FIFA
FIFA takes Kosovo and Gibraltar
The world football Federation has two members, has grown to 211. The Teams of Kosovo and Gibraltar must participate in the qualification for the 2018 world Cup – but there are also critical voices.
The crisis-ridden football world Federation FIFA has two members more. On Friday, the 207 voters of the 209 national associations at the FIFA Congress in Mexico city from blessed requests for the inclusion of Kosovo and Gibraltar. Both must start, therefore, already in the qualification for the 2018 world Cup in Russia, which begins in September 2016.
The application of Gibraltar voted in favor of the Banamex Congress center 172 FIFA-associations, 12 were against it. In Kosovo, the vote was 141:23 votes a little scarce. The details on the right for Russia 2018 must now clarify the European football Union (UEFA). The Europe Union is the Confederation with the most members (55) in front of the African continental Confederation CAF (53).
Kosovo becomes 210th FIFA member after vote of #FIFA Congress (YES: 141 NO: 23 of valid votes cast).
— FIFA Media (@FIFA media) 13. May 2016
Switzerland feared the departure of the service providers
In the skill groups H and I, only five teams (instead of six) to play so far. However, Nations that do not acknowledge the independence of Kosovo are both in group H (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Cyprus) than in group I (Ukraine).
The small state was recently – however narrowly – already as
they have been included. The German football Association (DFB) had voted at the Congress in Budapest as 27 other UEFA Nations, 24 were two invalid votes. Previously, Serbia and Switzerland had clearly positioned against a recording. The confederates to fear the departure of numerous service providers with Kosovar roots as Borussia mönchengladbach’s Granit Xhaka and Ex-Bayern-professional Xherdan Shaqiri.
Gibraltar becomes 211th FIFA member after vote of #FIFA Congress (YES: 172 NO: 12 of valid votes cast).
— FIFA Media (@FIFA media) 13. May 2016
Gibraltar, since may 2013, the UEFA member, had before the
Court of arbitration for sport CAS rode a fast method for recording only after a prior request of the small state had been rejected in September 2014 by the then FIFA Executive Committee.
sw (dpa, sid)