الثلاثاء، 29 مارس 2011

Bosnia-Herzegovina face imminent ban after defying FIFA and UEFA statutes

The Bosnian football federation is facing an imminent ban from international and club football over their refusal to conform to FIFA and UEFA statutes... 

Bosnia-Herzegovina face an imminent ban from club and international competitions after members of the country's football federation (NSBiH) voted against a proposal to adhere to FIFA and UEFA statutes.

The two football governing bodies had ordered the NSBiH to switch from a three-man inter-ethnic presidency to a one-man presidential system last year.

The federation has run with the existing system of 16-month rotating terms for a Serb, a Croat and an ethnic Muslim since the country was divided into two ethnically segregated regions in 1995 in the fall-out from the Bosnian War.

The NSBiH refused to budge from this set-up and UEFA gave the federation its final warning last week to conform to the statute.

"There will be an automatic suspension for Bosnia from April 1 if the changes are not made by then," general secretary Gianni Infantino told the press.

The NSBiH then held a congress on Tuesday to vote on the legislation to replace the three-man presidency and the motion was defeated by 28 votes to 22.

Bosnia-Herzegovina now face an imminent suspension after today's vote. Bosnia currently sit in fourth place in Group D of Euro 2012 qualifying.

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