Ukraine at the 2023 European Games

Ukraine competed at the 2023 European Games, in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland, from 21 June to 2 July 2023. Ukraine entered 269 athletes in 27 sports. Ukrainian athletes did not qualify to compete in beach handball, padel and rugby sevens.

Competitors
Ukraine is going to be represented by the maximum number of athletes in beach soccer, fencing, judo, and modern pentathlon.

Ukraine was not able to qualify for the rugby sevens competition since the teams withdrew from the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy and 2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine did not qualify for the beach handball competitions. The closest were men's team that finished 8th at the EHF Beach Handball EURO 2023 in Nazaré, Portugal, losing to Croatia in the 7th place game. To qualify, the team should have finished within the Top-7. The women's team ranked 10th.

Archery
In recurve achery, Ukraine qualified men's team, mixed team and one competitor for the women's event. Men's team returned to the Games after the absence from the 2019 Games. For the third consecutive time, Ukraine competed in the mixed team event. The country made a debut in compound archery after having qualified one female. Pavlova competed at her third European Games.


 * Recurve


 * Compound

Artistic swimming
The team consisted of 11 athletes, all female. The team therefore did not compete in the mixed doubles events. Ukraine also did not compete in team free routine combination. Hryshko was the only member of the team who had previously competed at the 2015 Games. Olesia Derevianchenko, Sofiia Matsiievska, and Mariia Khovanska were also included in the team roster.

Athletics
Ukraine competed in the second division of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships which was held in Chorzów during the Games. Ukraine competed in athletics at the European Games for the second consecutive time. Plotitsyna, Ryzhykova, Danylenko, Lyakhova, Kachur, Bekh-Romanchuk, Hatsko — all participated at the 2019 Games.

Individual events

 * Track events
 * Men
 * Women


 * Mixed


 * Field events
 * Men
 * Women


 * Reserve athletes


 * Danylo Danylenko (mixed 4 × 100 m relay)
 * Yevhenii Deulin (men's javelin throw)
 * Iryna Herashchenko (women's high jump)
 * Ihor Honchar (men's triple jump)
 * Oleksandr Honskyi (men's 1500 m)
 * Yaroslav Isachenkov (men's long jump)
 * Viktoriia Kaliuzhna (women's 5000 m)
 * Olena Khamaza (women's hammer throw)
 * Danyiila Khavan (women's 4 × 100 m relay)
 * Anna Krasutska (women's triple jump)
 * Vladyslav Lavskyi (men's high jump)
 * Erika Lukach (women's javelin throw)
 * Tetiana Melnyk (mixed 4 × 100 m relay)
 * Ihor Musiienko (men's shot put)
 * Ruslan Naumov (men's 3000 m steeplechase)
 * Iryna Nerubalshchuk (women's long jump)
 * Oleksandr Onufriiev (men's pole vault)
 * Hlib Piskunov (men's hammer throw)
 * Illia Popov (men's 4 × 100 m relay)
 * Kyrylo Pryhodko (men's 4 × 100 m relay)
 * Dmytro Romaniuk (men's 400 m hurdles)
 * Nazar Stepanov (men's 110 m hurdles)
 * Ruslan Valitov (men's discus throw)
 * Vladyslav Yemets (men's 4 × 100 m relay)
 * Nataliia Yurchuk (women's 110 m hurdles)

Team event
(Division II)

Badminton
On 28 March 2023, Badminton Europe published the list of eligible players for the Games and Ukraine was granted quotas in all events with the exception of men's doubles.

Though Beketov and Makhnovskiy did not qualify for the Games directly, they were added later and competed for the second consecutive time at the European Games in men's doubles. Viacheslav Yakovlev and Polina Tkach were eligible for the mixed doubles competition at the Games but they were not included in the final list of participants. Zharka competed at her third European Games, and once again with a different partner in women's doubles. For the first time, Ukraine was not represented in all events.

Basketball 3x3
Ukraine competed in the women's tournament. Ukraine did not qualify for the men's competition.

This was the third consecutive appearance of Ukraine women's team at the European Games but it was the worst performance. As in 2019, had Ukraine defeated Estonia, they would have qualified for the play-off round. Ukraine led 13–11 against Estonia 1 min 45 sec before the end, but the team eventually lost in a fierce competition 13–14. Veronika Kosmach played at her second consecutive European Games.


 * Women
 * Veronika Kosmach
 * Oksana Mollova
 * Miriam Uro-Nile
 * Krystyna Filevych

Beach soccer
Ukraine is set to compete in both men's and women's tournaments. For the men's competition, Ukraine qualified through the 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League where the team finished 6th in the Superfinal. This will be the third consecutive time Ukraine team participates at the European Games. For the women's tournament, Ukraine qualified through the 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League where the team played fourth out of 6 teams. Ukraine is going to be represented in both tournaments along with Italy, host Poland, Portugal, and Spain.

The draw for the tournament took place on 11 May 2023. Ukraine men's team was allocated for Group B to play against Switzerland, Italy, and Moldova, while Ukraine women's team was seeded into Group B to face Spain and Italy.


