World football's governing body announced that it had opened disciplinary proceedings after investigating games between Bolivia and Latvia and also Estonia and Bulgaria on February 9. The two games in Antalya produced seven goals, all scored from penalties. One of the spot-kicks was even re-taken after the initial penalty had been missed.
"The proceedings were opened following an evaluation of all documentation and information received by FIFA, in relation to a possible match-fixing situation in these matches," read a statement from FIFA. "The FIFA disciplinary committee will be in charge to deal with the matter."
Officials from the four countries involved raised questions about the game with FIFA and UEFA and also queried the identities of the match officials involved, while unusual betting patterns on the matches were also reported.
The identities of the officials charged have not been released by FIFA, but the Hungarian Football Association last month suspended referee Kolos Lengyel and two other Hungarian assistant referees following the matches in Turkey. The exhibition tournament was organised by a Thailand-based company called Footy Sport International.
