FIFA issued a statement: All Russian teams (including national teams and club teams) are prohibited from participating in FIFA-UEFA competitions until further notice. When the regional situation changed dramatically, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic, which were in the same group as Russia in the preliminaries, expressed their views and refused Russia to participate.
FIFA also announced that Russia is prohibited from participating as a "national team", but they are allowed to participate in the World Cup play-offs in the name of "Russian Football League". Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic all expressed dissatisfaction with FIFA's punishment, and all three teams unanimously refused to play against Russia, no matter where the game was held.
Prior to this, Bild and other media have reported the knockout of the Europa League, and cancelled the qualification of the Russian team Sparta Moscow to participate in the Europa League. According to the previous draw, Sparta Moscow should have played Leipzig, Germany, in two rounds of elimination.
World Cup
On August 2, 20221Beijing time, FIFA announced that the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will start one day earlier and will be held at 0: 00 Beijing time1October 2 165438. The opening match will be changed to Qatar vs Ecuador. The final will be held at Lourseyre Stadium at 23: 00 on February 18, Beijing time.