No public screenings of Morocco World Cup match in large Dutch cities after riots
2 years ago

No public screenings of Morocco World Cup match in large Dutch cities after riots

NL Times  

None of the four large Dutch cities will place screens on squares to show Morocco’s match in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday. “Ordinary fans would also become vulnerable to fireworks and misconduct,” a spokesperson for mayor Femke Halsema told NU.nl. The Hague worries that public screenings would invite new riots. Utrecht and Rotterdam told NU.nl that they had already decided not to allow public screenings of the World Cup match, and it was not because of the disturbances after previous games.

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Dozens of arrests in several Dutch cities after Morocco win at the World Cup
2 years ago

Dozens of arrests in several Dutch cities after Morocco win at the World Cup

NL Times  

Police arrested people in several cities during riots following Morocco's victory over Portugal in the World Cup quarterfinals. The Rotterdam police made several arrests for setting off heavy fireworks and detained someone who could not identify himself. According to the police, the large group of partying football supporters included a small group of rioters "who ruined it for their fellow …

Parties erupt in Dutch cities after Morocco World Cup win; Riot police respond
2 years ago

Parties erupt in Dutch cities after Morocco World Cup win; Riot police respond

NL Times  

Supporters of the Moroccan men's national football team celebrated in the biggest cities of the Netherlands after the team's victory over Spain at the World Cup in Qatar. Initially there was a festive mood, but that first changed in The Hague, where the riot police called on the partying crowd to leave Tuesday evening. Police were beginning to evacuate the …

Rotterdam, Amsterdam politicians against World Cup public screenings over Qatar abuses
2 years, 2 months ago

Rotterdam, Amsterdam politicians against World Cup public screenings over Qatar abuses

NL Times  

Political parties in Rotterdam and Amsterdam have reservations about showing the World Cup in Qatar on big screens. GroenLinks in Rotterdam wants to ban such public screenings because of the "morally and ethically reprehensible" human rights situation in the country. D66 in Amsterdam argues in favor of only organizing public screenings if there is also attention to "the dark side" …

Dutch football reluctantly accepts ban on spectators
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch football reluctantly accepts ban on spectators

The Hindu  

Dutch football reluctantly accepted Monday’s decision by the government to ban spectators from all sporting events to slow a second wave of novel coronavirus infections. But a testy statement from the Dutch FA said there was no scientific evidence that linked crowds in stadiums with the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Limited numbers of fans …

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