Indicator in all countries

Sport: Racism, racist violence and hate speech in sporting venues (and reporting and policing thereof)?

• Austria

  There is no comprehensive and continuous monitoring system in place regarding racism in sport. However there are incidents of racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism occuring in the field of sports in Austria.

• Bulgaria

  There are certain incidents of racism in football venues reported to the Bulgarian Football Association’s Disciplinary Committee.

• Cyprus

  yes

• Denmark

  No, not a general problem.

• Finland

  Yes, sporadic incidents are reported.

• France

  Football is, in France, an area where expressions of racism are important. French football was especially “shaken up” by several racist incidents in February and March 2008.

• Germany

  Yes, there are incidents of racism, racist violence and hate speech in sporting venues. In Germany, racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism in sports are predominately perceived as problems in football.

   

• Greece

  No type of reliable data is available either by official or unofficial sources.

• Hungary

  Yes.

• Ireland

  Contradictory reports of racism in Irishsport indicate a lack of data on the subject. Ken McCue the international officer of Sport Aginst Racism Ireland claims "We have a queue of cases from a number of sports from grassroots level up. We get reports week in, week out.' However  the Irish charity, Show Racism the Red Card, state that ‘while racism in sport has been a major problem in many countries it is not so manifest in Ireland.’

• Italy

  Yes.

• Poland

  Racist incidents are rare in most sports, except for football. Most of the positive initiatives regarding racism in sport are undertaken by the Never Again Association, which conducts its activities under the slogan Let’s Kick Racism out of Stadiums.

• Portugal

  Yes, racism and hate speech exist in sporting venues.

• Romania

  Incidents have been recorded, yet no statistics are available

• Slovenia

  Some incidents of racist chants have been registered and several physical attacks between fans of the Slovenian and other national teams.

• Spain

  Yes.

• Sweden

  Yes.