{"id":53035,"date":"2026-03-17T23:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=53035"},"modified":"2026-03-17T23:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:10:27","slug":"caf-appeal-board-delcare-morocco-as-afcon-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/17\/caf-appeal-board-delcare-morocco-as-afcon-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF appeal board delcare Morocco as AFCON champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CAF have released a statement to declare Morocco as AFCON 2025 champions, meanging Senegal lost their AFCON crown after it was ruled the Teranga Lions forfeited the final by walking off before full-time. <\/p>\n<p>The appeal board awarded the Atlas Lions a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-senegal-s-afcon-2025-crown-stripped-and-handed-to-morocco\">SENEGAL\u2019S AFCON 2025 CROWN STRIPPED AND HANDED TO MOROCCO<\/h2>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s reign as AFCON champions came to an abrupt end on Tuesday after CAF\u2019s appeal board ruled that they had forfeited the final. <\/p>\n<p>The decision followed an incident where Senegalese players walked off the pitch before the match was completed.<\/p>\n<p>CAF\u2019s appeal board has ruled that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final, overturning their extra-time 1-0 win into a 3-0 default victory for hosts Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The chaos unfolded in Rabat on January 18, when Senegal players walked off in protest during stoppage time for about 15 minutes, while fans attempted to invade the pitch after Morocco were awarded a penalty. <\/p>\n<p>When play eventually resumed, Brahim Diaz saw his spot-kick saved, and Senegal went on to score the decisive goal in extra time.<\/p>\n<p>CAF had initially fined both teams and handed out bans to players and officials but allowed the result to stand. That has now changed, with Morocco officially crowned champions\u2014though the matter could still head to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a final appeal.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-caf-statement\">CAF STATEMENT<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe CAF Appeal Board decided that in application of Article 84 of the Regulations of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Senegal National Team is declared to have forfeited the Final Match of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 (\u201cthe Match\u201d), with the result of the Match being recorded as 3\u20130 in favour of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF),\u201d the Federation announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGTHS ON SENEGAL\u2019S LOOMING APPEAL?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Share your thoughts by clicking on the red comments block below.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also read: Wasteful Bafana Bafana crash out of AFCON<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#CAF #appeal #board #delcare #Morocco #AFCON #champions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAF have released a statement to declare Morocco as AFCON 2025 champions, meanging Senegal lost their AFCON crown after it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53037,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53035\/revisions\/53037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}