UEFA recently eased its policy of banning all Russian national and club teams from international competition, but the European Forum was forced to reconsider this decision after several federations announced that their teams would not play matches against the country’s national team. .

>> Ukraine’s reaction after UEFA announced the return to competition of the Russian U17 national team

Russia will not play in the EURO U17 qualifiers

On September 26, UEFA announced that, with the agreement of FIFA, it decided to restore the Russian youth national teams under the age of 17, because “children should not be punished for actions for which adults are solely responsible.”

The executive committee of the European organization believes that “it is particularly regrettable that, due to the duration of the conflict, a generation of underage players is deprived of the right to participate in international football competitions.”

The decision has split UEFA’s executive committee, with at least 12 of Europe’s 55 member federations (including the FRF) saying their teams will continue to refuse to play matches against Russia.

Assessing how Russia’s youth teams could be reintegrated, UEFA said after another executive committee meeting on Tuesday that“The question was removed from the agenda due to it was not possible to find a technical solution to allow the Russian teams to play.”

Thus, Russia will not be able to play in qualifying matches of the European Under-17 Championship.

>> The decision of the FRF after UEFA reinstated the Russian under-17 team in the competition