Ukraine at the 2015 European Games
Ukraine competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015. Competitors. Ukraine was represented by 240 athletes in 15 sports. Ukraine did not compete in athletics since it was combined with the European Team Championships Third League competition and Ukraine was at that time in the Super League division. Ukraine was represented by the maximum number of athletes in archery, beach soccer, diving, gymnastics, synchronised swimming, table tennis, triathlon and wrestling. Archery. Ukraine achieved maximum quotas. Men's team qualified through the performance at the 2014 European Archery  Championships in Echmiadzin and women's team through 2015 European Archery Grand Prix in Marathon. Ukraine was the only nation to win a medal in each team event, though it failed to win any individual medal. Badminton. Ukraine was represented in all competitions. Basketball 3x3. Ukraine did not qualify for the men's competition. Beach soccer. Ukraine qualified through the 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League by placing 6th in Division A. Boxing. Ukraine qualified a male in each category. In women's boxing, Ukraine managed to qualify only in two categories out of five. Canoe sprint. Ukraine did not compete  in men's C-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m. Cycling. Ukraine did not compete in women's BMX. Diving. Ukraine was represented in all event by the maximum number of athletes. Fencing. Ukraine did not manage to qualify a team in men's competition, since only Top-5 or Top-6 (considering the host quota) in FIE Official Team Ranking were able to qualify, but all male competitors as well as Olga Leleyko and Yana Shemyakina qualified through FIE Official Individual Ranking without the need to compete in the Qualification Tournament. Andriy Yahodka unexpectedly became the champion, while Olha Kharlan failed  to qualify even for knock-out stage. Gymnastics. Ukraine was represented in all events and had maximum number of quotas. Acrobatic. Ukraine qualified through the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships which was the only qualification criterion for the Games. Aerobic. Ukraine qualified a total of six athletes after the performance at the 2013 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships. One gymnast from pairs had to compete in the group event making the total athletes to 6. Artistic. At the Games, Ukrainian male gymnasts managed to qualify for all apparatus finals (the limitation was one competitor from a country in a final) while  no Ukrainian female athlete got to any apparatus final. Rhythmic. Ukraine qualified two athletes for individual competition and a group after the performance at the 2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. At the Games, Hanna Rizatdinova also managed to qualify for all apparatus finals. Viktoria Mazur was a reserve athlete. Trampoline. Ukraine qualified two athletes based on the results at the 2014 European Trampoline Championships. The gymnasts competed in both the individual and the synchronized event. Judo. Ukraine was not represented in the men's 60 kg, women's 57 kg, women's 63 kg, women's 70 kg and women 's team. Karate. Ukrainian athletes managed to qualify for just 3 out of 12 events in karate. Ukraine was represented only in kumite competitions. Sambo. Ukrainian athletes competed in 6 out of 8 events (except for women's 52 kg and women's 60 kg). Shooting. Ukraine athletes managed to qualify for almost all events with the exception of men's trap, men's double trap, women's trap and, respectively, mixed team trap. Ukraine was represented in majority of events by two shooters, except for both men's and women's skeet competitions as well as women's 25  metre pistol. Though Ukrainian athletes reached several finals, they failed to win a medal. Ukraine became together with the Czech Republic the biggest team in shooting that has not won a medal. Swimming. Ukraine did not compete in men's 1500 m freestyle, men's 100 m backstroke, women's 50 m freestyle, women's 100 m freestyle, women's 1500 m freestyle, women's 50 m butterfly, women's 100 m butterfly, women's 200 m butterfly, women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Synchronised swimming. Ukraine was represented in  all events. Mariana Serikova and Oleksandra Filonenko were reserve athletes. Table tennis. Ukraine qualified for all events and had maximum number of quotas. Taekwondo. Ukraine was not represented in all men's categories and women's 57 kg. Triathlon. Ukraine gained the maximum number of quotas. Volleyball. Ukraine was represented in beach volleyball competitions only. Water polo. Ukraine qualified a boys' team through 2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A in Nijverdal by finishing second behind Greece. Ukraine ranked 15th with only one victory against Malta. Wrestling. Ukraine was represented in all events.