Fifa reschedules Israel national teams’ matches to November

Fifa reschedules Israel national teams’ matches to November

Uefa postponed all matches in the country earlier this month due to the conflict with Hamas.

Fifa said that the rescheduled matches will be played as close as possible to the existing November international windows. (Reuters pic)
ZURICH:
Four matches involving Israel’s men’s and women’s national teams have been rescheduled for November, world football’s governing body Fifa said on Monday.

Uefa postponed all matches scheduled in the country earlier this month due to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The rescheduled matches will be played as close as possible to the existing November international windows, Fifa said.

The Kosovo versus Israel and Israel versus Switzerland Euro 2024 Group I qualifiers will now take place on Nov 12 and Nov 15 respectively.

Israel’s away match against Kazakhstan in the Women’s Nations League has been rescheduled to Nov 23 and the reverse fixture will be played on Nov 26.

At the request of European football’s governing body Uefa, Fifa has also approved an exception regarding the mandatory release of players for the rescheduled matches, it said.

“Mandatory release would apply for a maximum of one player per any club not affiliated to either of the participating member associations of a given match,” the statement read.

The release period would begin two days before the match in question, Fifa added.

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