The youth national football team of Ukraine (U-21) secured participation in the playoffs of the tournament one round before the end of the group stage of Euro 2023. This happened after the victory of Spain over Croatia in the match of the second round of quartet B. " Thus, the Ukrainian team (6 points) will definitely finish in first or second place in its group, which means reaching the quarterfinals. A ticket to the playoffs was also won by the Spanish team (6 points), which is ahead of Ukraine in additional indicators. But Croatia and Romania, who have not yet collected points in this tournament, have lost their chances to qualify from the group. Ruslan Rotan's team started the continental championship with two wins. In the first round, our team defeated Croatia (2:0), and in the second round it pulled out a victory over Romania (0:1). In the final round of the European group championship on Tuesday, June 27, the Ukrainian team will play with Spain, and Croatia will face off against Romania. In the quarter-finals, the Ukrainians will meet with the team, which will take the first or second line of the quartet D. Will it be France, Switzerland, Norway or Italy. The top three teams in Euro 2023 (except France and England) will qualify for the 2024 Olympics.