Having taken third place in their group, the Blue-Yellows continued to fight in the so-called small semi-finals (matches for 5-8 places), where a ticket to the 2023 European Games was also at stake.

In the first playoff match, the team of Nikolai Kostenko defeated France with a score of 10:5.

Dmytro Voytenko scored a hat-trick in the Ukrainian national team, and Dmytro Medved scored a brace. Also, one of the goals was scored by the goalkeeper of our team Andrei Nerush.

Thanks to the victory over France, the Ukrainians guaranteed themselves participation in the European Games 2023, which will be held in Krakow..

On Sunday, September 11, Nikolai Kostenko's wards will play with Azerbaijan in the match for the 5th place of the Euroleague 2022.

Earlier, the women's beach soccer team of Ukraine won a ticket to the European Games 2023.

Recall that earlier the men's and women's teams of Ukraine also got tickets to the World Beach Games-2023, which will be held from August 6 to 12 next year in Bali.