Ukrainian Cup announced the match schedule for the Round of 16: where Dynamo and Shakhtar are playing.

According to inkorr.com: The Ukrainian Cup Directorate has announced the schedule for the Round of 16 matches for the 2025/2026 season. A total of 68 teams are participating in the competition, of which 21 are amateur.

Ukrainian Cup 2025/2026. Round of 16

October 28

• "Chernihiv" – "Lisne" (Kyiv) 12:00

• "Bukovyna" (Chernivtsi) – "Nyva" (Ternopil) 14:30

October 29

• "Viktoriya" (Sumy) – "Inhulets" (Petrove) 12:00

• LNZ (Cherkasy) – "Rukh" (Lviv) 14:30

• "Dynamo" (Kyiv) – "Shakhtar" (Donetsk) 18:00

October 30

• "Ahrotekh" (Tyshkivka, Kirovohrad region) – "Phoenix-Mariupol" (Mariupol) 12:00

• "Metalist 1925" (Kharkiv) – "Agrobusiness" (Volochysk) 17:00

Date not determined

• "Lokomotyv" (Kyiv) – "Nyva" (Vinnytsia)

Matches are played in a single encounter, with a penalty shootout in case of a draw.

World Cup qualifiers. Group D

The Ukrainian national team achieved an important victory over Azerbaijan in the World Cup qualifiers, as well as a victory over Iceland.

Iceland – Ukraine 3:5 (1:3)

Goals: Ellertsson (35), Gudmundsson (59, 75) – Malinovskyi (14, 45+5), Hutsuliak (45), Kaliuzhnyi (85), Ocheretko (89)

In the next match, Ukraine drew with Azerbaijan 1:1.

World Cup qualifiers. Group D

Azerbaijan – Ukraine 1:1 (0:0).

Goals: Mahmudov (72, pen.) – Sudakov (51).

Recall that earlier Ukraine lost to France 0:2 in the qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup.

At the match Ukraine-France, fans displayed a banner 'Fortress of Europe'.

Thus, the Ukrainian Cup offers bright matches, while the qualifying games for the World Cup demonstrate the competitiveness of the national team. It remains to be hoped that the upcoming matches will bring even more positive emotions to football fans in Ukraine, both at the cup and international levels.