UEFA asks member clubs and national teams not to play matches in countries where women don't have access to stadiums
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said there's wide support in his organisation for the approach and for not playing teams from those countries where women don't have access to stadiums.
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UEFA said it would tell national teams not to play games in countries where women do not have full access to stadiums.
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UEFA's ruling executive committee agreed it would recommend it to its 55 national associations and all European clubs.
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UEFA did not specify which countries the action would affect.
European football’s governing body (UEFA) said on Tuesday it would tell member clubs and national teams not to play games in countries where women do not have full access to stadiums.
UEFA’s ruling executive committee agreed that it would “recommend to its 55 national associations and all European clubs not to play matches in countries where women have restricted access to stadiums”.
A logo is pictured on UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC120948DDF0
UEFA did not specify which countries the action would affect.
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UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said his body did not have the power to punish European teams who might play in countries that do not allow unrestricted access to women, but stressed that there was wide support in his organisation for the approach and for not playing teams from those countries.
“We cannot punish anyone if they play (in these countries) because it is out of our jurisdiction but that doesn’t mean we should be quiet and say we can’t do anything and we (just) develop European football,” said the Slovene.
“Our advice to 55 associations and all the clubs... will be not to play there or with the teams from those countries where the basic rights of women are not respected.
“The representatives of the clubs and the leagues agreed with us”.
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