On July 29, in the Chinese city of Chengdu, the Ukrainian students' volleyball team will begin their participation in the XXXI World Universiade with a match against the Azerbaijan team at 15:00 Kyiv time.

The Ukrainian team will play against Azerbaijan, China, and Japan in the group stage.

The composition of the students' national team of Ukraine:

*the club in which the player spent the 2022-2023 season is specified

setters: Andrii Stebletskyi (“MHP-Vinnytsia”), Serhii Riabov (VC “Prometey”); 

middle blockers: Heorhii Klepko (VC “Prometey”), Denys Veletskyi (VC “Prometey”), Volodymyr Ostapenko (“Epitcentr-Podolyany”), Bohdan Mazenko (“Barkom-Kazhany”); 

outside hitters: Ivan Kryvobok (VC “Prometey”), captain Dmytro Yanchuk (VC “Prometey”), Serhii Mishchenko (“MHP-Vinnytsia”); 

the opposites: Yevhen Stepovyi (“Law Academy”), Danylo Uryvkin (“MHP-Vinnytsia”); 

liberos: Yaroslav Pampushko (“MHP-Vinnytsia”). 

Head coach: Serhii Kovalenko.

Group round match calendar:

July 29 (Saturday)

15:00 Ukraine - Azerbaijan

July 31 (Monday)

15:00 Ukraine - China

August 2 (Wednesday)

12:30 Ukraine – Japan