Vuvuzelas Banned: Vuvuzelas Banned at Euro by UEFA

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 5:26 am , filed under News by Andrew Jordan

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UEFA has banned the fans on bringing vuvuzelas to the stadium for the European Championship and Champions League matches. When asked about it, the organization replied as, “UEFA feels that the instrument’s widespread use would not be appropriate in Europe”.

At the World Cup in South Africa, vuvuzelas provided the soundtrack, as every World Cup match was accompanied with the similar noise of the vuvuzelas. FIFA did not take any action towards vuvuzelas as it defended saying that vuvuzelas were a part of South African soccer culture. The 53 European soccer nations would observe the ban at the UEFA’s national team and club competition matches.

UEFA said that the vuvuzelas would add a touch of local flavor and folklore, being specific to South Africa. UEFA also said, “The magic of football consists of the two-way exchange of emotions between the pitch and the stands, where the public can transmit a full range of feelings to the players,” it added saying, “UEFA is of the view that the vuvuzelas would completely change the atmosphere, drowning supporter emotions and detracting from the experience of the game.”

FIBA also called vuvuzelas as “controversial instruments” as it got banned from the basketball world championship, in Turkey. Stay tuned for more news on the vuvuzelas ban at UEFA.

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