UEFA postpones Israel's game in Kosovo in European qualifying because players cannot travel abroad

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UEFA has postponed Israel’s European Championship qualifying game against host Kosovo on Sunday

. The decision by European soccer's governing body — following Hamas’ surprise attack — adds to a fixture backlog.

said in a statement Thursday that the game in Pristina cannot be played “because the Israeli authorities currently do not allow their national team to travel abroad.” Israel is now two games behind schedule in a tight qualifying group where it is competing with Switzerland and Romania for the top-two spots. Two teams advance to the Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. Israel was scheduled to host group leader Switzerland on Thursday in Tel Aviv and that game was postponed late Sunday.

making the qualifying playoffs draw on Nov. 23 as scheduled. Israel will go to the playoffs even if it finishes third in the qualifying group because last year it topped a Nations League group in the second tier. Israel has never played at the finals of a European Championship tournament. Israel started playing in the competition as a

member in Euro 1996 qualifying. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

 

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