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Euro 2026 (WU-17): Ukraine's women's national team lost to Austria in their second match of the first qualifying round

Euro 2026 (WU-17): Ukraine's women's national team lost to Austria in their second match of the first qualifying round

29 November 2025, 13:00

Today, November 29, the Ukrainian women's national under-17 team played their second qualifying match for Euro 2026 (WU-17) against Austria.

Euro 2026 (WU-17): Ukraine's women's national team lost to Austria in their second match of the first qualifying round

Photo by the UAF press service

Today, November 29, the Ukrainian women's national team WU-17 played their second match in the first round of qualification for Euro-2026 (WU-17) — against Austria.

Coach Lyudmila Lemesko’s team lost to Switzerland (0:1) in their first qualifying tournament match. Today, our girls faced Austrian counterparts in the Romanian city of Buftea.

The match was played on a difficult wet pitch under foggy weather conditions. In the first half, the Austrians initially took the initiative and on the 11th minute Sofia Zöger scored with a long-range shot to open the scoring. After that, Ukrainians became more active and created several good opportunities in front of the opposing goal. However, they failed to score, while two costly mistakes near halftime led to Elizabeth Emeghiri doubling the lead — 0:3.

After the break, both teams had chances to change the score, but only the Austrians managed to do so. Maya Lampel came face-to-face with our goalkeeper and scored. So, 0:4 — a loss for the Ukrainian team.

The Ukrainian women's national team will play their next Euro-2026 (WU-17) qualifier against Romania on December 2.

EURO-2026 (WU-17). Qualifying tournament. First round. Group A6. Matchday 2

Austria (WU-17) — Ukraine (WU-17) — 4:0 (3:0)

Goals: Zöger (11), Emeghiri (45, 45+4), Lampel (89).

Austria (WU-17): Graf, Schitter, Rauch, Pichler (Forbischko, 63), Suchy (Lampel, 75), Zöger (Braiwieser, 84), Renzl (c), Schubert, Emeghiri, Raucha (Gustnig, 75), Schoßer (Huber, 63).

Ukraine (WU-17): Lizyenkova (Vakulko, 45+2), Oliynychenko, Belkina, Derevyanko (Girun, 81), Pypchenko, Grynyshyn, Kolydiy, Nazarenko (Kozishkurdt, 65), Ivanchenko (c) (Pichevska, 81), Pasarenko (Vorobey, 65), Lespukh.

Yellow card: Vorobey (83).

Switzerland (WU-17) — Romania (WU-17). 16:00

Tournament table. Group A6

	Team	M	W	D	L	GA	Pts
1	Austria	2	1	1	0	4—0	4
2	Switzerland	1	1	0	0	1—0	3
3	Romania	1	0	1	0	0—0	1
4	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	0—5	0

December 2, 2025

Romania — Ukraine (Buftea). 12:00

Switzerland — Austria (Tunari). 12:00

First round of Euro-2026 (WU-17) qualification

League A

Group A1: Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Bulgaria.

Group A2: France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland.

Group A3: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Andorra.

Group A4: Poland, Scotland, England, Montenegro.

Group A5: Italy, Finland, Croatia, North Macedonia.

Group A6: Austria, Switzerland, Ukraine, Romania.

Group A7: Norway, Denmark, Serbia, Belarus.

Teams that finish last in their groups will continue the season in League B. The seeding of participants for the second round of Euro-2026 (WU-17) qualification will depend on which places teams secure in their first-round groups.

League B

Group B1: Wales, Kosovo, Moldova, Azerbaijan.

Group B2: Greece, Estonia, Israel, Albania.

Group B3: Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Kazakhstan.

Group B4: Turkey, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland.

Group B5: Sweden, Lithuania, Malta.

Group B6: Iceland, Slovenia, Faroe Islands.

The draw for the second round of Euro-2026 (WU-17) qualification will take place on December 11. Matches in this stage will run until March 25, 2026. Based on their results, seven teams will be determined to join Northern Ireland in the final tournament that will take place from May 3 to May 16, 2026.