UEFA announced this Thursday that the qualifying match for Euro 2024 football between Belgium and Sweden, stopped Monday evening at half-time (1-1) due to the attack perpetrated in the Belgian capital , will not be replayed. A decision “in line with what the two federations wanted” according to the Swedish federation.
The qualifying match for Euro-2024 football between Belgium and Sweden, stopped Monday evening at half-time (1-1) due to the attack perpetrated in the Belgian capital which left two dead, will not be replayed, UEFA announced Thursday. The 1-1 result is “final” and “each team is awarded one point” in the classification of Group F, indicated the European body, as desired by the two federations.
“We will never forget the victims”
Two Swedish nationals were killed Monday evening in Brussels in a gun attack near the city center, a few hours before a Euro 2024 qualifying match between Belgium and Sweden at the King Stadium. Baldwin. The man suspected of having carried out this attack, a radicalized Tunisian residing illegally in Belgium, was fatally injured during a police operation on Tuesday morning.
“UEFA’s decision puts a definitive end to the match, but we will never forget the victims. Our thoughts are with their families, as well as the players, staff and supporters of the Swedish national team,” reacted the Belgian federation. “We are happy to learn that UEFA has made its decision and that it is in line with what both federations wanted,” also commented the Swedish federation.
The result of this match has no consequences in this group F “since Belgium is already mathematically qualified for Euro 2024 (with Austria) and Sweden is mathematically eliminated”, specified UEFA in a communicated. On Tuesday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said he was “shocked” and “saddened” by the attack.