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LONDON (Reuters) – UEFA has fined England, Poland, Scotland and Lithuania for failing to control their fans in recent European Championship qualifying matches, the governing body said in a statement on Friday.

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Poland were fined 40,000 euros ($43,996) and Scotland 20,000 euros for crowd disturbances in their Group D qualifier on Oct. 8 in Glasgow.

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Scotland’s fans invaded the pitch while Polish supporters clashed with stewards and lit fireworks in the 2-2 draw.

Poland’s Robert Lewandowski scored a stoppage-time leveller that ended Scotland’s hopes of reaching the Euro 2016 finals.

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England were fined 15,000 euros and Lithuania 30,000 for crowd trouble in their match in Vilnius on Oct. 12 which Roy Hodgson’s side won 3-0 to finish their group stage campaign with a 100 percent record.

($1 = 0.9092 euros)

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(Reporting by Toby Davis; editing by Tony Jimenez)

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