Original title: China’s Football Association issued a heavy fine (topic)
Guangzhou Football Association membership suspension for two years (subtitle)
beijing nightNews (Reporter Li Li) Yesterday, the Chinese Football Federation issued an announcement to impose sanctions on the industry over the match-fixing incident in the Guangdong Provincial Games, suspend Guangzhou Football Association membership for two years, and related 6 people were “banned” for life.
On August 7, 2022, in the men’s group A final of the Guangdong 16th Provincial Games football event, Guangzhou football team defeated Qingyuan football team 5-3 to win the championship. Guangzhou football representative scored 4 goals in a row in the second half and there were many incredible phenomena including goalkeeper assists. After the game, the entry “Guangdong Provincial Games Final Match Fixing” quickly appeared in the hot search, attracting widespread attention. Under the guidance and supervision of the State General Administration of Sports and the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Group of the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection and the State Supervision Committee of the State General Administration of Sports, the Chinese Football Association has set up a special investigation team to go to Guangzhou to conduct investigations with the relevant departments in Guangdong Province. On December 24, the Guangdong Provincial Commission of Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Committee “Nanyue Qingfeng Net” released a report on the responsibility for the match-fixing incident in the men’s soccer group A final of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games and severely punished party members and cadres who have not fulfilled their duties and neglected their duties. Accountability, a total of 16 party members and leading cadres were severely treated, including various party warnings, government affairs documents, dismissal and demotion.
The Chinese Football Association officially issued an announcement on the 25th, issuing heavy fines for this match-fixing incident. The Chinese Football Association said that after the investigation, Xie Zhiguang, Guangzhou Football Association president Wang Yajun, Evergrande Football School principal Zhang Xiuyu, vice principal Cai Guanghui, player management department director Li Zifei, the head coach of Qingyuan football school (an employee of Evergrande football school), the assistant team coach of Qingyuan football school Chen Weihua (employee of Evergrande football school) and others committed discipline violations by manipulating the game to ensure that the Guangzhou soccer team won the championship. In this regard, the Chinese Football Association has issued a fine. The Guangzhou Football Association temporarily suspended the membership of the Chinese Football Association for 2 years and banned the 6 people concerned from engaging in any football-related activities under the management of the Chinese Football Association Association Chen Weihua was punished for the qualifications of the two coaches.
Looking back on the whole incident, it’s not an accidental phenomenon. There were many problems with the competition style and discipline of Chinese football in August. On the evening of August 18, the Chinese Football Association issued 4 fines overnight, the reasons for the punishment were on the field conflicts and referees’ accusations and abuses. Chinese Super League Tianjin Jinmen Tigers player Yang Fan, Chinese Super League Changchun player Yatai Sun Jie and Chinese Super League Qingdao Red Lions player Wang Jianwen were all banned for 5 matches. Lin Tao, an official of Liaoning Shenyang City Football Club, was suspended for 6 games. In addition to the suspension, the aforementioned personnel is required to pay fines of different amounts. Today, the affected personnel of the “Guangdong Provincial Games Final Match Fixing” incident were punished accordingly. For Chinese football, the purification of the stadium atmosphere and the maintenance of the development environment still require continuous efforts. The Chinese Football Association said it will continue to crack down on such incidents with a “zero tolerance” attitude, resolutely grasp the management of the competition style and discipline, and purify the atmosphere on the field.
