Denmark ready to discuss withdrawal from FIFA with other European teams due to armbands at the World Cup

The Danish Football Union (DBU) is ready to discuss with other European national associations the withdrawal from the International Football Federation (FIFA) amid disagreements over the captain’s armbands at the World Cup, said the head of the DBU, Jesper Møller.

Earlier, the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) announced that FIFA will punish team captains with a yellow card for the decision to enter the field with a OneLove armband. On Monday, the football federations of seven countries, including Denmark, announced that they would abandon plans to use these armbands in the world championship due to the decision of FIFA, which instead announced its own #NoDiscrimination campaign. The OneLove headbands are heart shaped and feature stripes in different colors.

– This (a possible exit from FIFA) is not the decision that has arisen now. We have been discussing this in the Scandinavian region since August. I thought about it again. I assume that problems may arise if Denmark leaves on its own. But let’s see if we can’t have a dialogue. I have to think about how to restore confidence in FIFA. We must evaluate what happened, and then develop a strategy – including with our Scandinavian colleagues, – quotes Møller The Athletic.

According to him, on November 21, the Football Association of England asked for clarification on a possible punishment for the use of OneLove armbands and received a response that the minimum sanction was a yellow card.

– There was a discussion about whether there is a legal basis for issuing a yellow card, but it is. Possible penalties – yellow card, the captain does not participate in the match or is disqualified.

FIFA is made up of 211 countries and I understand that the current president has statements of support from 207 countries. Denmark is not one of those countries, Møller said.

The Danish national team in the first match of the 2022 World Cup tied with the team of Tunisia (0:0).

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