Today, December 2 in the city of Uglegorsk the Ukrainian women's youth national team played their third match in the first qualifying round for Euro-2026 (WU-19).

In the opening game, Oleh Bortnik's wards defeated the hosts, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a score of 2:0, and then beat San Marino — 5:0. The Romanian team also won two matches (6:0 against San Marino and 2:1 against Bosnia and Herzegovina). However, based on additional criteria (number of goals scored), the Romanians outpaced the blue-and-yellow team, so in a head-to-head encounter to secure first place in the group, our girls needed only a win.

Compared to the previous match, the head coach of our team made five changes in the starting lineup. The first half was emotional and played out evenly but without any goals being scored. After halftime, the Ukrainians continued to look for ways through their opponents' defense. However, the Romanians played conservatively and very carefully in defense. In the final minutes, the blue-and-yellow team launched a final assault, but it too did not yield results. Thus, having conceded no goals in three matches and scoring an equal number of points as their rivals, the Ukrainians finished second in the group. However, Ukraine also qualified for League A of the second round as the best second-placed team from League B!

It should be noted that in another match in Group B Bosnia and Herzegovina routed San Marino with a score of 10:0 and finished third.

Euro-2026 (WU-19). First qualifying round. Group V3

November 26, 2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina — Ukraine — 0:2

Romania — San Marino — 6:0

November 29, 2025

Ukraine — San Marino — 5:0

Romania — Bosnia and Herzegovina — 2:1

December 2, 2025

Romania (WU-19) — Ukraine (WU-19) — 0:0

Romania (WU-19): Balog, Bogos, Bortea, Bobok, Mihaiescu, Soke (c), Chioabla, Olah, Dumitru (Fulop, 73), Radu (Owatu, 46), Niculescu.

Ukraine (WU-19): Sakhno, Savka, Avramenko, Migal (Kanahovska, 71), Martchenyuk, Ignatenko (c), Osadcha, Golovanchuk, Savkina, Belova, Tkachuk.

Warned: Niculescu (68), Bogos (70) — Golovanchuk (12), Osadcha (19), Avramenko (65), Tkachuk (84).

San Marino — Bosnia and Herzegovina — 0:10

Final standings

It should be noted that Bosnia and Herzegovina, which automatically qualifies for the final tournament of the European Championship as hosts, was allowed to play official matches within this stage.

The draw for the second qualifying round of Euro-2026 (WU-19) will take place on December 11. Matches in this stage will run until April 22, 2026. Based on their results, seven teams (the winners of League A groups) will join Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final tournament, which will be held from June 27 to July 10.