Isigungu esilawula i-Europe sethule uhlelo lokuhlungela lo mqhudelwano, neNhlangano entsha Yezizwe ihlinzeka ngenye indlela yokungena kowamanqamu
I-Executive Committee ye-Uefa ikuqinisekisile ukuhleleka kwesigaba sokuhlungela i-Euro 2024, ne-Uefa Nations League entsha eqokwe njengenye yezindlela zokudlulela kowamanqamu.
I- 54 Amazwe ase-Europe azohlukaniswa amaqoqo amane anamaqembu ayisithupha nayisithupha kwahlanu, nabaphumelele nabaphume isibili kubo bonke 10 amaqembu athola indawo kuhlelo olukhethekile lwezwekazi lonke lomqhudelwano 2024.
Ifomethi enjalo isho ukuthi awekho amaqembu abekwe endaweni yesithathu azofaneleka - ushintsho olubalulekile kusuka kwabadlali abaqhubekayo base-Europe 2016 kowamanqamu eFrance. Kunalokho, izindawo ezine zokugcina zizoya emaqenjini azohlungela ochungechungeni lwama-play-offs eNhlangano Yezizwe ezokuba ngoMashi 2024, kusasele izinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi kokuthi kudlalwa owamanqamu.
Amaqembu azodlala imidlalo eyisithupha kweyodwa kwamaligi amane phakathi kukaSepthemba noNovemba 2018 njengengxenye yesigaba sokuqala seqembu leNhlangano Yezizwe. Ngaphakathi kweligi ngayinye, amaqembu amane azobe esedlalela izindawo ezine zokugcina ku-Euro 2024.
I- 2024 umqhudelwano wamanqamu uzoba ngo 13 amazwe ahlukene azungeze iYurophu, owandulela owamanqamu nowokugcina uzodlalelwa e-Wembley Stadium eLondon.
I-Uefa ExCo iphinde yamemezela ukuthi iRussia izovinjelwa ukuthi ihlanganise amakilabhu aseCrimea noma isebenzise indawo yaseCrimea ukusingatha imidlalo kusukela ngoJanuwari. 1, 2015.
I-Russian Football Union (RFU) wenze izinyathelo ngoJulayi ukuze ahlanganise amakilabhu amathathu aseCrimea - i-TSK Simferopol, U-SK ChF Sevastopol no-Zhemchuzhina Yalta - ebholeni labo nakuba beyingxenye yokusethwa kweligi yebhola lase-Ukraine..
Kodwa i-Uefa manje isikuqinisekisile ukuthi iCrimea izothathwa ‘njengendawo ekhethekile’ ngezinhloso zebhola, ukuyivikela ekuthuthukisweni kwe-RFU.
Kuchazwe isitatimende: “Ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwelungu le-Uefa ExCo, UMnu Frantisek Laurinec, I-Uefa izophinde ixhase ukuthuthukiswa kwebhola eCrimea, ikakhulukazi entsheni kanye nezinhlelo zengqalasizinda yebhola, ngoxhaso olunembile oluzonqunywa emhlanganweni wesikhathi esizayo we-Uefa ExCo.
“Lesi sixazululo senza isimo sihambisane nemithetho ye-Uefa neFifa futhi sihlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ibhola liyadlalwa futhi lithuthukiswe eCrimea.”