Team Ukraine U17 Wraps Up the 2025 European Championship Qualifying Round Two: Results

The 'yellow-and-blues' will stay in League A for next season.

Ukraine's U17 national football team finished third in its group in the 2025 European Championship qualifying round. This came as a result of the match against Slovakia, held March 25 at St. Joseph the Worker Stadium in Croatia.

In the qualifying round's first stage, the national team beat Kosovo and Kazakhstan, but lost to Belgium, 1:2. In the second qualifying round, Ukraine was placed in Group 1 alongside Italy, Croatia, and Slovakia. In the match against the group's host nation, Croatia, Oleksandr Sytnyk's squad suffered a 1:2 defeat, and lost to Italy by the same score.

Heading into the qualifying round's final match, Ukraine sat in provisional third place. Under the tournament's rules, only group winners advanced to the final competition, while fourth-place teams were sent to League B for next season. So in the match against Slovakia, the Ukrainians were playing for survival.

Ukraine U17 — Slovakia U17: Match Result

• The first half had a few dangerous moments, but neither team opened the scoring, so the teams went into the break at 0:0 after 45 minutes of play.

• The second half of the match had more chances, but the score remained level until the 90th minute. Pavlo Liusin opened the scoring in the final minute of regulation time. During four minutes of stoppage time, the Ukrainians pressed the Slovaks, but couldn't find a second goal. The match ended with a narrow win for the "yellow-and-blues" — 1:0.

• As a result, Team Ukraine U17 didn't advance to the championship final, which had already become clear after the loss to Italy, but the team will get another chance to fight for a spot in next season's final tournament, since it remains in League A.

2025 European U17 Championship Qualifying, Round 2: Group 1 Standings

2025 European U17 Championship: Tournament Essentials

• The European U17 Championship is an annual tournament held under the auspices of UEFA and is the largest youth national-team event in Europe.
• The 2025 European Championship final tournament will take place May 19 – June 1 in Albania.
• At Euro 2024, Ukraine advanced to the championship's final stage, but finished its campaign at the group stage, placing third in its group.
• The final stage of the 2025 Junior European Championship will also serve as qualifying for the 2025 U17 World Championship, to be held in Qatar.