Ukrainian referees will officiate in the qualification match for the Football World Cup.


In the qualification match for the World Cup in Group J between Liechtenstein and North Macedonia, which takes place on March 22 in Vaduz, a group of Ukrainian referees will be officiating.
The main referee of the match will be Mykola Balakin. He will be assisted by Viktor Matiash and Oleksandr Berkut on the lines.
The fourth referee will be Denys Shurman. Viktor Kopiyevsky and Oleksiy Derevinsky will be responsible for the operation of the VAR system.
As reported by 'Hlavkom', the nomination of the Ukrainian national team for the match against Belgium has been announced.
In particular, forward Artem Dobvyk and defender Valerii Bondar did not make the nomination.
The nomination of the Ukrainian national team for the match against Belgium
- Andrii Lunin
- Yukhym Konoplia
- Bohdan Mykhailichenko
- Oleksii Syche
- Oleksandr Svatok
- Ivan Kaliuzhny
- Andrii Yarmolenko
- Heorhii Sudakov
- Roman Yaremchuk
- Mykola Shaparenko
- Vladislav Vanat
- Anatolii Trubin
- Illia Zabarnyi
- Vitalii Buyalskyi
- Viktor Tsygankov
- Vitalii Mykolenko
- Oleksandr Zinchenko
- Yehor Yarmolyuk
- Oleksii Hutsuliak
- Yehor Nazaryna
- Oleksandr Nazarenko
- Mykola Matviyenko
- Dmytro Riznyk
We remind that defender Maksym Talovierov, who left the camp of the Ukrainian national team preparing for the playoff matches of the Nations League against Belgium, has been called up by the coaches of the Blue-Yellows from the reserve list to the main list for defender Oleksandr Svatok from the American 'Austin' due to injury.
Svatok has played eight matches in the main team of the country.
As reported, the match Ukraine – Belgium will be broadcast live by the media service Megogo, particularly on the Megogo Football 1 channel, which is included in the Maximal, Sport, and Optimal subscriptions.
The return match will take place on Sunday, March 23, in the Belgian city of Genk. The match will also start at 21:45 Kyiv Time.
The winner of the confrontation between Ukraine and Belgium will play in League A - the strongest in the Nations League. The team that loses will play the next edition of the tournament in League B.
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