(Reuters) - Next week's AFC Cup final between North Korea's 4.25 SC and Lebanon's Al Ahed will be played in Shanghai instead of Pyongyang due to sanctions affecting the North, the Asian Football Confederation said on Tuesday.
The AFC made the decision based on considerations over the televising and promotion of the game so that it is viewable throughout Asia and the Middle East, it said.
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