Euro 2024: Ukraine in Euro 2024 Qualifiers: Ukraine has decided that they will continue playing Euro 2024 qualifying matches despite a ban by the Ukrainian government that stops Ukrainian national teams taking part competitions involving athletes from Russia and Belarus. Follow Euro 2024 Updates on InsideSport.IN.
The ban which covers Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events, was imposed due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the use of Ukraine’s neighbouring country Belarus as a staging post for the invasion. The decision to play was announced by Andriy Pavelko, head of the Ukrainian Football Association.
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UAF President Andriy Pavelko confirmed via his FB page this morning:
‘The national team of Ukraine will continue its official performances in qualification for the 2024 Euros’
— Zorya Londonsk (@ZoryaLondonsk) April 24, 2023
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Ukrainian Football Association on the their decision to play in Euro 2024
Andriy Pavelko, head of the Ukrainian Football Association, published a letter on Facebook in which the sports ministry outlined a decision to let Ukraine play on in the Euro 2024 qualifiers even though Belarus is also taking part. After the invasion of Ukraine last year, which Moscow calls a special military operation, Russia was barred from competing in European tournaments by governing body UEFA.
“The national team of Ukraine will continue official performances in qualifying for the 2024 European Championship,” he wrote on Facebook.
Ukraine’s qualifying Group C includes England, Italy, North Macedonia and Malta. Belarus is in Group I with Israel, Andorra, Kosovo, Romania and Switzerland. They lost their opening game 2-0 away to England, who lead the group with six points after two matches. Ukraine’s second game is away to North Macedonia on June 16.
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