Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. Men

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Group A

Ukraine - Czech Republic - 3:1 (25:19, 25:16, 23:25, 25:20)

Starting line-up of the national team of Ukraine: Poluian (scored 15 points), Synytsia (3), Semeniuk (10), Shchurov (6), Kovalov (22), Tupchii (17), Boiko (l), Kanaiev (l). Substitutes: Plotnytskyi (5), Kucher (0).

This match had no tournament significance for either team but was significant in gaining ranking points towards the world ranking.

This motivated the Ukrainians quite a bit and they immediately demonstrated it on the court of the arena in Rio de Janeiro (18:13). In the opening set, the men's national team of Ukraine allowed the opponents to score only 19 points - 25:19.

The second set was generally devastating (10:7 – 20:12). "Blue-yellows" did not relax, but on the contrary wanted to end this match as soon as possible - 25:16.

During the entire third set, the Ukrainians were in the lead again, but in the end, due to their own mistakes, they gave the leadership to the Czechs (20:23), and as a result, they lost this set - 23:25.

After success in the previous part of the game, the Czechs were charged for the continuation in the fourth set (1:4 – 10:13). But thanks to a successful game on the block, the Ukrainians established parity (13:13), which lasted almost until the end of the set (19:19). The end of the set was won by the Ukrainians: Kovalov and Plotnytskyi attacked quite well, and then it was the captain's turn to serve, thus he made two aces (24:19). The Czechs put an end to the set and the match by serving the ball into the net - 25:20.

The most effective player in the Ukrainian national team was Illia Kovalov (22 points).

On October 8 at 23:00 Kyiv time, the Ukrainians will play the final qualification match against the German national team.

Watch the online broadcast of the qualification matches on the DIVISPORT.TV website and on the Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.