UEFA hits Russian football with massive sanctions LIST

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) adopted a decision on banning the Russian football teams from participating in the tournaments under the organization’s auspices.

The UEFA Executive Committee decided the following, according to the UEFA official website:

UEFA Nations League 2022/23

• Russia will not participate in Group 2 of League B and will automatically be ranked fourth in this group. Consequently, they will be relegated at the end of the group phase and ranked in 16th and last place of League B.

UEFA Women's EURO 2022 (final tournament)

• Russia will not participate in group C of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 final tournament scheduled between 6 and 31 July in England and will be replaced by Portugal, the opponent Russia defeated in the play-offs.

European Qualification to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

• Russia did not play their two matches scheduled in April in Group E (comprising Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Malta and Azerbaijan) due to their suspension. Russia will not participate in any of the subsequent matches in this competition and all their results until now are considered as null and void. Consequently, Group E will continue as a group of five teams.

2021-23 European Under 21 Championship

• Russia did not play their two matches scheduled in March in Group C (comprising Spain, Slovakia, Malta, Lithuania and Northern Ireland) due to their suspension. Russia will not participate in any of the subsequent matches in this competition and all their results until now are considered as null and void. Consequently, Group C will continue as a group of five teams.

2022/23 UEFA club competitions

• UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, UEFA Women’s Champions League and UEFA Youth League 
• Russia will have no affiliated clubs participating in UEFA club competitions in the 2022/23 season. Consequently, the respective access lists of the men’sand women’s club competitions have been rebalanced in accordance with the principles set out in the relevant competition regulations.
• Furthermore, Russia will be assigned a number of coefficient points equivalent to the lowest number they have earned in any of the last five seasons, i.e. 4.333 points for the men’s association club coefficient and 1.750 for the women’s association club coefficient for the purpose of points calculation for the 2022/23 season.

UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO 2022 (final tournament)

• Russia will not participate in the final tournament (comprising Portugal, Spain and Ukraine) scheduled between 1 and 3 July in Portugal and will be replaced by Hungary, who finished second in Group 1 of the Main Round, won by Russia.

2022/23 UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO

• Russia had been directly drawn into Group 4 of the Main Round. As the three group winners and the best runner-up will qualify from the Preliminary Round, Russia will be replaced in the Main Round with the second best-ranked runner-up of the Preliminary Round.

2022/23 UEFA Futsal Champions League 

• Russia will have no affiliated clubs participating in the 2022/23 UEFA Futsal Champions League.

European Qualifications to the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024

• Russia will be replaced in the Main Round group phase draw by Norway, which was the best third-ranked team of the Preliminary Round.

2022/23 Youth competitions

• Russia will not participate in the 2022/23 Men’s Under-17 and Men’s Under-19 Championships, and teams drawn in their group will compete against each other in a mini-tournament with three teams.
• Russia will not participate in the Women’s Under-17 and Women’s Under-19 Championships, and one additional three-team mini-tournament will take place in each competition.

2022/23 UEFA Regions’ Cup

• Russia will be replaced by the runner-up of the Preliminary Round in Group 1 of the Intermediate Round.