Friday, 8 June 2007

Swedes awarded victory

Sweden have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Denmark by UEFA following last Saturday's abandoned Euro 2008 qualifier.

German referee Herbert Fandel abandoned the match in the closing stages with the scores level at 3-3 at Copenhagen's Parken Stadium.

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.

Denmark have been fined £41,000 and must play their next four home games at least 250km away from Copenhagen.

Sweden lead Group F ahead of Spain in second and Northern Ireland in third. The Swedes now have 18 points, five more than Northern Ireland, who have a game in hand on the group leaders.

Group F
Sweden...17-4...18pts
Spain...13-6...15pts
N. Ireland...10-7...13
Denmark...9-5...10
Iceland...5-15...4
Liechtenstein...4-18...4
Latvia...4-7...3

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