Exclusions Everywhere: The War and its Consequences for Russian Sport

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recommended that all world associations and organizers of sporting events exclude Russia and its ally Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions against Russia sometimes have consequences for world sport.

Football World Cup: The national team of Russia will excluded from World Cup qualification and has no chance of getting a ticket to the finals in Qatar at the end of the year. Russia was originally scheduled to play in the playoff semi-finals against Poland in Moscow in March. If they had won, the 2018 World Cup hosts would have had home advantage again in the final against Sweden and the Czech Republic.

Women's European Football Championship: It's still a while away from the Women's European Championships in England in July. As of now, the qualified Russian team would no longer be eligible to play. The team was drawn in Group C with the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.

European Football Cup: RB Leipzig benefits from the exclusion of Spartak Moscow and moves into the quarter-finals of the Europa League without playing any games. Since no other team from Russia is represented in the European Cup, the impact is limited.

Paralympics: The International Paralympic Committee plans to make a decision on the matter on Wednesday. It would be a serious blow to Russia. In Pyeongchang in 2018, the Russian athletes - who were listed as neutral athletes at the time due to the major doping scandal - achieved the second best result. By the way: Belarus was also well represented in South Korea in eighth place in the medal table. Russia, with the silver medal at the Olympic Games, will not be able to take part in the World Cup. © AFP / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

Ice Hockey World Cup: An Ice Hockey World Cup without Russia was previously unimaginable. Sbornaja has won the title 27 times, making it the record winner alongside Canada. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, Russia narrowly missed out on the title in the final against Finland. The Northern Europeans are now hosting the World Cup from May 13th to 29th and have already made it clear that they do not value the presence of Russia and Belarus. The world association IIHF has excluded both countries “until further notice”.

Basketball European Cup: Russian teams will be excluded from the Euroleague and Eurocup for the time being. Those affected in the Euroleague are CSKA Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg and Unics Kazan. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar plays in the Eurocup. The Euroleague wants to continuously monitor the development of the situation. If the situation does not change, all regular season games against Russian teams would be canceled and the league tables would be adjusted. The European Basketball Championships will also take place from September 1st to 18th, where Russia was actually supposed to play in Group A in Tbilisi.

Handball European Cup: The European handball association EHF also excludes Russia and Belarus. Neither the national teams nor clubs from the two countries are allowed to take part in European competitions. For example, Meshkow Brest from Belarus is affected in the men's Champions League. Rostov-Don and CSKA Moscow play in the women's premier class.

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Exclusions Everywhere: The War and its Consequences for Russian Sport

World Cup? Not with Russia. European Cup? Spartak Moscow has to watch. Paralympics? Possibly without the strong Russian athletes. And even at the Ice Hockey World Cup, Sbornaja only has the role of spectator.

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