Ka I 21–18 Hang Sai was a football match held on 16 June 2019 involving two teams in
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
. The fixture was part of the
2019 Taça de Macau
The 2019 Taça de Macau was the 2019 iteration of the Taça de Macau, the top football knockout competition in Macau.Ka I and
Hang Sai
Hang Sai () is a Macanese professional football club which currently competes in the Liga de Elite.
History
In 2017, Hang Sai won the 2ª Divisão de Macau
Campeonato da 2ª Divisão do Futebol, is the second division of the Macau Football As ...
decided to use the competitive match as a means of protest against the
Macau Football Association
The Macau Football Association ( Pinyin: Àomén zúqiú zǒng huì; pt, Associação de Futebol de Macau) is the governing body of association football in Macau, China.
History
The Hong Kong–Macau Interport tournament, jointly organized by ...
The tie between Kai I and Hang Sai in the 2019 Taça de Macau was held on 16 June 2019 after the
Macau Football Association
The Macau Football Association ( Pinyin: Àomén zúqiú zǒng huì; pt, Associação de Futebol de Macau) is the governing body of association football in Macau, China.
History
The Hong Kong–Macau Interport tournament, jointly organized by ...
(MFA) decided to withdraw its national team from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The result of the match up between the two Macanese club was a protest against the federation's decision. The match was a playoff in order to determined which among the two clubs would advance to the quarterfinal of the cup tournament.
Macau entered the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the first round of the Asian qualifiers and had to best
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
in a home-and-away playoff. Macau won 1–0 over Sri Lanka in the first tie. The second match was to be held away in Sri Lanka but the MFA decided against sending a team citing security concerns following the
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS-related terrorist suicide bombings. Later that day, there were smaller expl ...
. Macau national team players has appealed against this decision and was willing to waive the federation responsibility over their safety so they could play their second qualifier match in Sri Lanka but this request has been denied.
The MFA requested the
Football Federation of Sri Lanka
The Football Sri Lanka (FSL) is the governing body of football in Sri Lanka. It
operates the Sri Lanka national football team and Sri Lanka Football Premier League.
History
Football Sri Lanka was founded on 1939 as Ceylon Football Associati ...
to have the match played in a neutral venue but the proposal was denied with the Sri Lankan federation insisting that adequate security measures were adopted for the then-scheduled match.
;2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round matches involving Macau and Sri Lanka
The last competitive match between Ka I and Hang Sai prior to their 2019 Taça de Macau match was in the
Chao Pak Kei
Chao Pak Kei Football Team, simply known as C.P.K. (), are a Macau, Macanese professional football (soccer), football club which currently competes in the Liga de Elite.
History
Chao Pak Kei Football Team was established in 2008 by Stephen Chow, ...
to advance to the semi-finals.
In the other playoff match held on the same day as the Ka I-Hang Sai tie,
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo (; ; french: Monte-Carlo , or colloquially ''Monte-Carl'' ; lij, Munte Carlu ; ) is officially an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is ...
won 2–0 against Policia, also advancing to the next round.
See also
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AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne
AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne was a football match played on 31 October 2002 between two teams in Toamasina, Madagascar. It holds the world record for the highest scoreline in any football match, recognised by ''The Guinness Book of Records''. ...