In the final match of the tournament, where the 15th place out of 16 teams participating in the continental championship was at stake, Ukrainian basketball players lost to the Czech Republic - 61:80.

Thus, Vitaliy Stepanovsky's wards took the last place at the European Championship. On the eve of the "

Ukraine U-20 relegated to division B for the third time in history. Previously, this happened in 2005 and 2013..

Recall that at the group stage, Stepanovsky's wards were defeated by the Czech Republic in overtime, defeated Lithuania and devastatingly lost to Spain. Ukrainians took third place in their quartet. In the 1/8 finals, the Blue-Yellows lost to Turkey, and then lost to Slovenia in the first round for survival (81:86).