Sports lawyer Ilya Skoropashkin explained what reward can be given to players and coaches of the Ukrainian U-21 national team for their performance at the Euro 2023 youth tournament.
Photo: gettyimages.com"Financial payments are stipulated by the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers "On incentives for athletes and coaches in Olympic and non-Olympic sports". For the 3rd place in the European Championship among youth, juniors and young women, there will be a reward in the amount of 3 thousand UAH for each of the athletes who took part in the competition.
The same decision of the Cabinet of Ministers stipulates that coaches in team sports of six or more athletes receive no more than triple the amount of remuneration of one athlete, that is 9 thousand UAH.
Coaching ranks and coaching categories are assigned in accordance with the Unified Sports Classification of Ukraine and the special Order of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
It takes into account not only the results obtained by the team under the guidance of a coach, but also the totality of other indicators, such as period of work in the position, special education, the number of high category athletes trained and the like.
With all the necessary positive indicators, U-21 coaches can expect to receive the highest coaching accolade 'Honoured Coach of Ukraine'," Skoropashkin said.
