It is the big question being asked from England. Why Russia has not yet been expelled from the Women’s European Championship What is being held this summer, when the men’s has already been expelled from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar? From the British press this question is raised to UEFA which, to say the least, surprises and worries.
Russia has not yet been removed from the Women’s European Championship this summer and a decision on the matter is not expected to be made until May, according to the latest news. The men’s selection of RUSA was expelled from the 2022 Qatar World Cup this winter by FIFA, thus moving Poland to the play-off final against Sweden after the invasion of Ukraine in February.
However, UEFA has not yet ruled on the women’s team, which would be replaced by Portugal if censored. Everything indicates that the decision will be made in May and that until then, the affected rivals will not know which team they will have to face in their group stage. Russia is framed in group C along with Holland -current champion-, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Russia’s participation in the European Women’s Championship is reportedly undecided and there is still no unanimity on the matter. The president of UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, has decided to wait at least another month to announce the measure to be taken. It’s really puzzling, considering that Russian teams and athletes are banned from participating in international competitions.
“FIFA and UEFA have decided that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, will be suspended from participation in FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice,” a joint statement read. end of February.
“Football is totally united and in total solidarity with all the affected people in Ukraine. Both the FIFA and UEFA presidents hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and quickly so that football can once again be a vector of unity.” and peace between people”, he added. However, Russia’s participation in this summer’s European Championship is still up in the air.
Switzerland has already announced that its women’s team would not play its first European Championship match in Manchester this summer, as it joined Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic to take on Russia after their attack on Ukraine.