Sri Lanka has been barred from participation in the qualification matches for the Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2024 and the U-23 Asia Cup as a result of Football Sri Lanka's standing suspension from FIFA.
FIFA has informed the FFSL that its men’s team is not eligible to participate in Olympic Tournament Asian Qualifiers and the U-23 Asia Cup 2024 Qualifiers in Qatar due to its suspension.
This was communicated by FIFA through a letter to the FFSL.
The letter says that when AFC opened the entry for the competition on April 13 – Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 Asian Qualifiers and AFC U23 Asia Cup Qatar 2024 Qualifiers – FFSL submitted its entry on May 10, 2022.
However, as stated in the FIFA Circular, the FIFA Council has suspended the FSSL with effect from January 21, 2023 until further notice.
As a result, in accordance with Article 13 of the FIFA Statutes, the FFSL has lost all its membership rights resulting in, inter alia, the FFSL representatives and clubs/teams no longer being entitled to participate in international competitions until the suspension is lifted.
The draw ceremony is scheduled to take place on May 25 and, the FFSL men’s national team will definitely be removed from the Competition should the suspension on FFSL not be lifted by May 11, two weeks prior to the ceremony.
