{"id":31279,"date":"2026-09-28T21:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=31279"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:34:27","slug":"ukraina-liga-natsii-rozklad-matchiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/ukraina-liga-natsii-rozklad-matchiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine drew with Georgia in the Nations League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">The Ukraine national football team drew 0\u20130 with Georgia in the second round of the 2026\/27 Nations League in Tbilisi. Following their opening victory over Hungary, Andrea Maldera\u2019s side now have four points and have not conceded a single goal. The Ukrainians\u2019 next opponents will be Northern Ireland on 2 October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ukraine drew 0\u20130 with Georgia in Tbilisi.<\/li>\n<li>The team kicked off the tournament with a win and a draw.<\/li>\n<li>The two home matches in October will take place in Trnava, Slovakia.<\/li>\n<li>Winning Group B2 guarantees promotion to League A.<\/li>\n<li>The merger of the divisions is scheduled for March 2027.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Start of the group stage and fixtures up to November<\/h2>\n<p>In the first round on 25 September, the Ukrainians won <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/hungary-ukraine-de-dyvytysya-match\/\">Hungary<\/a> with the score at 1\u20130. The group stage in Group B2, which also features Georgia and Northern Ireland, will run until 17 November. Each team will play six matches \u2014 two against each opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Following the October fixtures, the team will play an away match against Northern Ireland on 14 November. Ukraine will play their final group stage match against Georgia on 17 November.<\/p>\n<h2>The matches against Northern Ireland and Hungary will be hosted by Trnava<\/h2>\n<p>The third-round home match against Northern Ireland is scheduled to take place on 2 October at the stadium <strong>Anton Malatynskyi<\/strong> in Trnava, Slovakia. Kick-off is at 21:45 Kyiv time.<\/p>\n<p>On 5 October, the Ukrainian team will host Hungary at this very venue. Both October fixtures will kick off at the same time, with a three-day gap between them.<\/p>\n<h2>What implications will Ukraine\u2019s position in Group B2 have?<\/h2>\n<p>The winner of the quartet will be promoted directly to League A for the following season. Second place entitles the team to play in play-offs against the team that finishes third in League A.<\/p>\n<p>Third place does not guarantee retention of a place in League B: it entails a play-off against the second-placed team in League C. Fourth place will mean direct relegation to League C. UEFA has scheduled the play-offs between Leagues A\/B and B\/C for 25\u201330 March 2027.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s fixtures in the 2026\/27 Nations League: results from the opening rounds, dates of upcoming matches and kick-off times in Kyiv.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":31278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0420\u043e\u0437\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434 \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0447\u0456\u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0432 \u041b\u0456\u0437\u0456 \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0439 2026\/27: \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0442\u0443\u0440\u0456\u0432, \u0434\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0456\u0433\u043e\u0440 \u0442\u0430 \u0447\u0430\u0441 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0430\u0442\u043a\u0443 \u0437\u0430 \u041a\u0438\u0454\u0432\u043e\u043c.","rank_math_title":"\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430 \u0432 \u041b\u0456\u0437\u0456 \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0439: \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0447\u0456 \u0443 \u0436\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043d\u0456","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0439","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806775],"class_list":["post-31279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-suspilstvo","tag-806775"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31281,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31279\/revisions\/31281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}