The culmination of the group stage of Euro-2023 for the blue and yellow team will be a match against the team of Slovenia, which will take place on August 23 at 18:00 on the Day of the National Flag of Ukraine. Our athletes can finally guarantee themselves a ticket to the 1/8 finals of the competition.
European Championship 2023. Women. Group A
Ghent (Flanders Sports Arena). Belgium
August 23. 18:00
Ukraine — Slovenia
How the teams played in the previous rounds
Ukraine currently has two victories over Hungary and Belgium with the same score of 3-0. Ivan Petkov's wards suffered a single defeat in their debut match at the Euro against Serbia — 0-3.
After today's success over the Hungarians (3-0), the Slovenians still have a chance to make it to the playoffs. At the same time, their opponents with zero points can already pack their bags for home.
It is worth noting that the representatives of Slovenia build their attacks quite differently. Therefore, it is actually difficult to highlight one particular player who is the undisputed leader of the attack.
In the matches against Serbia and Poland, the best scorer of the Slovenian team was the opposite Eva Zatkovic (earned 13 and 9 points, respectively), against Belgium - outside hitter Lorena Lorber Fijok (24), against Hungary, two players scored almost the same number of points - blocker Nika Milosic (15 ) and outside hitter Masha Putsel (13).
Tournament table
After another game day, on August 22, in Group A, it can be stated that Hungary has lost all chances of exiting the group. Meanwhile, Serbia and Poland are already in the playoffs.
In order to finally win a place among the 16 best national teams of the continent, our girls need to win at least two sets in the nearest confrontation with the Slovenians. Because in this case, the latter will not be able to catch up with us in terms of points.
Results of matches in group A:
August 17
Hungary — Belgium 0-3 (16:25, 15:25, 19:25)
August 18
Serbia — Ukraine 3-0 (25:14, 25:19, 25:16)
Slovenia — Poland 0-3 (19:25, 14:25, 19:25)
August 19
Ukraine — Hungary 3-0 (25:17, 26:24, 25:17)
Slovenia — Belgium 1-3 (18:25, 20:25, 25:21, 32:34)
August 20
Serbia — Slovenia 3-0 (25:20, 25:11, 25:15)
Hungary — Poland 1-3 (22:25, 12:25, 25:21, 16:25)
August 21
Poland — Serbia 1-3 (25:18, 13:25, 23:25, 18:25)
Belgium — Ukraine 0-3 (18:25, 23:25, 23:25)
August 22
Slovenia — Hungary 3-0 (25:19, 25:18, 25:16)
Belgium — Poland 0-3 (22:25, 23:25, 21:25)
Previous matches
The national teams of Ukraine and Slovenia played against each other only at the European Championship 2019. Then, in a fierce struggle, our teams triumphed on a tie-break 2-3 (25:22, 21:25, 25:18, 21:25, 8:15).
The roster of the national team of Ukraine:
middle blockers: Svitlana Dorsman, Anastasiia Maievska, Uliana Kotar, Diana Meliushkyna;
setters: Daria Sharhorodska, Viktoriia Oliinyk;
outside hitters: Oleksandra Milenko, Yevheniia Khober, Nadiia Kodola, Yuliia Dymar;
the opposites: Viktoriia Danchak, Anastasiia Kraiduba;
liberos: Krystyna Niemtseva, Alika Lutsenko;
head coach: Ivan Petkov.
The roster of the national team of Slovenia:
middle blockers: Nika Milošič, Saša Planinšec, Mirta Velikonja Grbac;
setters: Eva Pogačar, Sara Najdič;
outside hitters: Maša Pucelj, Mija Siftar, Naja Boisa, Lorena Lorber Fijok, Isa Ramić;
the opposites: Eva Zatkovic, Iza Mlakar;
liberos: Anja Mazej, Katja Banko;
head coach: Marco Bonitta.
Watch broadcasts of matches of the national team of Ukraine at the championship of the continent on the YouTube channel DiviSport.
