The Directorate of the Ukrainian Cup has announced the match schedule for the Round of 16 of the 2025/2026 season. 68 teams will participate in the tournament, including 21 amateur teams.
Ukrainian Cup 2025/2026. Round of 16
October 28
"Chernihiv" - "Lisne" (Kyiv) 12:00
"Bukovyna" (Chernivtsi) - "Nyva" (Ternopil) 14:30
October 29
"Viktoria" (Sumy) - "Inhulets" (Petrovo) 12:00
LNZ (Cherkasy) - "Rukh" (Lviv) 14:30
"Dynamo" (Kyiv) - "Shakhtar" (Donetsk) 18:00
October 30
"Ahrotekh" (Tishkivka, Kirovohrad Oblast) - "Phoenix-Mariupol" (Mariupol) 12:00
"Metalist 1925" (Kharkiv) - "Agrobusiness" (Volotchysk) 17:00
Date not determined
"Lokomotyv" (Kyiv) - "Nyva" (Vinnytsia)
The games are held in a single match format, with a penalty shootout in case of a tie.
The Ukrainian national team secured an important victory over Azerbaijan in the World Cup qualifier, additionally overcoming Iceland in the qualification.
World Cup Qualifiers. Group D
Iceland - Ukraine 3:5 (1:3)
Goals: Ellertsson (35), Gudmundsson (59, 75) - Malinovskyi (14, 45+5), Hutsuliak (45), Kaliuzhnyi (85), Ocheretko (89)
In the next round, Ukraine drew with Azerbaijan 1:1.
World Cup Qualifiers. Group D
Azerbaijan - Ukraine 1:1 (0:0).
Goals: Mahmudov (72, pen) - Sudakov (51).
Earlier, Ukraine lost to France 0:2 in a World Cup qualifying match for 2026.
During the Ukraine-France match in the qualifying campaign, Ukrainian fans stood out with a banner 'Fortress of Europe'.