Denmark appeal UEFA verdicts
Monday, June 11, 2007
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The Danish FA has lodged an appeal against decisions taken by UEFA in relation to the abandoned UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifier against Sweden in Copenhagen.
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The Danish Football Association (DBU) has lodged an appeal with UEFA against the decisions taken by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body in relation to the abandoned UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifier against Sweden in Copenhagen on 2 June.
Default win
On Friday, UEFA awarded the match to Sweden by default and both fined the DBU CHF100,000 (€61,000) and ordered the Danes to stage their next four home UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifiers at least 250km from Copenhagen. These are the fixtures against Liechtenstein (12 September), Spain (13 October), Latvia (17 October) and Iceland (21 November). The Liechtenstein tie will also have to be played behind closed doors.
Match abandoned
German referee Herbert Fandel abandoned the qualifier in the closing stages with the scores level at 3-3. He had awarded a penalty to Sweden and given a red card to Denmark's Christian Poulsen when a spectator came on to the pitch and assaulted him. Midfielder Poulsen was also banned for three competitive internationals for striking an opponent.