FIFA fines North Korea $11K for scrapping World Cup qualifier against Japan – NK News

Soccer’s world governing body has fined North Korea around $11,000 over its last-minute cancellation of a men’s World Cup qualifier against Japan last month.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee announced the fine of 10,000 Swiss francs on the DPR Korea Football Association in a press release on Tuesday and confirmed it penalized North Korea with an automatic 3-0 loss for forfeiting the game.
Soccer’s world governing body has fined North Korea around $11,000 over its last-minute cancellation of a men’s World Cup qualifier against Japan last month.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee announced the fine of 10,000 Swiss francs on the DPR Korea Football Association in a press release on Tuesday and confirmed it penalized North Korea with an automatic 3-0 loss for forfeiting the game.
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Shreyas Reddy is a correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. He previously worked as a researcher at BBC Monitoring, where his work focused on news and key people and organizations from the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Follow him on Twitter.
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