Ukraine at the 2023 European Games
Ukraine competed at the 2023 European Games, in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland, from 21 June to 2 July 2023. Ukraine entered 269 athletes in 27 sports. Ukrainian athletes did not qualify to compete in beach handball, padel and rugby sevens.
Medalists
Competitors
Ukraine was represented by the maximum number of athletes in beach soccer, fencing, judo, and modern pentathlon.Ukraine was not able to qualify for the rugby sevens competition since the teams withdrew from the 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy and 2022 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine did not qualify for the beach handball competitions. The closest were [Ukraine men's national Beach handball at the 2023 European Games|beach handball team|men's team] that finished 8th at the EHF Beach Handball EURO 2023 in Nazaré, Portugal, losing to Croatia in the 7th place game. To qualify, the team should have finished within the Top-7. The women's team ranked 10th.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Artistic swimming | — | 11 | 11 |
| Athletics | 23 | 21 | 44 |
| Badminton | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Basketball | — | 4 | 4 |
| Beach soccer | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Boxing | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Breakdancing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Canoe slalom | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Canoe sprint | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Cycling | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Diving | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Fencing | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Judo | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Karate | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Kickboxing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Modern pentathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Muaythai | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Shooting | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| Ski jumping | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sport climbing | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Taekwondo | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Teqball | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 133 | 136 | 269 |
Archery
In recurve achery, Ukraine qualified men's team, mixed team and one competitor for the women's event. Men's team returned to the Games after the absence from the 2019 Games. For the third consecutive time, Ukraine competed in the mixed team event. The country made a debut in compound archery after having qualified one female. Pavlova competed at her third European Games.;Recurve
;Compound
Artistic swimming
The team consisted of 11 athletes, all female. The team therefore did not compete in the mixed doubles events. Ukraine also did not compete in team free routine combination. Hryshko was the only member of the team who had previously competed at the [Synchronised swimming at the Diving at the 2015 European Games|2015 European Games|2015 Games]. Olesia Derevianchenko, Sofiia Matsiievska, and Mariia Khovanska were also included in the team roster.Athletics
Ukraine competed in the second division of the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships which was held in Chorzów during the Games. Ukraine competed in athletics at the European Games for the second consecutive time. Plotitsyna, Ryzhykova, Danylenko, Lyakhova, Kachur, Bekh-Romanchuk, Hatsko — all participated at the 2019 Games.Individual events
;Track events;Men
;Women
;Mixed
;Field events
;Men
;Women
;Reserve athletes
- Danylo Danylenko
- Yevhenii Deulin
- Iryna Herashchenko
- Ihor Honchar
- Oleksandr Honskyi
- Yaroslav Isachenkov
- Viktoriia Kaliuzhna
- Olena Khamaza
- Danyiila Khavan
- Anna Krasutska
- Vladyslav Lavskyi
- Erika Lukach
- Tetiana Melnyk
- Ihor Musiienko
- Ruslan Naumov
- Iryna Nerubalshchuk
- Oleksandr Onufriiev
- Hlib Piskunov
- Illia Popov
- Kyrylo Pryhodko
- Dmytro Romaniuk
- Nazar Stepanov
- Ruslan Valitov
- Vladyslav Yemets
- Nataliia Yurchuk
Badminton
On 28 March 2023, Badminton Europe published the list of eligible players for the Games and Ukraine was granted quotas in all events with the exception of men's doubles.Though Beketov and Makhnovskiy did not qualify for the Games directly, they were added later and competed for the second consecutive time at the European Games in men's doubles. Viacheslav Yakovlev and Polina Tkach were eligible for the mixed doubles competition at the Games but they were not included in the final list of participants. Zharka competed at her third European Games, and once again with a different partner in women's doubles. For the first time, Ukraine was not represented in all events.
Basketball 3x3
Ukraine competed in the women's tournament. Ukraine did not qualify for the men's competition.This was the third consecutive appearance of Ukraine women's team at the European Games but it was the worst performance. As in 2019, had Ukraine defeated Estonia, they would have qualified for the play-off round. Ukraine led 13–11 against Estonia 1 min 45 sec before the end, but the team eventually lost in a fierce competition 13–14. Veronika Kosmach played at her second consecutive European Games.
;Women
- Veronika Kosmach
- Oksana Mollova
- Miriam Uro-Nile
- Krystyna Filevych
Beach soccer
Ukraine competed in both men's and women's tournaments. For the men's competition, Ukraine qualified through the 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League where the team finished 6th in the Superfinal. This was the third consecutive time Ukraine team participates at the European Games. For the women's tournament, Ukraine qualified through the 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League where the team played fourth out of 6 teams. Ukraine was represented in both tournaments along with Italy, host Poland, Portugal, and Spain.The draw for the tournament took place on 11 May 2023. Ukraine men's team was allocated for Group B to play against Switzerland, Italy, and Moldova, while Ukraine women's team was seeded into Group B to face Spain and Italy.
