Kosovo at the Mediterranean Games: KOC says it will meet with FFK on Friday, while the latter says it has not been invited to any meeting

The Football Federation of Kosovo has received an official invitation to participate in the “Mediterranean Games Taranto 2026”, which will be held in August and September in Taranto.

The invitation was sent by the Italian Football Federation and includes Kosovo’s youth teams, in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

However, what seemed strange was the fact that, according to the FFK, the Olympic Committee of Kosovo did not forward this invitation to the FFK, nor did it provide the relevant materials related to the organization and participation procedures.

Sources close to the FFK told Ballkani.info that the KOC did not inform the FFK at all, not even its representative on the Olympic Committee, Vjollca Krasniqi.

The KOC, for its part, said that on the day this issue was discussed, Krasniqi was at a training camp with Kosovo (women), and that this Friday it will meet with the FFK Executive Committee to discuss Kosovo’s participation (football) in these games.

The FFK, for its part, has denied that it received an invitation to any such meeting.

“It is not true; they have not scheduled any meeting for Friday. We do not know the reason or the purpose for which the KOC did not inform us about this invitation. This makes us wonder why we should be part of this institution when it ignores us and keeps invitations concerning football secret,” an FFK source told Ballkani.info.

In any case, if this issue is not clarified in time, there is a risk that Kosovo could miss an important opportunity to compete on an international stage, where countries from across the Mediterranean region usually take part.