On November 13 and 14, 2026, the film and television platform Kyivstar TV (KSTB) will broadcast the international media football tournament EUROPE F7 STEEL CUP exclusively. This was reported by Sport RBC.UA citing the platform's press service. The competition will become one of the key sports events of the week on Ukrainian television and will be broadcast on the specialized KSTB Media Football channel.
Tournament Format and Participants
Six teams representing four countries—Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland—will take part in the tournament. In total, viewers will see 11 matches, making the EUROPE F7 STEEL CUP a full-fledged international competition featuring group and playoff stages. Ukraine will be represented by two teams, RUH MEDIA TEAM and KONO MEDIA TEAM, whose rosters include well-known footballers and media football stars, notably Yevhen Konoplyanka, Valeriy Fedorchuk, Artem Sokhatskyi, Dmytro Hlubokyi, and Dmytro Povoroznyuk.
Schedule: Group Stage and Playoffs
The tournament program is distributed across two days. The group stage will take place on November 13: the teams are divided into two groups, with three matches played in each. The following day, November 14, will feature the semifinals, fifth and third-place matches, and the final, which will determine the winner of the EUROPE F7 STEEL CUP. Such a tight schedule allows for a complete competition cycle to be shown in two days—from group matches to crowning the champion.
Broadcast Availability for Viewers
The tournament broadcast will be available in Ukraine under any paid Kyivstar TV subscription package, making the event accessible to a wide audience without the need to purchase a separate sports package. All matches will be shown on the KSTB Media Football channel, which specializes in media football content and related formats.
About the Kyivstar TV Platform
Kyivstar TV is a joint project of operators Kyivstar and 1+1 media, founded on December 11, 2019. The platform provides users with access to hundreds of thousands of hours of domestic and foreign content, live broadcasts, and regularly offers exclusive pre-premiere screenings of projects. It includes over 430 TV channels and a VOD library of 20,000 films, series, cartoons, and shows. The online media identifier in the Register of Entities in the Sphere of Media is R40-05347.
Context: Media Football as a Growing Format
The EUROPE F7 STEEL CUP tournament continues the trend of popularizing media football—street futsal in a 7-on-7 format, which has been actively developing in Central and Eastern Europe in recent years. Involving recognizable names from Ukrainian football, such as Konoplyanka and Fedorchuk, as well as the participation of teams from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, emphasizes the international scale of the competition and its role in promoting media football at the regional level.
