The second round of Bucheon FC Suwon FC PO canceled the snowfall game, and the 7th → 8th at 7 p.m. Suwon Stadium was postponed for a day
Dec 05, 2025
|
|
|
The Korea Professional Football Association officially announced on the 5th that the second round of the K League 2025 promotion playoff (PO) 2 has been changed from the 7th to the 8th, a day later. As a result, the first round of PO2 will be held at Bucheon Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 5th and the second round at Suwon Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 8th.
This season, Suwon FC, ranked 11th in the K League 1, and Bucheon FC, ranked 3rd in the K League 2, will clash on the K League promotion PO stage. The two teams were originally scheduled to play at Bucheon Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 4th. However, the first snow began to fall this winter about two hours before kickoff. Suddenly, there was a lot of snow. The start of the game was delayed due to the maintenance of the stadium, but the cancellation was decided at all. Game supervisor Kim Yong-se finally decided to cancel the game with the consent of both teams because he thought it would be difficult for the players to hold the game due to their safety. The snow prevented the stadium line from being seen. The difficulty of operating VAR normally is also known to have affected the decision to cancel.
As the first game was postponed by a day, the second game naturally changed its schedule. FIFA regulations require 48 hours of rest between games and games.
According to the Korea Professional Football Federation, there have been a total of six cases since 2010 where K-League games have been canceled or kick-off has been delayed due to bad weather. In August 2018, the K League 1 match between Jeju United (currently Jeju SK) and Suwon Samsung was canceled due to strong winds. In the summer of 2019, two games were postponed due to typhoon 'Tapa' hitting the Korean Peninsula. The Jeju-Bucheon match in July 2020 was canceled because even the goalpost was not visible due to fog. The Ansan Greeners-Chungbuk Cheongju match in August 2023 was not held on the scheduled day due to safety concerns caused by thunder and lightning. In November 2018, the match between Sangju (currently Gimcheon) Sangmu and Gangwon FC was postponed for two hours due to heavy snow and kicked off. However, this is the first time the game has been canceled due to snowfall.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
