On May 9, the national volleyball team of Ukraine gathered for the first practice-training session in the Polish city of Lodz.

There, the team of the Latvian specialist Ugis Krastinš will prepare for the first official tournament of the 2023 game season - the group round of the European Golden League.

At this stage, the men's national team of Ukraine will play in group B against North Macedonia, Belgium, and Croatia. The home ground of the Ukrainians will be the arena in Lodz (Poland).

The coach of the "blue and yellows" has called 16 volleyball players into the team:

setters: Vitalii Shchytkov (VC "Prometey"), Yurii Synytsia ("Develi" Turkey);

outside hitters: Oleh Plotnytskyi ("Perugia" Italy), Tymofii Poluian ("Akkus Bld" Turkey), Dmytro Yanchuk (VC "Prometey"), Vitalii Kucher ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Illia Kovalov ("Cuprum" Poland);

liberos: Oleksandr Boiko (VC "Prometey"), Dmytro Kanaiev ("Barkom-Kazhany");

middle blockers: Maksym Drozd ("Epicenter-Podolyany"), Yurii Semeniuk ("Projekt Warszawa" Poland), Dmytro Teromenko ("Tours" France), Vladyslav Shchurov ("Barkom-Kazhany");

opposites: Vasyl Tupchii ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Yevhenii Kisiliuk ("Epicenter-Podolyany"), Daniil Pyvovarenko ("Rio Duero Soria" Spain)