The Ukraine national beach soccer team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the world beach soccer championship, which is taking place in Rio de Janeiro on the beaches of the famous Copacabana. In the group stage, the Ukrainians won one match and lost one. In the first game of the tournament, the Ukraine national team crushed the South Africa team with a score of 8:1. Valerii Varenytsia scored a hat-trick for the Ukrainian team. \n \nIn their next game, the Ukrainians in a hard-fought battle lost with a score of 4:5 to the Uruguay team, which with six points took first place in Group C. \n \nIn the quarterfinals of the tournament, which will take place on Thursday, the Ukraine national team will play against the Portugal team, which is the reigning European champion and one of the strongest teams in the world. In their last group-stage match, the Portuguese crushed the strong USA national team with a score of 9:3, and before that they defeated the Japanese - 4:0. \n \nIn the other quarterfinals, the following will play: France - Spain, Uruguay - Japan, Brazil - Argentina. \n \nBy the way, if they defeat the Portugal team, the Ukraine national team will meet the winner of the Brazil – Argentina pair in the semifinal. \n