No Uefa games are to be played in Israel until further notice
qualifier at home to Sweden will count as a 1-1 draw after Monday’s match was suspended at half-time and later abandoned after the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels.
“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,” a statement read. “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 halftime interval as final.
Uefa also said on Thursday that no Uefa competition matches would be played in Israel until further notice. It means Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel-Aviv must find alternative venues. Israel are due to play two Euro qualifiers at home next month.
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