China - Chengdu Blades one of two clubs relegated for match fixing

[dibo]

Seen on SFCU:

[quote author=greenlion]
the CFA announced today that two CSL clubs - Chengdu Blades & Guangzhou Yiyao, who finished 7th & 9th place in CSL 2009, will be relegated to C-league Division 1 due to match fixing in 2006 & 2007 seasons' C-League D1. the CSL committe comfirmed the dicision later. CFA also cancelled C-League D1 club Qingdao Hailifeng's registration.

More than 20 officials, players and club managers, including former CFA President, Nan Yong, and his deputy, Yang Yimin, together with head of referees Zhang Jianqiang  have been arrested or detained over the past two months in a clampdown on gambling and match-fixing.

according to the CSL operating company, the 2010 CSL will still involve 16 teams to play, two of the following teams maybe selected to promote to CSL

Hangzhou Greentown (CSL 2009 15th place)
Chongqing Lifan (CSL 2009 16th place)
Shenyang Dongjin (C-league D1 2009 3rd place)
Shanghai East Asia (C-league D1 2009 4th place)

the CSL's new season starts on march 20
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Hmmm...

 

[FFC Mariner]

Fixed matches and still finished 7th?

Needed to come up with a bit more money methinks?

 

[marinermick]

Fixed matches and still finished 7th?

Needed to come up with a bit more money methinks?

or a better strategy targetting more influential people

 

[BaysideMariner]

Two Chinese football clubs face relegation for gambling February 22, 2010 - 5:59PM


Two top Chinese football clubs could be relegated for match-fixing and gambling, a league official said Monday, amid a major crackdown to rid the troubled sport of corruption.

Guangzhou GPC and Chengdu Blades face demotion to the second division, while second division Qingdao Hailifeng could be disqualified entirely, said Ma Chengquan, director of the Chinese Football League.

"It's just an initial punishment decision. There will be a hearing this afternoon -- we will listen to the clubs' statements," Ma told AFP.

Qingdao Hailifeng also face a fine of 200,000 yuan (30,000 US dollars), he said.

A formal final decision would be announced later in the week, he added.

The teams can appeal, "but the mountain of evidence unearthed during the nationwide crackdown on gambling means they have little chance of succeeding", the state-run China Daily said.

"We were mentally prepared for such punishment," the newspaper quoted Guangzhou head coach Peng Weiguo as saying. "We will fight on."

Gambling, match-fixing, crooked referees and poor performances by the national team have made the sport the laughing stock of fans and a matter of mounting state concern.

The government in 2006 launched a probe into corruption which has reached the top echelons of the game, leading to the downfall of the head and vice-head of the Chinese Football Association.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/two-chinese-football-clubs-face-relegation-for-gambling-20100222-orh6.html

 

[midfielder]

From the article Chengdu Blades ... part of the Mariner family HMmmmm .. OK OK it's been on before but I don't like having a family member done for match fixing...

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Meh... Every family needs a blacksheep 

Gives us something to talk about at christmas parties and all that...

 

[FFC Mariner]

And to use as a bad example.

If you dont do your homework you will end up like Chengdu

etc