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FIFA recognizes Serbia as the official successor of the Yugoslav teams, and thus inherits all Yugoslavia's and Serbia and Montenegro's records. Including their predecessors' records, Serbia has qualified for thirteen FIFA World Cup finals tournaments, last failing to do so in 2014.
The court concluded the crimes committed during the 1992–1995 war, may amount to crimes against humanity according to the international law, but that these acts did not, in themselves, constitute genocide per se. [367] The Court further decided that, following Montenegro's declaration of independence in May 2006, Serbia was the only ...
During qualifiers for 2010 World Cup Bosnia reached its first ever playoffs for a major tournament, though eventually losing to Portugal 2–0 on aggregate. The 2014 World Cup was the first time Bosnia had appeared at a major tournament as an independent nation, having qualified as winners of UEFA Group G .
The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil generated various controversies, including demonstrations, some of which took place even before the tournament started. Most centred on officiating, with referees coming under criticism for their performances. Furthermore, there were various issues with safety, including eight deaths of workers and a fire during construction, breaches into stadiums, an ...
On 18 December 1992, the U.N. General Assembly resolution 47/121 in its preamble deemed ethnic cleansing to be a form of genocide stating: [23] [24]. Gravely concerned about the deterioration of the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina owing to intensified aggressive acts by the Serbian and Montenegrin forces to acquire more territories by force, characterized by a consistent ...
The 1992 Yugoslav campaign in Bosnia was a series of engagements between the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and the Territorial Defence Force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (TO BiH) and then the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) during the Bosnian war. The campaign effectively started on 3 April and ended 19 May.
UEFA punished Serbia’s soccer federation for racist acts by fans at two Nations League games, including trying to burn an Albania flag in Switzerland. The decision was announced Friday, hours ...
The Croatia–Serbia football rivalry is a football rivalry between the national football teams of Croatia and Serbia.. Although from a sports perspective, it does not fulfill the requirements of a football rivalry, as Croatia and Serbia/Serbia and Montenegro only met four times: two each in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying and another two occasions during their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification ...