National anthem kneeling in other countries thread

[Former President tack50]

Not kneeling, but getting the national anthem booed is a regular occurrence here in Spain, it happens pretty much every time a Basque or Catalan team gets to play the finals of the "King's Cup". Which given that FC Barcelona is generally the best or 2nd best team in Spain, tends to happen quite often. Bonus points if both a Basque and a Catalan team get to play. In this video there are several booing incidents, including comments from politicians from all sides (in Spanish):

To be fair, American sports have a lot more opportunities to get their national anthem kneeled given it is played in literally every match if I understand correctly, while here in Spain only the finals of the "King's Cup" and matches from the national team get the national anthem; but not literally every match.

[Former President tack50]

I don't recall any kneeling happening at sports events in Germany. Some black soccer players showed their solidarity with BLM by wearing messages to that effect on their jerseys during matches. I don't imagine that "keeling during the anthem" would create too much of a controversy around here. The AfD would perhaps protest it which would then lead to the other political parties denouncing the AfD as racist neo-Nazis.

Doesn't that happen already anyways though?

[Former President tack50]

I forgot to mention it when this thread was new, but in terms of kneeling, I know F1 does some small ceremony against racism before the race these days. This is not done while the national anthem of the host country is being played but rather shortly after that as part of the pre-race ceremonies.

They give the drivers a choice between standing up or kneeling, as well as allowing them to wear a shirt with whatever message they choose (most tend to just use the generic "we race as one" or "end racism" shirt). Looking at the first race of this 2021 season, exactly half the drivers (10/20) decided to kneel, while the other half decided to stand up.