Ukraine's Futsal Team Are Youth Olympic Champions: November 11 Competition Day Recap

Ukraine's Women Beat Venezuela 4:3 in Extra Time to Take Gold.

Ukraine's futsal players are champions of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, held in Senegal from October 30 to November 13. Oleksandr Zolotukhin's squad beat Venezuela for the second time at the tournament.

Also on November 11, boxer Yevanhelina Petruk brought the team its seventh medal of the Games.

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How Team Ukraine Spent the 11th Competition Day of the 2026 YOG

• In the semi-final of the weight category up to 57 kg, boxer Yevanhelina Petruk faced Kazakhstan's Aknur Tursyngali. The Ukrainian lost to her opponent by a split judges' decision, 1:4.
  
  However, under boxing rules, Yevanhelina shared third place with the Hungarian boxer, who had also lost her semi-final bout.

• Ukraine's futsal team, for its part, came into the final with a 100% win record. The national team had already got past the Venezuelans in the group stage — 5:4.
  
  Margaryta Ruchka opened the scoring in the seventh minute of the match. At the 16th, however, Eliannys Paz answered with a goal into the Ukrainians' net. The futsal players went into the break at 1:1.

• Ruchka opened the second half with a brace just seven seconds in. At the 31st minute the Venezuelans equalised, and at the 36th Yeva Shchavinska put the national team ahead.
  
  However, 20 seconds before the end of the second half Nelmari Aguilar sent the game into extra time, scoring a third goal for Venezuela.
  
• In the first three minutes of extra time, Adelina Vlasenko found a way past the opponents' goal. The match ended 4:3 in Ukraine's favour.
  
  As a result, the team's "gold" became Ukraine's first ever futsal medal at the Youth Olympic Games and the squad's eighth of the tournament in Dakar.

After the 11th competition day, Ukraine climbed to 11th place in the 2026 YOG medal table, with eight medals.

2026 YOG Medal Table, November 11

1. China — 29 medals (15 gold + 8 silver + 6 bronze)

2. Japan — 25 (9+7+9)

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11. Ukraine — 8 (3+2+3)

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