The duel in Slovenian Ljubljana ended with the victory of the home team with a score of 3:1.

The Blue-Yellows surprised the Slovenians, who were the favorites of the meeting, at the start of the confrontation and won the first set - 25:18.

Unfortunately, the Ukrainians failed to build on their success - the next three games went in an equal fight, but the opponent of the team, Ugis Krastins, nevertheless showed his class and tipped the scales in his favor - 26:24, 25:19, 25:23.

Thus, the Ukrainian team leaves the World Cup, and Slovenia will fight the Italian team in the semifinals..

Ukraine for the first time in history played in the 1/4 finals of the World Cup in volleyball.

The current world championship for the Ukrainian team was the second in history. In 1998, the Blue-Yellows took 10th place, so the result at the 2022 World Cup is the best in the history of our team.

Recall that the Ukrainian national volleyball team advanced to the playoffs of the 2022 World Cup from the second place.. In the opening match of the tournament, the wards of Ugis Krastins lost to the Serbs (0:3), then defeated Tunisia (3:0) and confidently beat Puerto Rico (3:1). In the 1/8 finals, the "