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Russia faces obstacles when applying to host the EURO 2028 or 2032 finals

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The EURO 2020 Championship Cup is located at Wembley Stadium, England. Artwork: UEFA

Reacting to Moscow’s statement, UEFA emphasized: “The Office of the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee on February 28 decided to suspend all Russian football teams, even those representing the country. or club teams, participating in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice.However, no suspension order for the Russian Football Federation (RFU) has been given at the time. The UEFA Executive Committee will continue to convene other extraordinary meetings, if required, to reassess the legal and factual situation in the face of any changes, and to adopt further decisions as they arise. necessary, including the RFU’s wish to host the EURO”.

In the race for the right to host EURO 2028, in addition to Russia, there is also Turkey and the alliance between Britain and Ireland. In the race for the right to host EURO 2032, not only Russia and Turkey but also Italy. According to the plan, UEFA is expected to confirm the countries participating in the full hosting campaign on April 5. The organization will then announce the host countries for both tournaments in September 2023.

Previously, Russia was the host of the 2018 World Cup, while the country’s city of Saint Petersburg was one of the European-wide EURO 2020 venues that was postponed last year. Saint Petersburg was also supposed to host the Champions League final this season in May, but was stripped of the right to host it because of the conflict with Ukraine. Not stopping there, the Russian team was also eliminated from the 2022 World Cup qualifiers this year after UEFA and the World Football Federation (FIFA) decided not to allow this country to participate in all international tournaments. until further notice.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last week upheld the ban, and it also affects Russian clubs and the women’s national team, which have also been excluded from the EURO due to take place in July. in the UK.

As for Turkey, it is hoping that its bid to host EURO 2028 or 2032 will be successful after it lost to Germany in the vote to host EURO 2024. However, it will have to compete with Great Britain and Ireland. , the two countries have decided to join an alliance to host EURO in 2028 instead of hosting the World Cup in 2030. Meanwhile, “heavy rival” Italy has hosted EURO twice before, in 1968 and 1980.

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