From July 26 to August 11, the Olympic Games will be held in Paris, in which the Ukrainian football team will take part for the first time in history.
“It is very pleasant that the Ukrainian national team was among the 16 participants in the Olympic football tournament among men. This is a historic achievement for Ruslan Rotan’s team.
There are already less than 200 days left until the start of the tournament, which begins on July 24, two days before the official opening. We already have an understanding of how our team will prepare for its debut performance at the Olympics. On March 25, she will have an away match against one of the powerful Asian teams. The final details are currently being clarified with the organizers, and one of these days we will officially announce this.
And in June, Ruslan Rotan’s wards will play in a tournament for U-23 teams, which will be held in France,” said UAF First Vice-President Vadim Kostyuchenko.
Today, 10 participants in the men’s football tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games are already known, who will compete from July 24 to August 9 in seven cities of France: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Nice and Nantes. According to the regulations, players who were born after January 1, 2001 can take part in the competition. In addition, each team can enter three players who are older than this age.
A total of 16 teams will take part in the tournament: France – as the host, three teams will represent Europe (Ukraine, Spain, Israel), three – Africa (Morocco, Egypt, Mali), three – Asia (will be known in May 2024), two – South America (to be determined in February), two – the CONCACAF zone (USA, Dominican Republic), one – Oceania (New Zealand), they will also be joined by the winner of the playoffs between the fourth teams of Africa (Guinea) and Asia.
The format of the Olympic tournament is traditional: competition in four groups of four teams, the two strongest advance to the playoffs, then quarter-finals, semi-finals, a match for third place and the final (August 9, Paris, Parc des Princes).
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2024-01-09 20:19:00
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