On October 1, at 02:30 Kyiv time, the first match of the men's national team of Ukraine will take place as part of the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games 2024.
Our team's opponent will be the national team of Cuba.
Rosters of the teams
Cuba
setters: Livan Taboada ("Zalau" Romania), Christian Manuel ("Dynamo-Bucharest" Romania);
outside hitters: Marlon Yant Herrera ("Civitanova" Italy), Miguel Angel Lopez ("Sada Cruzeiro" Brazil), Jose Miguel Guterres ("Prisma Taranto" Italy), Osniel Melgarejo ("Milan" Italy);
liberos: Elaine Salas (“Santiago” Cuba), Yonder Garcia (“Al-Ahly” Egypt);
middle blockers: Alexis Wilson ("Tianjin" China), Roami Alonso ("Piacenza" Italy), Javier Concepcion ("Putier" France), Jose Masso ("Friedrichshafen" Germany);
opposites: Jesus Herreira ("Perugia" Italy), David Miguel Guterres ("Pordenone" Italy).
Україна
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.
Season 2023
Volleyball players of the national team of Cuba became thirteenth in this year's Nations League draw and kept their place in this tournament for the next season.
Cubans also became the winners of the Central American and Caribbean Games, and at the beginning of September, they won the "bronze" of the North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) Championship.
Ranking of the teams
Cuba ranks 12th in the world ranking, and Ukraine has dropped to 15th.
Tournament regulations
The teams will play in one round and the two best national teams from the group will receive tickets to Paris 2024.
We would like to remind you that 12 men's and women's national teams will play at the Olympic Games. The French national team guaranteed a place among the participants of the tournament as hosts. Six vouchers will be distributed according to the results of the qualification.
The five remaining Olympic quotas will be filled with the help of the world ranking after the end of the preliminary stage of the Nations League 2024. They will be awarded to the best-ranked national teams of the five continents that have not yet qualified and the best national teams in the overall ranking.
Qualification for the Olympic Games 2024. Men
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Group A
October 1 (Sunday). First round
02:30 Cuba – Ukraine
Watch the online broadcast of the match Cuba - Ukraine on October 1 at 02:30 on the DIVISPORT.TV website and on the Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.
