Morocco Won 2025 Africa Cup of Nations—CAF Declares

<p>Morocco Won 2025 Africa Cup of Nations&&num;8212&semi;CAF Declares<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Confederation of African Football &lpar;CAF&rpar; Appeal Board has upheld Morocco’s protest and ruled that Senegal forfeited the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations&comma; officially awarding the match 3-0 to Morocco&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The decision overturns an earlier ruling by the CAF Disciplinary Board and follows an appeal lodged by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football &lpar;FRMF&rpar; regarding incidents during the final&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;CAF confirmed that Senegal’s conduct during the match fell under Articles 82 and 84 of the AFCON regulations&comma; resulting in the forfeiture&period; The <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Appeal<&sol;a><&sol;strong> Board further determined that the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football &lpar;FSF&rpar; breached Article 82 through the actions of its team&comma; validating Morocco’s protest and formally declaring them winners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;22714" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-22714" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-22714" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;afcon-trophy-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Morocco Won 2025 Africa Cup of Nations---CAF Declares" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-22714" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em>Morocco Won 2025 Africa Cup of Nations&&num;8212&semi;CAF Declares<&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In a separate ruling&comma; Moroccan player Ismaël Saibari was found guilty of misconduct&period; His punishment was reduced to a two-match suspension &lpar;one suspended&rpar;&comma; and a previously imposed &dollar;100&comma;000 fine was cancelled&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">CAF<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>also addressed off-field incidents involving Morocco&period; The federation was held responsible for the conduct of ball boys&comma; with the associated fine reduced to &dollar;50&comma;000&period; A &dollar;100&comma;000 fine for interference around the VAR review area was upheld&comma; while a sanction related to a laser incident was reduced to &dollar;10&comma;000&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;All other motions in the case were dismissed&comma; bringing a conclusive end to proceedings surrounding one of the most contentious finals in <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">AFCON<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>history&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The ruling concludes a prolonged dispute that had cast uncertainty over the outcome of the tournament and reinforces CAF’s enforcement of competition regulations in high-stakes matches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;34672" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-34672" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-34672" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;CAFLOGO-300x169&period;webp" alt&equals;"Morocco Won 2025 Africa Cup of Nations---CAF Declares" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-34672" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>CAF<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;