 * Men


 * Andrii Borsuk (2015 and 2019)
 * Ihor Borsuk (2015 and 2019)
 * Ivan Hlutskyi (2019)
 * Dmytro Medvid (2015 and 2019)
 * Andrii Nerush (2019)
 * Andrii Pashko
 * Oleksandr Poslavskyi
 * Iurii Shcherytsia
 * Dmytro Voitenko (2015 and 2019)
 * Maksym Voitiuk
 * Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (2019)
 * Oleh Zborovskyi (2015 and 2019)
 * Oleh Budzko (reserve; 2015)
 * Ihor Levchenko (reserve)
 * Denys Sabatiuk (reserve)


 * Women


 * Ania Davydenko
 * Iuliia Dekhtiar
 * Iryna Dubytska
 * Anastasiia Klipachenko
 * Iuliia Kostiuk
 * Viktoriia Kyslova
 * Anna Shulha
 * Anastasiia Terekh
 * Mariia Tykhonova
 * Iryna Vasyliuk
 * Snizhana Volovenko
 * Myroslava Vypasniak
 * Taisiia Babenko (reserve)
 * Aliona Kyrylchuk (reserve)

Boxing
According to the list published by IBA, 7 male and 6 female boxers were eligible for the Games. Though Robert Marton (92 kg), Yelmir Nabiiev (57 kg), Iurii Shestak (63,5 kg; participant of the 2015 and 2019 European Games), Amina Abramova (60 kg), Maryna Malovana (75 kg), Hanna Okhota (50 kg) and Valeriia Yeroshenko (57 kg) were eligible for the Games according to the IBA's list, they were not included in the final list. Oleh Chuliacheiev (57 kg) was reserve athlete. Zamotayev, Khyzhniak and Kob competed at their third European Games. Khartsyz competed for the second time after he participated in the 2019 Games.

Ukrainian athletes competed in all events. In terms of number of medals won, these were the least successful Games for the Ukrainian team.


 * Men


 * Women

Slalom
Ukraine did not compete in women's C1 team.
 * Men


 * Women

Sprint
For Povkh and Hryshchun, these were third consecutive European Games. Mishchuk and Trunov previously competed at the 2015 Games. Rybachok, Danylenko, Kukharyk, Luzan and Dokiienko previously competed at the 2019 Games. Ukraine did not compete in men's K-1 500 m and women's K-2 500 m.

The Games were the most successful for the team in comparison to 2015 and 2019 in terms of both quality and quantity of medals. The team became the most successful in the sport at the Games.
 * Men
 * Women


 * Mixed

Cycling
Ukraine did not compete in women's BMX. The country was, as in 2015, represented in men's BMX and in mountain bike. Rysenko and Belomoyna raced at their second European Games.

Diving
Ukraine entered 10 athletes for the Games. Naumenko was the only Ukrainian diver who competed at both 2015 and 2023 European Games. Mark Hrytsenko and Sofiia Lyskun were reserve athletes. The team became the most successful in the sport at the Games.


 * Men
 * Women
 * Mixed

Fencing
Ukraine was represented in all events by maximum number of athletes. Yunes, Yahodka, Komashchuk, Kravatska and Kharlan participated at their second European Games.


 * Men's


 * Women's

Judo
Iadov, Bilodid and Hrebenozhko competed at their second consecutive European Games.


 * Mixed team


 * Ukraine vs. Hungary
 * Vladyslav Kazimirov 1-11 Dániel Szegedi
 * Yuliia Hrebenozhko OS1-10 Szabina Gercsák
 * Artem Bubyr 0-10 Roland Gőz
 * Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko 10-0 Nikolett Sági
 * Yevhenii Balevskyi OS2-10 Richárd Sipőcz
 * Daria Bilodid – Réka Pupp

Karate
Ukraine qualified 7 athletes for the Games. The country was not representes in kata competitions, men's 67 kg and +84 kg as well as women's +68 kg. Terliuga, Serogina, and Zaplitnyi qualified through the 2023 European Karate Championships, and the others qualified through rankings of the World Karate Federation. Kryva competed at her third European Games, while Chobotar, Terliuga, Serogina, and Melnyk competed for the second time.

Ukrainian team became the most successful team in karate competitions. Terliuga and Serogina won their second medals of the European Games.


 * Men


 * Women

Kickboxing
Ukraine qualified through the 2022 European Championships 4 athletes (3 male and 1 female) for the Games.


 * Men


 * Women

Modern pentathlon
Ukraine was represented by the maximum number of athletes.


 * Qualification and semifinals


 * Final


 * Men's and Women's Team

Muaythai
Ukraine was represented in all men's categories. The team became the most successful in the sport among all national teams at the Games.


 * Men


 * Women

Shooting
Ukraine did not compete in women's 10 m air pistol team, men's individual and team trap, women's and mixed team trap, men's and women's skeet team.

Ski jumping
Ukraine competed in all events.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Sport climbing
Ukraine did not compete in men's boulder.


 * Speed


 * Lead and boulder

Table tennis
Ukraine qualified women's team for the competition, which was the third consecutive appearance for the women's team at the European Games.


 * Individual


 * Team


 * First round


 * Quarterfinal

Taekwondo
Ukraine originally qualified 6 athletes for the Games but the team was able to field two more athletes (namely Chumachenko and Pypot).


 * Men


 * Women

Teqball
Ukraine competed in all events.

Triathlon
Ukraine qualified 3 female (maximum for a singles' event) and 1 male. Since at least two male and two female athletes were required to be qualified for the mixed relay, Ukraine was not represented in this event. In comparison to the 2015 European Games, Ukrainian triathlon team for the 2023 event was two competitors smaller.

Olympic quotas
The Games served as qualification event in a number of sports for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Ukraine received following quotas for the results at the Games:

Side events
European Amputee Football Federation launched in 2023 the biennial Amputee Football Nations League. The games of League A were scheduled to be played in Kraków before the Games and was advertised as a side event at the Games. Ukraine was included in League C and, therefore, did not play at the Games.

Chess
Ukraine qualified for the European Blitz Chess Championships which is set to take place during the European Games. The event will comprise one event, mixed pairs, and Ukraine is expected to be represented by Andrii Volokitin and Nataliia Buksa.