China News Service, Beijing, March 9th. In the early morning of Beijing time on the 9th, FIFA issued an announcement announcing that the Polish team did not need to play against the Russian team in the world preliminaries, but directly advanced to the next round, which means that Russia will lose the opportunity to compete in the 2022 World Cup. opportunity.

The World Qualifiers play-offs and follow-up matches between Ukraine and Scotland have been postponed until June.

Screenshot of FIFA social media.

  According to the original schedule, the European play-offs between Poland and Russia will be held in late March, but FIFA and UEFA have previously announced that Russian teams are prohibited from participating in all their competitions.

  Now, FIFA has reconfirmed that Poland will not need to play against Russia and will directly advance to the next round, which means that Russia will miss the 2022 World Cup.

  Earlier, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport had confirmed that the Russian Football Federation had appealed, hoping to re-enter FIFA and UEFA competitions.

However, the appeal has not yet been formally concluded.

  In addition, in view of the current Ukrainian team's inability to participate, the World Preliminary play-off between it and Scotland and the subsequent Group A play-off final will be postponed to June this year.

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