international soccer matches worldwide, Bermuda Football Association secretary Mr. Joe L. Brown said yesterday.

FIFA, soccer's international governing body, announced it would ban temporary scaffolding grandstands at all international and national matches after the collapse of a seating structure at a French Cup game killed 10 and injured 700 in Bastia, Corsica, on Tuesday.

The "temporary'' bleachers Bermuda sometimes uses for international matches at National Stadium are technically permanent structures, Mr. Brown said. They are designed to be kept up forever and often are.

They are not the temporary over-hanging seating built on scaffolding that FIFA is apparently alarmed about, he said. When these collapse, they can injure or kill those sitting on them, and also those sitting underneath.

When Bermuda held a World Cup match against Haiti at National Stadium on April 26, FIFA sent an inspector to Bermuda to look at the facilities. The seating was approved, Mr. Brown confirmed.

However, the inspector and the referee have each filed a complaint with FIFA that the stadium's changing room facilities are inadequate, Mr. Brown said.

But he said he expects it will be a "minor point'' to FIFA.

FIFA has also complained in the past about the Bermudian habit of standing at matches and running onto the field when goals are scored. That was not a problem during Bermuda's 1-0 win over Haiti, Mr. Brown said.