On March 31, local time, the FIFA General Assembly held in Doha identified a number of important topics.
IN RESPONSE TO IRAN'S MOVE TO BAN FEMALE FANS FROM ENTERING THE HOME MATCH IN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE WORLD PRELIMINARIES, FIFA IS DISCUSSING PENALTIES, BUT FIFA DENIED DENYING THE DENIAL OF THE IRANIAN TEAM'S WORLD CUP QUALIFICATIONS AND SAID THAT EVEN IF SUCH A THING HAPPENED, ITALY WOULD NOT BE "substituted" for qualification.
At the same time, FIFA confirmed at this congress that Russian will be one of the official languages and denied the expulsion of Russian membership.
In the final round of the World Cup Asian qualifiers, Iran played at home against Lebanon, and finally won 2:0.
In this match, Iran faced FIFA penalties for banning female fans from entering the stadium. It is reported that the Iranian Football Association was warned by FIFA in 2019 for similar incidents. The Iranian Football Association is worried that it will be deprived of the World Cup qualification by FIFA, and the Italian media speculates that once Iran is removed, Italy is expected to obtain a replacement qualification, because according to the FIFA ranking, Italy is in the top ten and should qualify for the World Cup.
However, fifa denied and stressed that "we have never discussed excluding Iran from the World Cup, and even if they are expelled from the World Cup, there will be another Asian team to replace their seats." FIFA executive committee Member Cristilin said: "Let's stop thinking about Italy going to the World Cup, it's impossible. ”
After being stripped of the Qualification for the European Play-offs of the World Cup, the Russian national team has lost the world cup.
At this congress, FIFA made it clear that it would not remove the Russian Football Federation from its list, retaining the membership of the country's Football Association. At the same time, FIFA lists Russian as one of the official languages.
"Removing the Russian Football Federation from FIFA is not a good decision." FIFA President Infantino said: "This was not an easy decision before FIFA announced the ban on the Russian national team and club teams, because it concerns people who love football. ”
It is reported that after the FIFA General Assembly voted, Russian will become one of the official languages of FIFA. Previously, FIFA's official languages included English, Spanish, French and German.