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Feb 11 2005, 10:56 PM
Hamburg win compensation
by Peter ORourke - created on 11 Feb 2005
Hamburg will receive €2 million and be allowed to host an international friendly as compensation for a Cup defeat last year which was later found to have been fixed.
The German Football Association (DFB) revealed they are to award the club compensation after admitting referee Robert Hoyzer had manipulated the result to favour betting on the game.
Hamburg lost to SC Paderborn in a DFB Cup match last season on penalties with it later emerging that Hoyzer had placed money on the outcome of the game
After five-hours of talks with the DFB, Hamburg agreed to withdraw their appeal to be reinstated in the Cup after losing to SC Paderborn last year in a match refereed by Robert Hoyzer, the man at the centre of Germany's soccer betting scandal.
Hamburg had hoped to reinstated into the cup, but they agreed to withdraw their appeal and accept the compensation.
"It became clear there would be insurmountable problems if the result of the game was revoked," said Hamburg lawyer Christoph Schickhardt
"Therefore we are our withdrawing our appeal to be slotted back into the competition."
Hamburg will be allowed to stage a friendly between Germany and either China or Japan in October, and will receive a direct sum of €500,000 as well as a guarantee by the DFB of profits of at least €1.5 million from the friendly.
"We wanted to signal to Hamburg, that we as the DFB are responsible for the case and want to stand up to this," said DFB co-president Theo Zwanziger
"We are aware of the damage suffered by Hamburg because of the manipulation of the Cup game."
by Peter ORourke - created on 11 Feb 2005
Hamburg will receive €2 million and be allowed to host an international friendly as compensation for a Cup defeat last year which was later found to have been fixed.
The German Football Association (DFB) revealed they are to award the club compensation after admitting referee Robert Hoyzer had manipulated the result to favour betting on the game.
Hamburg lost to SC Paderborn in a DFB Cup match last season on penalties with it later emerging that Hoyzer had placed money on the outcome of the game
After five-hours of talks with the DFB, Hamburg agreed to withdraw their appeal to be reinstated in the Cup after losing to SC Paderborn last year in a match refereed by Robert Hoyzer, the man at the centre of Germany's soccer betting scandal.
Hamburg had hoped to reinstated into the cup, but they agreed to withdraw their appeal and accept the compensation.
"It became clear there would be insurmountable problems if the result of the game was revoked," said Hamburg lawyer Christoph Schickhardt
"Therefore we are our withdrawing our appeal to be slotted back into the competition."
Hamburg will be allowed to stage a friendly between Germany and either China or Japan in October, and will receive a direct sum of €500,000 as well as a guarantee by the DFB of profits of at least €1.5 million from the friendly.
"We wanted to signal to Hamburg, that we as the DFB are responsible for the case and want to stand up to this," said DFB co-president Theo Zwanziger
"We are aware of the damage suffered by Hamburg because of the manipulation of the Cup game."