The schedule of games of the women's national team of Ukraine in the semifinals of the European Golden League-2023 has become known. We would like to remind you that Ivan Petkov's wards twice overcame the resistance of the Hungarians in the first stage of the competition and exchanged victories with the French team, which allowed them to qualify for the "final four" from the first place of group C.
For the right to play in the finals, the blue-yellow team will compete with the volleyball players of the Czech Republic, who won Group B. At the same time, Belgium and Sweden will meet in the second semi-final.
The teams will meet each other "at home" and "away". The Ukrainians will traditionally hold their nominal home match in the Romanian city of Piatra Neamt at the Polyvalent Hall arena.
The first semi-final games will take place on June 25, and the return matches on June 28:
June 25
Lund (Sparbanken Skåne Arena). Sweden
16:00 Sweden - Belgium
Pyatra-Neamts (Polyvalent Hall). Romania
18:00 Ukraine - Czech Republic
June 28
Tabor (Sport Hall Mír). Czech Republic
19:00 Czech Republic — Ukraine
Ruselare (Tomabel Hall). Belgium
21:00 Belgium - Sweden
We would like to remind you that according to the rules of the tournament, the national team that took the first place in the rating based on the results of the group stage will play the best team among the second positions in the semi-finals of the European League. In this case, these are teams from the same group A: Belgium and Sweden. At the same time, the winners of groups B and C will meet in the second semi-final: the Czech Republic and Ukraine.
