After the victory of Kyiv's "Dynamo" in the Champions League and "Dnipro's" win in the UEFA Cup, Ukraine rose to the 13th position in the UEFA ranking table, which determines the representation of teams in European competitions. Ukraine overtook Israel in this register, pushing it to the 14th position. At the moment, Ukraine has 21.500 points and is ahead of Israel by only 0.126 points.

Ukraine's main competitors in the fight for the top 15, besides Israel, will first of all be: Russia, Austria and Norway, which occupy places from 15th to 18th.