The women's national team of Ukraine U-18 completed a training camp in Poland on the eve of qualification for the 2024 European Championship. We would like to remind you that in the qualification the blue-yellow team got into group D, the matches of which will be held from April 12 to 14 in the capital of Georgia — Tbilisi. Their opponents will be the hosts of the tournament, Georgians, as well as Slovenians and French.
As part of the preparation for the crucial games, Anastasiia Kotliarenko's wards held several sparring sessions in Kielnarowa. First, they defeated the local team with a score of 4-0 in sets, and then they lost to another Polish team, "Marba Sendziszów" - 1-3.
The schedule of games of Ukrainians in the qualification for the European Championship:
April 12
15:00 Ukraine — Slovenia
April 13
15:00 Ukraine — France
April 14
18:00 Ukraine — Georgia
The roster of the national team of Ukraine U-18:
setters: Molchanova Oleksandra, Tverda Veronika;
opposites: Lisova Kira, Khrystenko Sofiia, Pavlovska Sofiia;
outside hitters: Yastrub Uliana, Hoshylyk Anna-Mariia, Onishchenko Daryna;
libero: Kostiuk Solomiia, Boiko Anna;
middle blockers: Zhylinska Kateryna, Dobryn Zlata, Nedilko Anastasiia, Fartushniak Oksana;
head coach: Kotliarenko Anastasiia.
Let's add that there are five quartets in total at this stage. The winners of the groups and the four best national teams among the second places will make their way to the final part of the European Championship, which will be held simultaneously in Romania (Blaj) and Greece (Heraklion).
The representatives of the host countries have qualified for the 2024 European Championship automatically - as we mentioned above, they are Romania and Greece, respectively. In addition, tickets to the continental championship were previously won by the winners of the zonal associations: Turkey, Poland, Croatia, Finland, and Belgium.
