On Tuesday, August 19, U-21 teams of Poland and Ireland played the first match in the VII International Valeriy Lobanovskiy Memorial. Poland team bossed possession on the pitch scoring only one goal. Kamil Wilczek secured a 1:0 win and booked passage for Poland U-21 team to the final of Lobanovskiy Memorial contest.

Poland − Northern Ireland − 1:0
Goal: Wilczek (53).
Poland (U-21): Szczesny, Glik (Wysocki, 80), Basta, Kisiel, Plotka, Mikolajczak (Wilczek, 46), Kasperkiewicz (Jelen, 46), Matuszek, Rybus (Wodecki, 70), Malecki, Dudzic (Kujawa, 65).
Northern Ireland (U-21): Carson, Flynn, Casement, Cathcart (Mcmenamin, 46), Lafferty, Chapman, Evans (O’Kane, 72), F. Lowry, Little, Mcclean (Mckay, 90), J. Lawrie (Mcquoid, 46).

The second semifinal saw Ukraine U-21 team competing with Bulgaria. Unfortunately, home side succumbed, therefore having the chance to struggle for the third place in the competition. The crucial moment occurred on the 80^th minute when Evgen Yevseev knocked the rival down and saw the red light. Kurdov performed the penalty kick and his decider left Ukraine out of the final.

Ukraine − Bulgaria − 0:1
Goal: Kurdov (81).
Ukraine (U-21): Shust, Dopilka, Korotetskiy, Yevseev, Bidlovskiy, Kravchenko, Kravets (Stepanenko, 82), Yakovenko, Lysenko, Oliynyk, Hladkiy.
Bulgaria (U-21): Kirev, Panov, Genev, Vidanov, Djulgerov, Tonev (Zlatev, 46), Kurdov (Petakov, 90), Apostolov (Zehirov, 46, Makendzhiev, 90), Chipev, Tsvetanov, Stoev.
Dismissal: Yevseev (79, red card).