Putin assured Al Thani: “We will do everything possible to pass on our experience in preparing for the football world championship, you know that.”
Who took the place of Russia?
Russia was left out of the playoffs to Qatar 2022. Before the expulsion, it was scheduled to face Poland in a game to reach the playoffs. The squad was declared the winner of this game, which allowed it to later face Sweden and win its place in the 2022 Qatar Cup against this team.
Before the sanctions, both Poland and Sweden had refused to play Russia in the play-offs, protesting the invasion of Ukraine.
Not only in football: goodbye to Russian athletes
Russia, which hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2014 Winter Olympics, has been gradually cut off from the sports world after taking military action against Ukraine.
The first sanction came from the football side. UEFA announced that it will change the venue for the Champions League final, the most important club tournament on the continent, from Saint Petesburgo to Paris.
In addition to the FIFA sanctions, Russia was also banned from the Winter Paralympics. Held in Beijing, China. Before, Russian competitors in Olympic games had to do under the Russian Olympic Committee and could not use their flag or their national anthem, a sanction for the invasion of Crimea, in 2014.
The Haas Formula 1 team fired Russian driver Nikita Mazepin. The Davis Cup of tennis expelled the Russian competitors.
