On October 6, at 23:00. Kyiv time, the men's national team of Ukraine will play against Qatar in the match of the qualification tournament for the 2024 Olympics.
1-4 rounds of the tournament
Qatar is the only team without a win in four rounds. The Qataris lost to Brazil (0:3), Italy (0:3), Iran (1:3), and Cuba (0:3).
In the first match of the qualification, the Ukrainians lost to the Cuban national team (0:3). And then they left no chance to the Iranian team (3:0), then lost in three games to the Italian team (0:3) and lost to the hosts of group A - Brazil in a tie-break.
Rosters of the teams
Qatar
setters: Borislav Georgiev ("Qatar Sports" Qatar), Milos Stevanovich ("Al Rayyan" Qatar);
liberos: Ahmed Noaman ("Polis Club" Qatar), Mahmud Nazhi ("Polis Club" Qatar);
middle blockers: Papemaguette Diagne ("Polis Club" Qatar), Belal Abunabot ("Polis Club" Qatar), Osman Abdulwahid ("Polis Club" Qatar), Niokla Vasic ("Polis Club" Qatar), Ahmed Abdelrahim;
opposites: Mubarak Dahi Hammad ("Al Rayyan" Qatar), Ayman Adbelrahman;
outside hitters: Renan Ribeiro ("Al Arabi" Qatar), Mohamed Vidatalla ("Al Sadd" Qatar), Raymi Wadidi ("Al Ahly" Qatar):
Head coach: Soto Andres Camilo.
Ukraine
setters: Serhii Yevstratov (VC "Prometey"), Yurii Synytsia;
outside hitters: Oleh Plotnytskyi ("Perugia" Italy), Tymofii Poluian ("Milon" Greece), Vitalii Kucher ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Illia Kovalov ("Barkom-Kazhany");
liberos: Oleksandr Boiko (VC "Prometey"), Dmytro Kanaiev ("Barkom-Kazhany");
middle blockers: Yurii Semeniuk, Vladyslav Shchurov ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Bohdan Mazenko ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Volodymyr Ostapenko ("Epicenter-Podolyany");
opposites: Vasyl Tupchii ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Yevhenii Kisiliuk ("Epicenter-Podolyany").
Head coach: Uģis Krastiņš (Latvia).
Ranking of the teams
Qatar is currently ranked 19th in the world, while Ukraine is still in 16th place.
Tournament regulations
The teams will play in one round and the two best national teams from the group will receive tickets to Paris 2024.
Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. Men
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Group A
October 6 (Friday). The fifth round
23:00 Ukraine - Qatar
Watch the online broadcast of the Qatar-Ukraine match on October 6 at 23:00 on the DIVISPORT.TV website and on the Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.
