{"id":53245,"date":"2026-03-19T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=53245"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:32:00","slug":"nigeria-to-appeal-fifa-ruling-over-dr-congo-world-cup-play-off-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/19\/nigeria-to-appeal-fifa-ruling-over-dr-congo-world-cup-play-off-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria to Appeal FIFA Ruling Over DR Congo World Cup Play-Off Controversy \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>Nigeria to Appeal FIFA Ruling Over DR Congo World Cup Play-Off Controversy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sports Correspondent \u2013 The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is set to appeal a decision by FIFA to dismiss its complaint regarding alleged ineligible players used by the DR Congo national football team.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports by The Athletic, Nigeria lodged a protest following their World Cup play-off defeat, where the Nigeria national football team lost to DR Congo on penalties.<\/p>\n<p>The NFF raised concerns over the eligibility of several DR Congo players, pointing to issues related to dual nationality and passport documentation. <\/p>\n<p>Officials argued that these matters warranted further investigation and could have impacted the outcome of the match.<\/p>\n<p>However, FIFA rejected the protest, effectively upholding the result that saw DR Congo progress.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setback, the NFF has confirmed it will pursue an appeal, seeking a formal review of the ruling as it continues to challenge the eligibility concerns raised after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<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#Nigeria #Appeal #FIFA #Ruling #Congo #World #Cup #PlayOff #Controversy #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria to Appeal FIFA Ruling Over DR Congo World Cup Play-Off Controversy Sports Correspondent \u2013 The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[663,2367,2054,857,6694,286,202,322,251,607,589],"class_list":["post-53245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-appeal","tag-congo","tag-controversy","tag-cup","tag-eduzim","tag-fifa","tag-news","tag-nigeria","tag-playoff","tag-ruling","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53245","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=53245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53247,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53245\/revisions\/53247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}