U-19: the youth national team of Ukraine will fight for a ticket to Euro-2023 in March

30.01.2023 16:25

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At the end of March, the wards of Serhiy Nagornyak will try to get a ticket to the final tournament in the elite round of the European Championship selection.

From March 22 to March 28, 2023, the youth national team of Ukraine U-19 (football players not older than 2004) will play in the elite round of the European Championship selection. According to the results of the draw it turned out that the blue-yellow team will meet the teams of Spain (host of the tournament), Denmark and Luxembourg.

"It will not be possible to get together in the winter, as all the clubs will be preparing for the championship, so our training will take place on the eve of the official competitions. But nothing, we will proceed from the situation we are in, we will count on those footballers who played in the qualifying round," — Told me after the drawing of lots about training plans, the head coach of the boys, Serhiy Nagornyak.

Euro 2023 (U-19). Elite round

In the elite round, 28 participants will fight for tickets to the final stage, the matches of which will be held in the period from July 3 to 16, 2023 in Malta. The winners of the seven groups will go there.

This stage of selection in March will feature the 27 teams that passed the first stage and the Portuguese, who received a direct pass to the elite round as the leaders of the corresponding age rating.

Group 1: France, Romania, Norway, Northern Ireland.

Group 2: Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Italy.

Group 3: Ukraine, Spain, Denmark, Luxembourg.

Group 4: Portugal, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden.

Group 5: Ireland, Greece, Estonia, Slovakia.

Group 6: Serbia, Poland, Israel, Latvia.

Group 7: England, Turkey, Iceland, Hungary.

We will remind, in the qualifying round of Euro-2023 (U-19) the youth national team of Ukraine under the leadership of Serhiy Nagornyak finished the performance with the maximum result in the first place in the group.