Macedonian U18 national team had a good performance at the “Václav Ježek” memorial tournament held last week in several cities in Czechia.
photo by FFM: the Macedonians celebrate the 3rd place
Our guys lost 1:2 against Ukraine and won 3:2 against Slovakia at the group stage, while in the match for the 3rd place they defeated Hungary 3:0. Ukraine won the tournament by defeating Czechia in penalty shoot-out.
Group A
Czechia – Hungary 5:1
Hungary – Latvia 3:2
Latvia – Czechia 1:2
| M | W | D | L | GD | P | |
 Czechia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:2 | 6 |
 Hungary |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4:7 | 3 |
 Latvia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3:5 | 0 |
Group B
Slovakia – Ukraine 1:1
Ukraine – Macedonia 2:1
Macedonia – Slovakia 3:2
| M | W | D | L | GD | P | |
 Ukraine |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3:2 | 4 |
 Macedonia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4:4 | 3 |
 Slovakia |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3:4 | 1 |
Ukraine – Macedonia 2:1 (1:1)
45′ Slyusar, 80′ Volynets – 4′ Maksimov
Ukraine: Znovenko, Izotov (78′ Maschenko), Kuzik, Brazhko, Slyusar, Tlumak, Volinets (90′ Zdyrko), Savenyuk (73′ Shuranov), Koval (46′ Solovyov), Kulalaev, Bruk.
Macedonia: Ivan Nikolovski, Filip Kostovski, Aleksandar Gjurkovski, Spase Terziev, Ali Asani, Dimitar Todorovski, Ivan Nikolov, Luka Stankovski, Behar Feta, Metodij Maksimov, Mario Ilievski. Bench: Hristijan Kitanovski, Imran Fetai, Vlada Novevski, Eren Partalko, Azer Omeragikj, Hamza Ramani, Altrim Jakupi.
Macedonia – Slovakia 3:2 (2:1)
25′ Feta, 30′ (pen) Stankovski, 82′ Ilievski – 5′ Rigo, 56′ Mojžiš
Macedonia: Ivan Nikolovski, Benjamin Dalipi, Altrim Jakupi, Imran Fetai, Aleksandar Gjurkovski, Dimitar Todorovski, Ljavdrim Ljatifi (Ivan Nikolov), Luka Stankovski (Hamza Ramani), Behar Feta (Viktor Krstevski), Azer Omeragikj (Mario Ilievski).
Slovakia: Chudík, Selecký (46′ Leitner), Gabriš, Capko, Javorček, Rigo, Hornyák, Mojžiš, Majkút (46′ Čerepkai), Olejník (73′ Vyletel), Kubík (73′ Tučný).
Final
Czechia – Ukraine 0:0 (2:3 p.s.o)
3-4 place
Macedonia – Hungary 3:0 (3:0)
10′ Nikolov, 23′ Feta, 29′ Novevski
Macedonia: Hristijan Kitanovski, Benjamin Dalipi, Altrim Jakupi, Viktor Krstevski, Imran Fetai, Ivan Nikolov, Hamza ramani, Luka Stankovski, Behar Feta, Vlada Novevski, Mario Ilievski. Also played: Azer Omeragikj, Dimitar Todorovski, Ali Asani, Aleksandar Gjurkovski, Filip Kostovski, Ljavdrim Ljatifi.
Hungary: Krisztián Hegyi, Gábor Buna (68′ Balázs Farkas), Alex Szabó, Botond Balogh, Donát Orosz (79′ Zétény Hosszú), Gergö Ominger, Márk Kosznovszky, Dominik Kovács (46′ Patrik Posztobányi), Dávid Lászlo, András Németh, Roland Hajdú (46′ Szabolcs Szalay).
5-6 place
Slovakia – Latvia 2:0 (0:0)
Final standings:
1. Ukraine
2. Czechia
3. Macedonia
4. Hungary
5. Slovakia
6. Latvia