will be divided into five groups of four teams each, matches will be held at home and away. Five group winners will go to the 2024 WC. The four best runners-up will advance to the elite round playoffs. If a European association is selected to host the final tournament, only the two best runners-up will advance to the elite round playoffs.

Elite round playoffs

Draw: January 25, 2024

Matches: April 8-17, 2024.

Four teams will be divided into two pairs (if only two teams will take part in the playoffs, a draw will be held to determine the order of matches), matches will be held at home and away. The winners will go to the 2024 World Cup.