The Ukrainian national football team among athletes with the consequences of cerebral palsy won the IFCPF European Championship. On Saturday, June 10, the Blue-and-Yellows defeated England in the final match.. The European championship took place in the Italian city of Oristano. Ukrainian athletes won every match of the championship, according to the official website of the IFCPF. In the group stage, the Ukrainians won the Germans and the Scots with the same score - 8:2; as well as Ireland - 6:2. In the semi-finals, the national team defeated the Spaniards, having won with a score of 4: 2. and in the decisive match Ukraine defeated England - 3:0.

Matches were played in a 7 vs 7 format, the athletes played two halves of 30 minutes each.. This is already the sixth victory at the IFCPF European Championship for Ukraine. Prior to this, the team became the strongest at the European Championship in 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. Recall that the Ukrainian national team defeated Brazil and reached the semifinals of the world championship in sokka - a kind of mini-football. The Blue-Yellows defeated the reigning world champions and achieved a historic result.