英格兰队在首届FIFA U15世界杯退场抗议：称球员遭种族主义侮辱，爱尔兰4比1领先时比赛被腰斩
首届国际足联（FIFA）15岁以下世界杯（FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival）10月26日在阿塞拜疆 Baku 举行的一场比赛被腰斩：英格兰队在爱尔兰队4比1领先、比赛进入最后一分钟时集体退场，抗议爱尔兰队一名成员据称对英格兰球员作出的种族主义侮辱言语。FIFA表示，事件将移交独立纪律委员会处理。
据路透社报道，事发时裁判判给英格兰队一个任意球，随后双方多名球员发生推搡。英格兰队队长先陪同一名队友走到场边，随后与裁判交涉；主教练 Matt Thorpe 与教练组随即示意全队离场。英格兰队拒绝继续比赛，裁判终止了这场比赛。
FIFA发言人表示，这场比赛因英格兰队拒绝继续而被裁判终止，官方报告正在汇总之中，此事将移交独立纪律委员会，在适当时候作出裁决。涉事言论目前仍为指控，FIFA与双方足协均未公布涉事球员身份。
本届赛事是FIFA首次举办的U15世界杯，10月24日至30日在 Baku 的 Hovsan Competition Complex 举行，共有189支球队参赛，参赛球员为2011年或2012年出生。赛制为8人制、上下半场各20分钟，不设淘汰，各队按表现分入不同档位决出各档冠军。赛事向FIFA全部211个会员协会开放，美国队未派队参赛。女子组首届赛事定于2027年举行，2028年起男女组赛事将每年举办。
来源：GSM·美国
England Walk Off Over Alleged Racist Insult at Inaugural FIFA U-15 World Cup; Match Against Ireland Abandoned at 4-1
A match at the inaugural FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, was abandoned on October 26 after England's players walked off the pitch in the final minute, with Ireland leading 4-1, following an alleged racist insult by a member of the Irish team directed at an England player. FIFA said the matter will be referred to its independent disciplinary committee.
According to Reuters, the incident occurred after the referee awarded England a free kick, which led to scuffles between players. The England captain accompanied one of his teammates to the sideline and then spoke to the referee, before head coach Matt Thorpe and his staff told the players to leave the pitch. England refused to continue, and the referee abandoned the match.
A FIFA spokesperson said the match was abandoned by the referee following England's refusal to continue, that official reports were being gathered, and that the matter would be referred to the independent disciplinary committee, which will decide in due course. The alleged remark remains an allegation; neither FIFA nor the two associations has identified any player involved.
The tournament is FIFA's first U-15 World Cup. It runs from October 24 to 30 at the Hovsan Competition Complex in Baku, with 189 teams taking part and players born in 2011 or 2012. Matches are played eight-a-side over two 20-minute halves, with no elimination; teams are placed into performance tiers that each crown a winner. The event is open to all 211 FIFA member associations; the United States did not send a team. A first girls' edition is scheduled for 2027, with boys' and girls' tournaments planned annually from 2028.
Source: GSM·USA
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：青少年足球比赛资料照片（美国亚利桑那州Phoenix，2024年），非本届赛事现场。Shane Bailey 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布。/ File photo of a youth soccer match in Phoenix, Arizona (2024), not this tournament. Photo by Shane Bailey, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
