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Euro 2024: UEFA bans seven countries after tournament

UEFA has announced bans and sanctions for seven countries who competed in Euro 2024 due to discriminatory behaviour by their fans.

Racism and offensive yelling occurred throughout some of the tournament's matches.

In a press statement issued on Wednesday, UEFA's Control, Ethics, and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) confirmed accusations against seven national federations for incidents spanning 17 games.

First, Croatia has been fined £41,978 and barred from selling tickets to away fans for their next UEFA competition match owing to their supporters' racist and discriminatory behavior in all three of their Group B games.
 

The Romanian FA have been handed a £33,583 fine and will also be banned from selling tickets to away supporters for their next UEFA match after similar incidents across three of their games.

 

Albania have also been charged with racist and discriminatory behaviour during their group-stage games against Croatia and Spain. They have been fined £25,183 and given them a one-UEFA match ban from selling tickets to their away supporters, suspended for a probationary period of two years.

 

Meanwhile, the Hungarian, Slovenian and Serbian federations have all received the same punishment for their fans’ racist and discriminatory behaviour.