Russia has been banned from all FIFA international competitions as of Monday. 

The ban was announced just hours after the International Olympic Committee urged its fellow international sports organizations to bar Russia and its teams from participating in their competitions. 

The joint statement was released by FIFA and the UEFA, the governing body of European professional soccer, who has also moved to prohibit Russia’s teams from competing in theirs, as part of a global response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

FIFA and UEFA had previously announced that the Russian team would be allowed to compete, just not under their official name, and without displaying their flag or playing their national anthem, and immediately faced backlash from the international soccer community.  

Poland, who had been scheduled to compete against Russia in the coming weeks in a playoff match for one of the last remaining spots in the tournament, released a reactionary statement that they planned to refuse to play any games against Russia, even if the Russian team was playing under a different name.

Additionally, Poland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic asked that their playoff matches be moved out of Russia. Some of the games had been scheduled for later this month.  

This ruling, which has been stated as indefinite, means that Russia and its athletes are unable to compete in any FIFA or UEFA competitions whatsoever, including the women’s world cup tournament currently scheduled to take place in 2023.

FIFA’s ban is far from the only public stance against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the global soccer community. The final game of the Champions League has been moved from St. Petersberg to Paris, and FC Schalke 04 and Manchester United, two major professional soccer clubs in Europe, have removed sponsorship rights from the Russian-owed companies they formerly partnered with.

This week was also host to discussion on whether or not Roman Abramovich, the owner of British professional soccer club Chelsea, would be banned from having ownership of the club. Some argue that he should not be allowed to live in the UK at this time.

Yesterday, Abramovich announced that he plans to sell his ownership of the club, a move that he said is in “the best interest of the club.”

While the Russian invasion stands as the largest attack on a European nation since WWII, multiple countries have been banned from competing in the World Cup before, for varying reasons including violations of human rights and cheating.

The ban will only limit Russia from competing, as Ukraine’s team is still scheduled to play Scotland in a qualifying match of its own later this month, although the team has requested for the game to be postponed.

Scotland appears to support the request, with the Scottish FA president sending “a message of support, friendship and unity” shortly following news of the invasion.