Ukraine’s volleyball team to play in the Nations League Candidates Cup
4 July 2024 10:10
Ukraine’s men’s national volleyball team will start competing for the Nations League Candidates Cup tomorrow, 5 July, according to "Komersant Ukrainian"
Eight teams will take part in the tournament. The winner will qualify for the world’s most prestigious commercial volleyball competition, the League of Nations.
The Ukrainian national team will face Chile in the quarter-final match. In case of passage, the Ukrainians will play the winners of the Belgium-Croatia match in the semi-finals.
The competition schedule
Quarter-finals
4 July, Thursday
- 10:30 China vs Mexico
- 14:30 Belgium vs Croatia
5 July, Friday
- 10:30 Ukraine – Chile
- 14:30 Egypt – Qatar
6 July, Saturday
Semi-finals
- 11:00
- 15:00
7 July, Sunday
- 08:30 Match for 3rd place
- 12:00 Final
The composition of the national team
Passers: Sergey Evstratov (Prometheus*), Dmitry Dolgopolov (Pafiakos Cyprus);
diagonalists: Danylo Uryvkin (Epicentr-Podoliany), Viktor Shapoval (Zhytychi-Polesia);
set pieces: Yevhen Kisilyuk (Epicentr-Podoliany), Oleksandr Nalozhny (Epicentr-Podoliany), Mykyta Luban (Zhytychy-Polesia), Timur Tsmokalo (Ostrava Czech Republic);
blockers: Oleksandr Koval (Epicentr-Podoliany), Maksym Drozd (Epicentr-Podoliany), Mykola Kuts (Akademia Jastrzębski Poland), Andriy Cheleniak (Bukovyna).
libero: Yaroslav Pampushko (Barkom-Kazhany), Mykola Dzhul (Bukovyna).
