Ukraine Confirms Participation in Euro Despite Belarus Inclusion

The national team of Ukraine will not boycott the Euro due to the participation of Belarus

The Deputy Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports of the country noted that the national teams of Belarus and Ukraine play in separate group qualifying tournaments

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Ukraine is not considering the issue of banning the national team from participating in the qualifying tournament for the European Championship because of Belarus, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Matvey Bedny told Suspilne Sport.

“As for the Ukrainian national football team, the participation of Belarus is a separate group tournament. To date, we are not considering the issue of a ban on participation in the qualifying tournament of the national football team of Ukraine,” Bedny said.

On April 14, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine published an order according to which the country’s athletes are prohibited from participating in competitions along with Russians and Belarusians. In case of violation of the requirement, sports federations will be deprived of the status of national ones.

In the qualifying tournament for the European Championship, Ukraine is in Group C with England, Italy, North Macedonia and Malta, and Belarus is in Group I with Switzerland, Romania, Kosovo, Andorra and Israel.

The next European Championship will be held in Germany from 14 June to 14 July 2024.