Zurich: The Netherlands and Spain have been fined by FIFA for their players' poor discipline in a bad-tempered World Cup final.
FIFA said on Tuesday that the Dutch federation must pay 15,000 Swiss francs ($14,480; €10,900) after eight different players received yellow cards, and defender John Heitinga was booked a second time and sent off.
English referee Howard Webb showed five yellow cards to Spain, getting its federation a 10,000 Swiss francs ($9,650; €7,300) fine.
FIFA's disciplinary code has a clause on team misconduct calling for a federation to be fined when at least five of its players are sanctioned in a match.
Spain won 1-0 in the July 11 final in Johannesburg, on Andres Iniesta's extra-time goal after the Netherlands were reduced to 10 players.
The match set a record for most cards received in a World Cup final, beating the six yellows shown when Argentina beat West Germany 3-2 in the 1986 final.
The final also was the worst behaved of the 64 matches played in South Africa. Chile and Switzerland players combined for nine yellows and a straight red card in a group-stage game.
FIFA paid Spain $30 million (€22.6 million) in prize money for winning the tournament, and the Netherlands was awarded $24 million (€18.1 million) as runner-up.
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