Ukraine - Spain: a preview of the final and decisive match of the group stage of Euro-2023
05.09.2023
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On September 5 at 17:30 Kyiv time, the final match of the men's national team of Ukraine will take place within the group round of the European Championship 2023. The team of Uģis Krastiņš will play against Spain.

A victory with a score of 3:0 or 3:1 will bring the Ukrainians a place in the 1/8 finals. Any other options - exit from Euro-2023.

Rosters of the teams

Spain

setters: Cesar Martin ("Manacor" Spain), Ignacio Sanchez ("Shenois" Switzerland);

liberos: Daniel Ruiz Posadas ("Montpellier" France), Unai Ledo ("Guaguas" Spain);

opposites: Andres Vilena (“Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars” South Korea), Alvaro Rubio (“Lindemans” Belgium)

outside hitters: Jorge Almanza ("Guaguas" Spain), Victor Rodríguez Perez ("Unicaja Costa de Almeria" Spain), Francisco Iribarn ("Grenyard Maaseik" Belgium),

middle blockers: Borja Ruiz (“Unicaja Costa de Almeria” Spain), Jordi Ramon Ferragut (“Cisterna” Italy), Jean Pascal Diatta (“Guaguas” Spain), Miguel Fornes (“Grenyard Maaseik” Belgium), Alejandro Brockert (“Manacor” Spain);

Head coach: Miguel Rivera.

Ukraine 

setters: Serhii Yevstratov (VC "Prometey"*), Yurii Synytsia;

outside hitters: Oleg Plotnytskyi ("Perugia" Italy), Timofii Poluian ("Milon" Greece), Vitalii Kucher ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Illia Kovalov ("Barkom-Kazhany");

liberos: Oleksandr Boiko (VC "Prometey"), Dmytro Kanaiev ("Barkom-Kazhany");

middle blockers: Yurii Semeniuk, Vladyslav Shchurov ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Bohdan Mazenko ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Volodymyr Ostapenko ("Epicenter-Podolyany");

the opposites: Vasyl Tupchii ("Barkom-Kazhany"), Yevhenii Kisilyuk ("Epicenter-Podolyany").

Head coach: Uģis Krastiņš (Latvia).

Other matches at Euro-2023 

Spain made a sensational start to the European Championship 2023. In their first match, they sensationally defeated the hosts - Bulgaria (3:1). Then there were so-called "easy" defeats against Croatia (0:3) and Slovenia (0:3). And in the fourth, a victory again, and this time over Finland.

The Ukrainians lost three matches in a row. First, the "blue and yellows" lost to Slovenia (1:3), the next day - to Croatia (2:3), and then to Bulgaria (1:3). And yesterday they beat Finland (3:2).

The Group B standings now look like this (as of September 5, 9:00 a.m.):

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European Championship-2023. Group round. Group B. The fifth match

September 4, Monday

17:30 Spain - Ukraine

Watch the online broadcast of the match Spain - Ukraine on September 5 at 17:30 on the YouTube channel DIVISPORT

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