Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize-Fifa.com

 The FIFA Emergency Committee decided today, June 17, 2011, to suspend the Football Federation Belize 's (FFB) with immediate effect, due to serious Government interference. The suspension means that the second leg of the qualifying tie for the 2014 FIFA World Cup ™, due to be played Belize in the 19 June between the home team and Montserrat, was postponed. The first match, played in Chiang Mai (Trinidad & Tobago) on 15 June, was won by 5- Belize2.

The 8 June, the BelizeGovernment, through the Ministry of sport, has informed the FFB that it was "not authorized to represent this country in any local or international competition, or in any other forum for football on behalf of the Government, people and nation Belize", since it had "failed to satisfy the requirements for registration with the Councilas the national institution for the administration of football in Belize ", according to the Ministry.

Two days later, FIFA wrote to the FFB to inform them that this was a clear case of government interference and gave the FFB until 30 June to settle the dispute or the FIFA Emergency Committee for suspension due to a violation of the FIFA statutes. However, the Belize Government has written to FIFA on 16 June saying Belize police would "not provide any services to the Federation with regard to the safety of the visiting team and officials at the match to be played on 19 June.

In these circumstances and because of interference BelizeGovernment, FIFA cannot take responsibility to leave the game you play. The match was then postponed to a new date of confirmation, but no later than July 10, 2011, provided that the situation is back to normal with respect to the FFB and the suspension was lifted by that date. In cases where the match cannot take place by that date, the national "A" team of Belize will be excluded from the preliminary competition FIFA 2014 World Cup Brazil ™.

The suspension will be in force until the Belize Government reverses its decision. Any action taken by the Government against the Office bearers of the FFB will not be recognized by FIFA.