On September 9, at 20:30 Kyiv time, the 1/8 final match of the European Volleyball Championship 2023 will take place. In it, the men's national team of Ukraine will play against the national team of Portugal.
Rosters of the teams
The leader of the attack in the Portuguese national team is the outside hitter Alexandre Ferreira. And it is not surprising, because last year he played for the famous Turkish team "Fenerbahce", and next season he will play for the Polish "Lublin" - in the Plus League, one of the strongest club championships on the continent. Ferreira is one of the most experienced players of his national team and after the group stage, he was in the top 8 of the most effective attackers of the tournament (79 points). By the way, the Ukrainian opposite Vasyl Tupchii took 9th place with 78 points.
Portugal
setters: Thiago Jorge da Silva Violas ("Benfica" Portugal), Miguel Tavares Rodriguez ("Zawierce" Poland);
liberos: Gonzalo Souza ("Academic de Espinho" Portugal), Ivo Casas ("Benfica" Portugal);
opposites: Jose Pedro Pinto ("Academic de Espinho" Portugal), Bruno Cunha ("Soria" Spain);
outside hitters: Andre Marques (“Castelo Maya” Portugal), Alexandre Ferreira (“Lublin” Poland), Lourenso Martins (“Saint Nazaire” France), Andre Pereira (“Sporting” Portugal);
middle blockers: Miguel Sinfronio (“Aich\Dob” Austria), Joche Belo (“Leimoes” Portugal), Filip Tsveticanin (“Leimoes” Portugal), Joche Andrade (“Eshmorish” Portugal.
Head coach: Miguel Jose.
Ukraine
пасуючі: Сергій Євстратов (ВК “Прометей”), Юрій Синиця;
догравальники: Олег Плотницький (“Перуджа” Італія), Тимофій Полуян (“Мілон” Греція), Віталій Кучер (“Барком-Кажани”), Ілля Ковальов (“Барком-Кажани”);
ліберо: Олександр Бойко (ВК “Прометей), Дмитро Канаєв (“Барком-Кажани”);
центральні блокуючі: Юрій Семенюк, Владислав Щуров (“Барком-Кажани”), Богдан Мазенко (“Барком-Кажани”), Володимир Остапенко (“Епіцентр-Подоляни”);
діагональні: Василь Тупчій (“Барком-Кажани”), Євгеній Кісілюк (“Епіцентр-Подоляни”).
Головний тренер: Угіс Крастіньш (Латвія).
Group round of Euro-2023
The group stage began with three defeats for the Ukrainian team: our team lost to Slovenia (1:3), Croatia (2:3), and Bulgaria (1:3). But then Ugis Krastinš's wards pleased their fans with victories over Finland (3:2) and Spain (3:0). These victories allowed the Ukrainians to enter the playoffs from a good position, namely the third place in the group.
The national team of Portugal was defeated by France (1:3) and Greece (2:3). For their part, they defeated Romania (3:0), Israel (3:0), and the current winners of the Challenger Cup and European Golden League - Turkey (3:2). As a result, the Portuguese finished second in Group D.
Ranking of the teams
Before the match against the Portuguese, the Ukrainians are ranked 16th in the world and 12th in the European rankings.
Portugal ranks 22nd in the world and 10th in Europe.
European Championship-2023. Playoffs. 1/8 of the final
September 9, Saturday
20:30 Portugal - Ukraine
Watch the online broadcast of the match Portugal - Ukraine on September 9 at 20:30 on the YouTube channel DIVISPORT.
