{"id":86195,"date":"2024-05-20T23:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuanian-womens-football-team-counted-defeated-for-refusing-to-play-against-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Lithuania women&#039;s national football team\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(LFF \/ Elvis \u017daldaris)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The May 31 and June 4 qualifiers for the UEFA Women&#8217;s Euro between Belarus and Lithuania have been canceled because of the Lithuanian team&#8217;s refusal to play Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), UEFA notified it that a 0-3 technical score will be handed to Lithuania for each forfeited game. On top of that, the federation will be fined \u20ac5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LFF president Edgaras Stankevi\u010dius said that sanctions and fines were not the main concern, because it was important for the federation to reiterate its &#8220;stance on the war and aggressors.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have received the sanctions we have expected. The most important thing for our team is to play the last two matches to qualify for the European championship,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of UEFA&#8217;s decision, the Belarusian team will have 12 points after four games in their group to progress to the next stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-1280-12.12.2023-300x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-1280-12.12.2023-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-1280-12.12.2023-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-1280-12.12.2023-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-1280-12.12.2023.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus a priority for Lithuanian presidency of CoE Committee of Ministers<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 17, Pozirk. Supporting civil society, independent media and human rights activists from Belarus and other countries &quot;oppressed by authoritarian regimes&quot; will be among the priorities of the Lithuanian presidency of the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers, which &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/85696\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Spanish website <em>infolibre<\/em> in April, UEFA president Aleksander \u010ceferin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infolibre.es\/economia\/ceferin-rubiales-decia-hijas-no-tenian-pidio-ayuda-negue-ideas-no-tenian-sentido_1_1761247.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> that if you want to ban Belarus from UEFA tournaments, you should also ban all countries that buy Russian gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;First of all, no politician will tell us what to do, nor will we listen to any politician. I am against boycotts, I don&#8217;t like boycotts and I don&#8217;t like bans. But in the case of Russia there was simply no other choice, and we should all try to help to stop this war, this madness,&#8221; \u010ceferin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2023, the UEFA head announced that Belarus was stripped of the hosting rights for the 2025 Women&#8217;s Under-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 20, Pozirk. The May 31 and June 4 qualifiers for the UEFA Women&#8217;s Euro between Belarus and Lithuania have been canceled because of the Lithuanian team&#8217;s refusal to play Belarus. According to the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), UEFA notified it that a 0-3 technical score will be handed to Lithuania for each forfeited game. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":86085,"template":"","rubric":[32],"class_list":["post-86195","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 20, Pozirk. The May 31 and June 4 qualifiers for the UEFA Women&#039;s Euro between Belarus and Lithuania have been canceled because of the Lithuanian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May 20, Pozirk. The May 31 and June 4 qualifiers for the UEFA Women&#039;s Euro between Belarus and Lithuania have been canceled because of the Lithuanian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1128\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"753\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/\"},\"headline\":\"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-20T20:10:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/\",\"name\":\"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-20T20:10:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"May 20, Pozirk. The May 31 and June 4 qualifiers for the UEFA Women's Euro between Belarus and Lithuania have been canceled because of the Lithuanian\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg\",\"width\":1128,\"height\":753},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus | Pozirk","description":"May 20, Pozirk. The May 31 and June 4 qualifiers for the UEFA Women's Euro between Belarus and Lithuania have been canceled because of the Lithuanian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus | Pozirk","og_description":"May 20, Pozirk. The May 31 and June 4 qualifiers for the UEFA Women's Euro between Belarus and Lithuania have been canceled because of the Lithuanian","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1128,"height":753,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/"},"headline":"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus","datePublished":"2024-05-20T20:10:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/"},"wordCount":271,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/","name":"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-20T20:10:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57+00:00","description":"May 20, Pozirk. The May 31 and June 4 qualifiers for the UEFA Women's Euro between Belarus and Lithuania have been canceled because of the Lithuanian","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sbornaja_Litvy_Elvis_Zaldaris_1128.jpg","width":1128,"height":753},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/86195\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lithuania sanctioned with defeat for refusing to play Belarus"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/86195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=86195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}