On September 24 at 5:00 Kyiv time, Ukraine will meet with Mexico in the final 7th round of qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. Blue and yellows will try to get their second victory in the tournament.
Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. Women
Ningbo, China. Group A
September 24. Seventh round
5:00 Ukraine — Mexico
Mexico - introducing the opponent
At the moment, the Mexicans are in the 25th place in the FIVB ranking. After the last victory over the Czechs, the Ukrainians climbed to the 20th place.
Starting from 2023, Mexico will be led by the Italian specialist Nicola Negro, who at the club level is the head coach of the Brazilian women's club Minas. Under his leadership, in particular, he won the local championship twice.
On the other hand, the specialist cannot boast of trophies with the national team: in the NORCECA championship (tournament of North and Central America), the Mexicans took only fifth place.
The main scorer of our closest opponents is Grecia Castro Lopez. The athlete has 76 points in the previous six matches.
The results of the teams' previous matches
September 16
China — Ukraine 3-0 (25:21, 25:18, 25:21)
Serbia — Mexico 3-0 (25:16, 25:19, 25:23)
September 17
Serbia — Ukraine 3-0 (25:18, 25:18, 25:16)
China — Mexico 3-0 (25:14, 25:18, 25:7)
September 19
Dominican Republic — Ukraine 3-0 (25:17, 25:21, 31:29)
Netherlands — Mexico 3-0 (25:18, 25:18, 25:17)
September 20
Netherlands — Ukraine 3-0 (25:23, 25:21, 25:16)
Dominican Republic — Mexico 3-0 (25:17, 27:25, 25:16)
September 22
Ukraine — Canada 1-3 (22:25, 25:23, 12:25, 11:25)
Czech Republic — Mexico 3-1 (25:17, 25:19, 18:25, 29:27)
September 23
Ukraine — Czech Republic 3-1 (12:25, 25:23, 25:18, 25:15)
Canada — Mexico 3-0 (25:22, 25:22, 25:17)
Tournament table
In case of success against the Mexicans, the blue-yellow team will be able to claim the sixth place in the standings. But on the condition that the Czech Republic loses to Canada 3-0 or 3-1.
For their part, our rivals have the motivation to rise above the last position. To do this, they need to beat the Ukrainians only with an "easy" score.
The roster of the national team of Ukraine:
middle blockers: Svitlana Dorsman, Anastasiia Maievska, Uliana Kotar, Diana Meliushkina;
setters: Daria Sharhorodska, Viktoriia Oliinyk;
outside hitters: Oleksandra Milenko, Yevheniia Khober, Nadiia Kodola, Yulia Dymar;
opposites: Viktoriia Danchak, Anastasiia Kraiduba;
liberos: Krystyna Niemtseva, Alika Lutsenko;
Head coach: Ivan Petkov.
The roster of the national team of Mexico:
middle blockers: Jocelyn Urias (c), Arlette Marquez, Karina Flores;
setters: Yvone Martinez, Maria Celeste Vela;
outsdie hitters: Grecia Castro Lopez, Aimé Topete, Maria Fernanda Rodríguez, Angela Muñoz, Cassandra Soto;
opposite: Karen Rivera;
liberos: Jocelyn Landeros Palacios;
head coach: Nicola Negro.
Watch the matches of the women's national team of Ukraine on the DIVISPORT.TV website and the SWEET.TV and MEGOGO platforms.
