On October 3, at 23:00 Kyiv time, the men's national team of Ukraine will play the third match of the qualifying tournament for the 2024 Olympics. Our team's opponent will be the Italian national team.
At Euro-2023, the Italians came second, losing in the final in Rome to the Polish national team (0:3). In the Nations League of the same year, Italy took 4th place, losing in the match for 3rd place to Japan (2:3).
At the 2022 World Championship, Italy won the tournament.
Rosters of the teams
Italy
setters: Simone Gianelli (Perugia, Italy), Riccardo Sbertoli (Trentino, Italy);
outside hitters: Rinaldi Tomasso ("Modena" Italy), Daniele Lavia ("Trentino" Italy), Mattia Bottolo ("Civitanova" Italy), Alessandro Micheletto ("Trentino" Italy);
libero: Fabio Balaso ("Civitanova" Italy), Leonardo Scanferlo ("Piacenza" Italy);
middle blockers: Leandro Mosca (Verona, Italy), Giovanni Sanguinetti (Modena, Italy), Gianluca Galassi (Monza, Italy), Lorenzo Cortesia (Verona, Italy);
opposite: Alessandro Bovolenta ("Ravenna" Italy), Yuriy Romano ("Piacenza" Italy);
Head coach: Ferdinando de Giorgi.
Ukraine
setters: Serhii Yevstratov (VC "Prometey"), Yurii Synytsia;
outside hitters: Oleh Plotnytskyi ("Perugia" Italy), Tymofii Poluian ("Milon" Greece), Vitalii Kucher ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Ilya Kovalev ("Barkom-Kazhany");
libero: 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
Ukraine is still on the 16th step of the world ranking. Italy is in third place.
1-2 rounds
In the first match of the qualification, the Ukrainians suffered a crushing loss to the Cuban national team (0:3). And then they left no chance to the Iranian team (3:0).
Italy is currently the leader of Group A. Ferdinando de Giorgi's team beat the Czech Republic (3:1) and Qatar (3:0).
Tournament table as of October 3, 11:00:
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 3 (Tuesday). The third round
23:00 Italy - Ukraine
Watch the online broadcast of the Italy-Ukraine match on October 3 at 23:00 on the DIVISPORT.TV website and on the Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.
