Belgium vs Sweden Euro Qualifier Will Not Be Replayed – UEFA

By: Gyang Dakwo

UEFA has confirmed that Sweden’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Belgium which was abandoned at half-time after shooting in Brussels will not be replayed.

The two teams were locked at 1-1 when the match had to be abandoned for security reasons. UEFA have now ruled that the half-time score will be “confirmed as final” and each team will be awarded a point.

“Each team is awarded one point with the Group F standings to be updated accordingly,” Uefa stated. “Any suspension is considered served and single yellow cards remain valid.

“To take the mentioned decision, the Executive Committee took note that it had proved impossible to play the remaining part of the match on the following day.

“Both the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Swedish Football Association, given the circumstances, explicitly expressed their desire not to play the remaining match time and to consider the result at the half-time interval (1-1) as final.

“The result of this match does not impact the qualification of Group F since Belgium is already mathematically qualified to the UEFA EURO 2024 final tournament (together with Austria) and Sweden is mathematically eliminated.

“The respective fixtures do not allow any date to be used in the upcoming November international window, when the preliminary group stage of the competition must be concluded, to be followed by the play-off draw and final tournament draw.”

Two Swedish fans lost their lives while another was gravely injured during the terror attack which the authorities have termed an attempt “targeting Sweden and Swedish citizens”.

Brussels police shot down the attacker while he was at a cafe in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood.