Belgium vs Sweden will not be replayed after Euro 2024 qualifier abandoned due to terror attack | OneFootball

The abandoned Euro 2024 qualifier between Belgium and Sweden will not be replayed.

The score was level at 1-1 when play was halted in Brussels on Monday night after it emerged two Sweden supporters had been shot and killed not far from the King Baudouin stadium in a suspected terror attack.

The gunman, a 45-year-old Tunisian who had been in the country illegally, died from his wounds in hospital after being shot by police the following day.

On Thursday, UEFA confirmed the decision after both football associations expressed their desire not to replay the game, with it also deemed impossible to have done so the day after the original fixture.

"The Belgian and Swedish Football Federations are satisfied with the decision," said the Belgian federation in a statement.

Interim CEO Manu Leroy added: "Football should be a celebration but on Monday night a cowardly act decided otherwise. At such a moment, when the football family is struck in its heart, sporting results are secondary."

The result will matter little in the grand scheme of things, with Group F effectively decided anyway. Belgium and Austria have already qualified for next summer's Euros and Sweden have been eliminated from reaching the tournament automatically.

"We are pleased to hear that UEFA has come to a decision and that the decision is in line with what both federations wished for," said Hakan Sjostrand, the CEO of the Swedish FA.

"However, sporting matters are secondary, our thoughts are with the victims and their families. That innocent Swedish supporters became targets of terrorism is shocking and it is hard to foresee what the consequences will be for the future."