Uefa have handed Sweden a 3-0 win for their abandoned Euro 2008 qualifier with Denmark, European soccer's governing body announced yesterday.
Uefa also fined the Danish Football Association (DBU) 100,000 Swiss francs (€60,600) and ordered them to play their next four home Euro 2008 qualifiers at least 250 kilometres from Copenhagen.
The first of those games, against Liechtenstein on September 12th, will have to be played behind closed doors.
Denmark had rallied from 3-0 down to 3-3 at home last Saturday but the match was abandoned in the 89th minute when a drunken fan ran onto the pitch and attacked referee Herbert Fandel after the German awarded Sweden a penalty.
The DBU confirmed they would appeal the decision.
The news is a blow for Sweden's Group F rivals Northern Ireland and the IFA yesterday expressed disappointment at Uefa's decision. Jim Boyce, president of the IFA, would have preferred to see the match played out rather than hand the Swedes a walkover.
"The general consensus was that perhaps he should have taken them off the pitch for five minutes, made sure it was safe and secure and then allowed the penalty to be taken," Boyce said. "I am disappointed they have awarded Sweden the game 3-0.
"I still think the penalty should have been taken because it has given Sweden a substantial goal difference. What it does mean now is that it looks now as if it's down to Spain, Sweden and Northern Ireland for the two places."
