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Woah, this will open the door for the RS to retrospectively appeal EVERYTHING!

I mean Senegal shouldn't have walked off the pitch, but the whole tournament everything was so clearly biased towards Morocco that you can totally see why they did.

If the ref or higher ups more likely had abandoned the match and awarded it to Morocco at the time then 'fair' enough, but doing it 2 months later is absolutely farcical.

I hope Senegal essentially ignore this and continue to refer to themselves as Champions.

Maybe we can use this precedent to get back in the 05/06 champions league?

The most 2026 sports news story ever

Everyone keep quiet about ‘66 ok?!

In there is also a decision to massively reduce fines for lasers been shone in the eyes of Senegal players during the match and for the ball boys tackling the sub keeper to the ground and stealing the towels

Because that kind of shithousery is perfectly ok if it benefits the favoured team

It's not even an allegation of corruption, it's there for everyone to see.

Senegal government alleges corruption over Afcon - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... ygyq495j8o

LOL

The fine imposed on Ismael Saibari, who had tried to steal Édouard Mendy's towel during the AFCON final, has been overturned by CAF.

In addition to Senegal’s defeat by default, as decided by CAF, which declared Morocco the winner of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday evening, other decisions were made, including the cancellation of the fine imposed on Morocco’s Ismael Saibari, who had attempted to steal Édouard Mendy’s towel.

Awarding the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations to Morocco, at the expense of Senegal—which won on the field on January 18 (1-0, OT) but lost on the administrative table this Tuesday evening—was not the only decision announced by CAF. The Confederation of African Football also ruled on other appeals. Notably regarding the unlikely controversy over Édouard Mendy’s towel.

At the end of the match, Yehvann Diouf, Senegal’s substitute goalkeeper, was tasked with protecting Mendy’s towel and preventing it from being stolen. In various videos taken from the stands and posted on social media, PSG right-back Achraf Hakimi was seen throwing it over the advertising boards, and full-back Malick Diouf rushing to retrieve it.

But Ismael Saibari, who had been substituted just minutes earlier, also stepped in to mark Diouf closely to prevent him from passing the ball to Mendy. And four ball boys rushed in to snatch the ball from his hands, even if it meant dragging him to the ground.

Fines update:

The PSV Eindhoven player had been fined $100,000 (approximately €86,000), but the fine has been cancelled. He will serve only one suspended match, with the other being a suspended sentence. And what about the ball boys? “The Appeals Panel confirms the responsibility of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) regarding the behavior of the ball boys during this match. The fine imposed on the FRMF for this incident is reduced to $50,000 (approximately €43,000),” writes CAF.

Finally, the lasers that disrupted the final. CAF announced that it has reduced the fine initially imposed on the Moroccan Football Federation: it now stands at $10,000, or just over €8,500. However, the $100,000 fine (approximately €86,000) imposed on Morocco for attempting to interfere with the VAR process remains in place.

Wonder if our African players will think twice about playing in this two bob tournament in the future

Hopefully teams and players boycott it in future.

I mean, it's not like can make us unsee what we've seen and refer to Morocco as champions, cos they're not.

there was a barrister on sky sports yesterday and said that the cessation of the game was only temporary not permanent - and the game resumed and the ref was ok with this
IF Senegal did not return to the game then it had to be awarded to Morocco on the day of the match 3 nil
thems are the rules
So Senegal have good grounds for an appeal here and it should quite rightly be appealed successfully
this so embarrassing for African football