On November 2, the drawing of lots ceremony for the preliminary round of the Women's Cup of Ukraine 2023/24 took place. At this stage, 14 teams will compete, including Sports Academy Prometey.

According to the rating of last season, during the drawing of lots, Anastasiia Kotliarenko's wards, together with Super League-Dmart clubs (VC Bukovynka, Halychanka-ZUNU, Regina-MEGU-OSHVSM), received the right to be among the seeds.

The second basket was formed by representatives of the First and Higher leagues, which confirmed their participation in the tournament.

The teams were divided into four groups, the winners of which will advance to the "final eight":

Group A

1. "Regina-MEGU-OSHVSM" (Rivne)

2. "Khmelnytski pantery" (Khmelnytskyi)

3. "MSK Dnipro-KDYUSSh#1ChMR" (Cherkasy)

Group B

1. "Halychanka-ZUNU" (Ternopil)

2. "Naftusia" (Truskavets)

3. "The team of the Poltava Region-Poltava Oblast-PNPU Team" (Poltava Oblast)

4. VC "Volleybuk-ChNU-CHODYUSSH" (Chernivtsi)

Group B

1. Sports Academy "Prometey" (Kamianske)

2. "Enerhetyk" (Netishyn)

3. VC "Kryvbas" (Kryvyi Rih)

Group G

1. VC "Bukovynka" (Chernivtsi)

2. "Polisianka" (Zhytomyr)

3. VC "Medea" (Uzhhorod)

4. VC "Prykarpattia-Olympia-DYUSSh#2" (Ivano-Frankivsk)

The matches of the first stage will take place on December 26-28 in the territory of Chernivtsi region.

We would like to add that the top four of the elite division automatically advanced to the final stage based on the results of last season: SC "Prometey", "Alanta" (both clubs from Dnipro), VC "Dobrodiy-Meduuniversitet-ShVSM" (Vinnytsia) and SC "Balta" (Balta).