In a terrorist attack in Brussels, two fans of the Swedish national team were killed about five kilometers from the stadium, and after the first half, both teams agreed not to return to the field. The game was not continued the next day. Since the desire not to finish the match was mutual, it no longer affects the fight for tickets to “Euro 2024” and Sweden already has two qualifying matches scheduled in the November window and it is not possible to include a third match in the calendar, UEFA decided that the match should be declared abandoned and the result at the time of abandonment confirmed and also the disciplinary sanctions imposed in the first half.
Belgium had already guaranteed a ticket to the final tournament in the previous round, but in the early game on October 16, Austria won the second ticket, which won 1:0 in Azerbaijan and extinguished even the theoretical hopes of Sweden to participate in the European Championship. Sweden, which will travel to Azerbaijan and host Estonia in November, cannot claim rematches either, as it remained in the last place in the B league with four points in six games behind Serbia (0:1, 1:4), Norway (1:2, 2:3) and Slovenia (1:1, 2:0) and relegated to the C League, where the Latvian national team will also play next autumn. It will be Sweden’s first missed European Championship since 1996.
Group FVTeamSUNZVartiP1.Belgium752017:4172.Austria751115:7163.Sweden621312:974.Azerbaijan61144:1245.Estonia60152:181
Also, the UEFA Executive Committee decided to suspend UEFA matches in Israel for an indefinite period. Europa League side Maccabi Haifa and Europa League side Maccabi Tel Aviv should be offered neutral grounds to play their home games, but their next group stage matches against Villarreal (away) and Zorya Luhansk (home) have been postponed for December 6 and November 25. On the other hand, the Haifa “Maccabi” U19 team, which had to host the return match, has withdrawn from the UEFA Youth League, thus “Sparta” Prague, which escaped from a loss at home (1:1), automatically entered the second round of the champion branch.
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2023-10-19 15:37:00
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