China has gone a step further to curb match manipulation that has been blamed for the poor performance of China's football teams.

The latest disciplinary action came Tuesday as the Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced to relegate two top football clubs and entirely disqualify a second division team.

Wei Di, the newly appointed chief of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), told Xinhua that handing out punishments could serve as very good warnings to other clubs.

Wei vowed that the CFA would punish clubs that broke the rules more severely in the future.

In November, China launched a crackdown to stop the manipulation of football matches, which has so far resulted in the detention of Nan Yong and Yang Yimin, former vice chairmen of the CFA.

Many Chinese were strongly in support of the crackdown as they blamed match-fixing and illegal betting for holding back men's soccer in China, which has often performed poorly at an international level.

Second division team, Qingdao Hailifeng received the most severe punishment, as part of the disciplinary action.

Police said Wednesday that the team's players had tried to shoot an own goal during a match last September in order to help their boss win a bet.

Police said Du Yunqi, chairman of Hailifeng, gambled online near the end of a match between his team and one from southwest Sichuan Province that the scores would change.

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