Ukraine's youth basketball team lost to Serbia at Eurobasket: match details

The youth women's basketball team of Ukraine lost to Serbia with a score of 57:98 at the European Championship in Division B. This is reported by Hromadske referring to FBU.

The Ukrainians started the game well, taking the lead three times in the first quarter, but a late surge from their opponents allowed them to win the ten-minute period 19:16.

U-20 European Championship. Women. Division B. Group E

Miskolc, Hungary

Ukraine: Tikhaya 6, Shoshoia 0, Vypovska 8, Chernysh 2, Sinyakova 15 + 8 rebounds - starting five; Lavrinets 10 + 4 assists, Tupalo 8, Tinshchuk 5, Bohachenko 2, Petrshak 1, Kutsenko 0, Shakhatova 0.

In the second quarter, our girls scored only 2 points in 8 minutes of play, losing this period 4:20 and allowing the opponents to pull away. The gap remained in the third quarter, and in the final ten-minute stretch, when the coaching staff began to implement a broader rotation, Serbia secured a decisive victory.

Ukraine played without players who ignored calls to the national team. The next match will take place tomorrow, August 7, against Bulgaria. If they win, the Ukrainians will reach the Eurobasket semifinals.

Ukraine's basketball team composition

Guards:

• Oleksandr Koval, Buducnost, Montenegro (first coach Volodymyr Pionko)
• Yegor Sushkin, Kyiv-Basket
• Isuf Sanon, Slask, Poland (first coach Irina Nasedkina)
• Illia Tirtyshnyk, Orasi Ravenna, Italy (first coaches Irina Ryabukha, Andriy Denyk)
• Mykhailo Bublik, Kyiv-Basket, Ukraine (first coach Liudmyla Koval)

Forwards:

• Volodymyr Konev, Dnipro, Ukraine (first coach Serhii Marenich)
• Ivan Tkachenko, Mitteldoycher, Germany (first coaches Anatolii Fedorenkо, Yevhen Tkachenko)
• Artem Kovalov, Tangieran Hawks, Indonesia (first coach Volodymyr Mashira)
• Oleksandr Lypovyi, Kolossos, Greece (first coach Volodymyr Orlov)
• Vyacheslav Bobrov, VEF, Latvia (first coaches Serhii Bordeichuk, Oleksandra Ivleva)

Centers:

• Daniil Sipalo, Dnipro, Ukraine (first coach Rodionov D.A)
• Vyacheslav Kravtsov, Borneo Hornbills, Indonesia (first coach Serhii Komarov)

Head coach - Ainars Bagatskis

Assistants - Serhii Hladiyr, Valerii Plekhano, Raimonds Feldmanis

In the August matches of the pre-qualification for the 2027 World Cup, the Ukrainian team will play without some players due to injuries and other circumstances, but hopes for successful performances in the tournament.

Ukraine's match schedule in the 2027 World Cup pre-qualification

August 620:00 Switzerland - Ukraine

August 917:00 Ukraine - Slovakia

August 1617:00 Ukraine - Switzerland

August 2019:00 Slovakia - Ukraine

After a tense match with Serbia, the youth women's basketball team of Ukraine suffered a loss. The next match against Bulgaria will be important for the Ukrainians in their fight for a Eurobasket semifinal spot. Ternopil's Sinyakova and Viktoriia Lavrinets showed good performance in the national team, and the chances of success in the pre-qualification for the 2027 World Cup remain for the wards of head coach Ainars Bagatskis.