;Men
- Andrii Borsuk
- Ihor Borsuk
- Ivan Hlutskyi
- Dmytro Medvid
- Andrii Nerush
- Andrii Pashko
- Oleksandr Poslavskyi
- Iurii Shcherytsia
- Dmytro Voitenko
- Maksym Voitiuk
- Yaroslav Zavorotnyi
- Oleh Zborovskyi Oleh Budzko Ihor Levchenko Denys Sabatiuk
- Ania Davydenko
- Iuliia Dekhtiar
- Iryna Dubytska
- Anastasiia Klipachenko
- Iuliia Kostiuk
- Viktoriia Kyslova
- Anna Shulha
- Anastasiia Terekh
- Mariia Tykhonova
- Iryna Vasyliuk
- Snizhana Volovenko
- Myroslava VypasniakTaisiia Babenko
- ''Aliona Kyrylchuk ''
Boxing
According to the list published by IBA, 7 male and 6 female boxers were eligible for the Games. Though Robert Marton, Yelmir Nabiiev, Iurii Shestak, Amina Abramova, Maryna Malovana, Hanna Okhota and Valeriia Yeroshenko were eligible for the Games according to the IBA's list, they were not included in the final list. Oleh Chuliacheiev was reserve athlete. Zamotayev, Khyzhniak and Kob competed at their third European Games. Khartsyz competed for the second time after he participated in the 2019 Games.Ukrainian athletes competed in all events. In terms of number of medals won, these were the least successful Games for the Ukrainian team.
;Men
;Women
Canoeing
Slalom
Ukraine did not compete in women's C1 team.;Men
;Women
Sprint
For Povkh and Hryshchun, these were third consecutive European Games. Mishchuk and Trunov previously competed at the 2015 Games. Rybachok, Danylenko, Kukharyk, Luzan and Dokiienko previously competed at the 2019 Games. Ukraine did not compete in men's K-1 500 m and women's K-2 500 m.The Games were the most successful for the team in comparison to 2015 and 2019 in terms of both quality and quantity of medals. The team became the most successful in the sport at the Games.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Cycling
Ukraine did not compete in women's BMX. The country was, as in 2015, represented in men's BMX and in mountain bike. Rysenko and Belomoyna raced at their second European Games.Diving
Ukraine entered 10 athletes for the Games. Naumenko was the only Ukrainian diver who competed at both 2015 and 2023 European Games. Mark Hrytsenko and Sofiia Lyskun were reserve athletes. The team became the most successful in the sport at the Games.;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Fencing
Ukraine was represented in all events by maximum number of athletes. Yunes, Yahodka, Komashchuk, Kravatska and Kharlan participated at their second European Games.;Men's
;Women's
Judo
Iadov, Bilodid and Hrebenozhko competed at their second consecutive European Games.;Mixed team
- Ukraine vs. Hungary
- * Vladyslav Kazimirov 1-11 Dániel Szegedi
- * Yuliia Hrebenozhko OS1-10 Szabina Gercsák
- * Artem Bubyr 0-10 Roland Gőz
- * Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko 10-0 Nikolett Sági
- * Yevhenii Balevskyi OS2-10 Richárd Sipőcz
- * Daria Bilodid – Réka Pupp
Karate
Ukraine qualified 7 athletes for the Games. The country was not represented in kata competitions, men's 67 kg and +84 kg as well as women's +68 kg. Terliuga, Serogina, and Zaplitnyi qualified through the 2023 European Karate Championships, and the others qualified through rankings of the World Karate Federation. Kryva competed at her third European Games, while Chobotar, Terliuga, Serogina, and Melnyk competed for the second time.Ukrainian team became the most successful team in karate competitions. Terliuga and Serogina won their second medals of the European Games.
;Men
;Women
Kickboxing
Ukraine qualified through the 2022 European Championships 4 athletes for the Games.;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
Ukraine was represented by the maximum number of athletes.;Qualification and semifinals
;Final
;Men's and Women's Team
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Oleksandr Tovkai Maksym Aharushev Yuriy Kovalchuk | Men's team | 3825 | 8 |
| Iryna Khokhlova Olha Klunnikova Valeriya Permykina | Women's team | 3242 | 7 |
Muaythai
Ukraine was represented in all men's categories. The team became the most successful in the sport among all national teams at the Games.;Men
;Women
Shooting
Ukraine did not compete in women's 10 m air pistol team, men's individual and team trap, women's and mixed team trap, men's and women's skeet team.Ski jumping
Ukraine competed in all events.;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Sport climbing
Ukraine did not compete in men's boulder.;Speed
;Lead and boulder
Table tennis
Ukraine qualified women's team for the competition, which was the third consecutive appearance for the women's team at the European Games.;Individual
;Team
- First round
- Quarterfinal
Taekwondo
Ukraine originally qualified 6 athletes for the Games but the team was able to field two more athletes.;Men
;Women
Teqball
Ukraine competed in all events.Triathlon
Ukraine qualified 3 female and 1 male. Since at least two male and two female athletes were required to be qualified for the mixed relay, Ukraine was not represented in this event. In comparison to the 2015 European Games, Ukrainian triathlon team for the 2023 event was two competitors smaller.Olympic quotas
The Games served as qualification event in a number of sports for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Ukraine received following quotas for the results at the Games:| Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Olena Kostevych | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air pistol | 22 June |
| Shooting | Mixed teams 10 metre air pistol | 22 June | |
| Oleksandr Khyzhniak | Boxing | Men's middleweight | 28 June |
| Oleksandr Tovkai | Modern pentathlon | Men's | 1 July |