The Ukrainian youth team will find out the names of their opponents in the final tournament of Euro 2023 U-21 on October 18 during the draw in Bucharest.
The draw procedure for the final part of the U-21 European Championship 2023 will be held on Tuesday, October 18 in the capital of Romania - Bucharest (beginning - at 19:00 Kyiv time).
In total, 16 teams will take part in it, together with two hosts, Georgia and Romania. National teams are divided into four pots according to their UEFA ranking. Ruslan Rotan's wards got into the fourth basket. In addition, in order to optimize the match schedule, the host associations were given positions A1 and B1, respectively.
Basket 1: Spain (41.837), Portugal (40.130), Germany (39.668), France (37.887).
Basket 2: Netherlands (36.626), England (35.798), Italy (35.244), Romania (32.414).
Basket 3: Croatia (31.945), Switzerland (31.744), Belgium (31.550), Czech Republic (30.455).
Basket 4: Ukraine (29.362), Norway (27.872), Israel (25.732), Georgia (24.442).
By drawing lots (from pot 4 to pot 1), UEFA will distribute the teams that have qualified for the final tournament into four groups of four teams each. At the forum, after the group stage, the two strongest teams of each quartet will advance to the quarterfinals.
Recall that the final tournament of Euro 2023 U-21 will be held from June 21 to July 8, 2023.
The matches of the tournament with the participation of 16 teams will be hosted by four stadiums in Romania (two in Cluj-Napoca and two in Bucharest) and four in Georgia (in Batumi, Poti and two in Tbilisi). The opening match will be held in Romania, and the final in Georgia.
The top three teams in Euro 2023 (except France) will receive tickets to the 2024 Olympic Games.