Chinese Football Association launched an investigation into the finals of Group B and Group A of men’s football teams in Guangdong Provincial Games
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 8 (reporter Xiao Shiyao, Wang Haoming) the Chinese Football Association issued an announcement on the 8th that the final of the football item Men’s Group B Group A of the Guangdong Provincial Games held on the 7th was widely questioned by public opinion, the Chinese Football Association has launched an investigation procedure, and the investigation team went to Guangzhou for investigation on the 8th. The announcement said: “On August 7, in the final of men’s Group A in football item of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games in 2022, the Guangzhou team won the championship after defeating Qingyuan team 5:3. In this game, the performance of both athletes on the court was widely questioned by public opinion, which aroused the attention of all sectors of society. The Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to this and starts the investigation procedure. It will form an investigation team attended by the competition department, discipline inspection department and other departments, and will go to Guangzhou to investigate on August 8.” It is understood that the participating teams in this competition are of U15 age. The playback video of the competition shows that Qingyuan team got a 3:1 lead in the 18th minute of the second half, but since then, the Guangzhou team scored 4 goals in the 23rd to 36th minutes of the second half and won the championship with a 5:3 reversal. The announcement said: “The Chinese Football Association has always attached great importance to and paid close attention to all kinds of behaviors that seriously violate sports ethics and corrupt the industry atmosphere, such as gambling, counterfeiting and manipulating competitions, if the investigation finds conclusive evidence that the relevant units and personnel are suspected of manipulating the competition and violating the principle of fair competition, they will be dealt with seriously. I also hope that if all sectors of society find relevant conclusive evidence, they can actively report it to me, the public security department and the judicial department.” The Organizing Committee of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games announced that the organizing committee attached great importance to relevant situations and decided to start the investigation mechanism, and the relevant departments of the organizing committee and the disciplinary committee would carry out the investigation. The announcement also said that the organizing committee has always adhered to the principle of fair competition, aiming at “clean gold medal, moral gold medal and style gold medal. If it is verified that the relevant units and personnel are suspected of manipulating the competition and violating the fair competition rules, the involved teams and delegations will be dealt with seriously in strict accordance with the relevant regulations of this provincial games, and will never be tolerated.
