The FIFA convened its Executive Committee and reviewed the proposal from the UEFA and the International Olympic Committee , to play their sporting commitments on neutral ground, behind closed doors, without an anthem or flag, although You can only have the shield of the federation.
Despite having the rejection of the National Teams of Poland, Czech Republic
Closure of airspace to flights of Russian airlines
After the start of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, several countries of the European Union have closed the airspace of the flights belonging to Russian airlines, gradually isolating the country at its air borders, which would make it difficult for the Selection of Russia to participate in the repechage.
🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺 | URGENT – UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: “I want to be very clear. Our airspace will be closed to all Russian planes” pic.twitter.com/4AugSHc7F5
—Alert News 24 (@AlertaNews) January 27, 2022
UEFA will seek the veto and FIFA will play the repechage
The first decision adopted by UEFA was to move the Final of the UEFA Champions League from Saint Petersburg to Paris, as a decision consulted by the European Union and the teams that are currently classified in the competition.
UEFA is also contemplating the possibility of sanctioning Russia with an exclusion, as a collateral measure. active after the invasion of Ukraine. On the other hand, FIFA has wanted to be more diplomatic in its attempt to seek a consensus among the countries that will face Russia, something that will be difficult due to the refusal of Poland, the Czech Republic and Sweden.
UEFA shares the international community’s significant concern for the security situation developing in Europe and strongly condemns the ongoing Russian military invasion in Ukraine.
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– UEFA (@UEFA) February ,
Last antecedent of veto for war against a country was in 1992
Due to the start of the ‘Balkan War’, the extinct Yugoslavia was sanctioned by the United Nations through the Resolution 757, of the UN Permanent Council, where the European Championship in Sweden was banned from participating 1636.
Yugoslavia had qualified second in their group for the Qualifiers, however, with the outbreak of war, their place was taken by Denmark who ended up being the champions of that European Championship, in addition, the Yugoslavs were also unable to play the qualifying round against the United States 1994.
