Euro-2025 among women's teams. The national team of Ukraine started the qualifying tournament with a victory over Kosovo

05.04.2024 19:58

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Today, the national women's team of Ukraine started the qualifying tournament for Euro-2025 with a match against the team of Kosovo.

According the results of the draw of the 2025 European Women's Championship qualifiers, the Ukrainian national team competes in Group B4, where its rivals are the teams of Wales, Croatia and Kosovo.

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Today, in the opening match of the tournament in Antalya, Turkey, Volodymyr Pyatenko's wards met with the Kosovo national team. The first half was decisive in the meeting. 

In the 28th minute, Lumbard Misini brought down Olga Ovdiychuk in her own penalty area, and the referee awarded an 11-meter penalty. Anna Petryk took the penalty. In another six minutes, Tamila Khimich dealt with the ball brilliantly and directed it under the crossbar of the Kosovars' goal with an accurate shot.

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After the break, the Ukrainian national team had two great opportunities to increase their advantage, but Ovdiychuk and Hlushchenko could not realize their chances.

Nevertheless, the victory of Ukraine with a score of 2:0. The blue-yellow team will play their next match on April 9 away against Croatia. 

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Women's Euro-2025. Qualifying. League B. Group 4

Ukraine — Kosovo — 2:0 (2:0)

Goals: Petryk (28, from the penalty), Khimich (34).

Ukraine: Kelyushik, Basanska, Shmatko, Apanashchenko (k), Petryk, Ovdiychuk (Kozlova, 90), Khimich, Semkiv, Andrukhov (Kunina, 46), Glushchenko (Pantsulaya, 84), Kravchuk (Kalinina, 88).

Trainer: Volodymyr Pyatenko.

Kosovo: Demiri, Ramai, Kastrati (Avduli, 65), Smiley, Kruesiu, Bichkai (Eyupi, 80), Misini, Halilyai, Limani (Uka, 65), Memeti (k), Metai (Hoti, 65).

Trainer: Annelie Andersen.

Referee: Karolin Wacker (Germany).

Booked: Andrukhov (20) — Kastrati (49), Misini (90), Avduli (90+3).

April 5. Antalya. Stadium "Mardan".

Wales — Croatia — 4:0

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Standings

2 round

09.04.2024

Croatia - Ukraine

Kosovo - Wales

3 round

31.05.2024

Wales - Ukraine

Kosovo — Croatia

4 round

04.06.2024

Ukraine — Wales

Croatia - Kosovo

5 round

12.07.2024

Kosovo - Ukraine

Croatia - Wales

6 round

16.07.2024

Ukraine - Croatia

Wales - Kosovo

The results of the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying draw

League A

Group A1: Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Finland.

Group A2: Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Czechia.

Group A3: France, England, Sweden, Ireland.

Group A4: Germany, Austria, Iceland, Poland.

League B.

Group B1: Switzerland, Hungary, Turkey, Azerbaijan.

Group B2: Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Israel.

Group B3: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, Malta.

Group B4: Wales, Croatia, Ukraine, Kosovo.

League C.

Group C1: Belarus, Lithuania, Cyprus, Georgia.

Group C2: Slovenia, Latvia, North Macedonia, Moldova.

Group C3: Greece, Montenegro, Andorra, Faroe Islands.

Group C4: Romania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Armenia.

Group C5: Albania, Estonia, Luxembourg.

The distribution of tickets for Euro-2025 takes place based on the results of the next league cycle. The teams compete in groups of four or three teams (League C). The eight best teams in League A (first and second places) immediately go to the final tournament. There they join the host country, Switzerland.

The remaining seven passes are to played in two rounds of playoffs. In the one-way first round, the third- and fourth-placed teams in League A play the group winners and the top three second-placed teams in League C. The eight winners advance to the second round.

Elsewhere, the four group winners and the top two runners-up in League B play the remaining two runners-up and the four third-placed teams in League B. The six winners advance to the second round.

In the second round of the playoffs, 14 national teams directly play for seven tickets to the final tournament of Euro-2025, where a total of 16 participants play.

The paths of the teams in the play-off matches are to be adjusted, if necessary, taking into account the performances of Switzerland, which plays in League B, but will be represented at the Euro as the host country.

If Switzerland finishes first, second or third in their B League group, the fourth best team from that division will enter the playoffs.

Promotion and relegation

In parallel, teams will also compete for positions in the next Nations League, which begins the 2025-2027 cycle:

— winners, holders of second and third places in League A groups will remain in League A;

— the second-place winners and the three best third-place winners in League B groups will remain in League B;

— the winners of the second, third and fourth places in the groups of League C will remain in League C;

— the winners of the groups in the B and C leagues will move to the higher division;

— the fourth-place finishers in League A and B groups, as well as the worst third-place finisher in League B, will be relegated.

Euro-2025 among women's teams. Calendar

Matches 1—2 rounds: April 3-9, 2024.

Matches 3—4 rounds: May 29 - June 4, 2024.

Matches 5—6 rounds: July 10-16, 2024.

Playoff draw: July 19, 2024

1st round of playoffs (2 matches): October 23-29, 2024.

2st round of playoffs (2 matches): November 27 - December 3, 2024.

Final tournament draw: December 16, 2024.

Final tournament: July 2-27, 2025 (Switzerland).