Ukraine's youth national team secured a victory over the Greek national team in a qualifying match for the 2006 European Championship. The Ukrainians won 1:0 in Athens, with the only goal scored by Pukanych in the 29th minute. After this victory, Oleksiy Mykhailychenko's charges rose to second place in the standings of Group 2.
Greece U-21 - Ukraine U-21 - 0:1 Goal: Pukanych 29 Greece: Sifakis, Torosidis, Leontiou, Papadopoulos, Fitanidis (Pliagkas 31), Makos, Arambatsis (Kyriakios 65), Gondoulakis (Darlas 46), Mantzios, Samaras, Lagos UKRAINE: Pyatov, Romanchuk, Ishchenko, Nevmyvaka, Pivnenko (Kovpak 70), Humenyuk, Pukanych (Hryshko 89), Kryvosheyenko, Cheberyachko, Hodin (Shevchuk 76), Oberemko.
Tournament standings: 1. Denmark - 22 (8 matches). 2. UKRAINE - 16 (9). 3. Greece - 14 (9). 4. Turkey - 14 (9). 5. Georgia - 8 (7). 6. Albania - 5 (8). 7. Kazakhstan - 3 (7).