The federation's president had quit after claims that he ignored evidence of misconduct by officials, referees and players.
Official sponsor Adidas has kitted out both teams in the World Cup final, as well as officials, referees and volunteers.
The Times investigated the South African match-fixing scandal by interviewing dozens of soccer officials, referees, gamblers, investigators and experts in South Africa, Malaysia, England, Finland and Singapore.
Chinese football, though, is so flagrantly and undeniably terrible and corrupt that all potshots are allowed: at officials, referees, owners and players even, implicitly, at the heart of the communist system itself.Solving the riddle of why Chinese football is so awful becomes, then, a subversive inquiry.
A statement on the K.H.L. Web site said that a league commission would meet Sunday to examine video and hear from team officials, referees and observers to decide disciplinary measures and the outcome of the match, which was stopped at 0-0 with 56 minutes 21 seconds to play.
Over the past year, more than 50 officials, referees and players have been jailed.
No affiliation would have meant that the clubs would have problems attaining work permits for their signings and finding officials to referee their matches.
The comedian Tom Papa is the host and official referee.
The appeal should be allowed and the matter referred to an official referee for the assessment of damages.
That means there is no official referee for any of this year's campaign mayhem.
