LAST UPDATE | 20 Sep 2022
RUSSIA WILL NOT take part in the draw for qualifying for Euro 2024, Uefa and the country’s football federation have confirmed today.
The Russian national team and Russian clubs were banned from international competitions earlier this year by Uefa following the invasion of Ukraine.
“All Russian teams are currently suspended following the decision of the Uefa Executive Committee of 28 February, 2022 which has further been confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 15 July, 2022,” European football’s governing body said in a statement.
“Russia is therefore not included in the Uefa European Football Championship 2022-24 qualifying draw.”
Russia saw an appeal against the ban rejected by CAS in July.
“The Union is currently awaiting for the full text of the CAS decision, following the study of which a decision will be made on further steps,” the Russian Football Union said.
Russia were also banned from the upcoming World Cup in Qatar by Fifa.
The team had originally qualified for the European qualifying play-offs.
The 2024 European Championship will be hosted by Germany, with the qualifying draw set for 9 October in Frankfurt.
Good
Slava Ukraine.
They won’t be missed.
Yet israhell, literally get away with murder with no repercussions.
Israel included though.
An interesting precedent.
@Celtic Eagle: Yeah. All the other countries that decide to invade their neighbours from here on out will know they won’t be playing UEFA football. Sounds alright to me
@Celtic Eagle: Not really a precedent. Yugoslavia were kicked out during the Bosnian war.
@JusticeForJoe: but that doesn’t happen does it. The UK and Poland (with the USA, Aus etc) illegally invaded Iraq in 2003 and there were zero sanctions, least of all from a footballing body.
Meanwhile NATO were in the midst of another illegal war in Afghanistan until 2014. Both with massive civilian casualties and again no sanctions for anyone involved from the West. If we are going to throw out sanctions because of illegal invasions we should at least be consistent and not only when it suits our own agendas!
@JusticeForJoe: aren’t Israel still allowed to play?
@TheHospitalPass: are the Jewish people not entitled to a homeland?
@TheHospitalPass: Fair point.
@Richard Williamson: Not by taking someone else’s by force. No.
@JusticeForJoe: that is how every nation of the world was originally created?
@Richard Williamson: What sort of rubbish talk is that? Even if it was accurate, what would your point be? That we should support the Israeli settlements and the takeover of Palestinian land because a magic book said they deserve it? I can’t tell you how much I disagree with that.
Why?
Are Israel
G’luck