The European Football Union (UEFA) has no objection to the Russian team participating in the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) championship, despite the exclusion of teams from the aggressor country from international competitions. UEFA noted that the tournament does not have official status and sanctions are not applied to it.
UEFA announced this in response to a request from the propaganda news agency TASS. They noted that the participation of Russians in friendly matches does not contradict the decision of the executive committee of the organization for teams from the Russian Federation.
“Reciprocal matches are not part of UEFA competitions and, as such, go beyond the competence and responsibility of UEFA. For this reason, the participation of Russian teams in friendly tournaments does not contradict the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee to exclude Russian teams from participating in competitions under the auspices of the organization,” UEFA noted. . .
The first CAFA championship will be held in June this year in Bishkek and Tashkent. Its participants, in addition to Russia, will be Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and an unnamed Asian team. The results of the games will go to the world rankings.
As GLOBAL HAPPENINGS reported, it became known yesterday that the International Football Federation (FIFA) changed the rules for holding the World Cup.
Source: Obozrevatel
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