Head coach of Ukraine's women's youth national team, Oleg Bortnyk, shared his impressions from the draw on the official website of the Ukrainian Football Association:

"The matches in our group will be held in Sweden in March. Of course, the hosts will aim to secure first place. As for the Dutch team, they are undoubtedly the strongest in Europe in this age group. The Italians also add strength.

That said, I believe that my wards will compete with the Italians for third place, which would allow them to remain in the elite division.

The Ukrainian team will play in Sweden almost in the same lineup as recently did in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unfortunately, those girls who could not help due to injuries have not recovered by March.

Since February will see several rounds of Ukraine's championship, my wards will get playing practice. And before traveling to Scandinavia, we will fine-tune our home preparations at a short-term camp. The main thing is that there are no injuries among the key players.

UEFA-2026 (WU-19). Second Qualifying Round

League A

Group A1: England, Switzerland, Wales, Latvia.

Group A2: Poland, Greece, Belgium, Romania.

Group A3: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Serbia.

Group A4: Norway, Scotland, Austria, North Macedonia.

Group A5: Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Ukraine.

Group A6: France, Germany, Ireland, Slovakia. 

Group A7: Spain, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Hungary.

League B

Group B1: Estonia, Slovenia, Cyprus, San Marino.

Group B2: Kosovo, Faroe Islands, Lithuania, Moldova.

Group B3: Bulgaria, Israel, Malta, Kazakhstan.

Group B4: Belarus, Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia.

Group B5: Turkey, Montenegro, Albania, Liechtenstein.

Group B6: Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Azerbaijan. 

28 teams from League A will compete in seven groups in a mini-tournament format in one of the participating countries. They will take place during periods from February 25 to March 7 and from April 8 to April 18, 2026.

The winners of the quartets will join the host, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the final stage of UEFA-2026 (WU-19), which will take place from June 27 to July 10. The draw for the tournament is scheduled for April 22.