AFCON 2025: Meet CAF Appeal Board members who stripped Senegal of the title
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has been thrown into chaos after the CAF Appeal Board stripped Senegal of the title!
TUESDAY, 24 MARCH 2026, 14:16
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has been thrown into chaos after the CAF Appeal Board stripped Senegal of the title!

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Senegal say they will appeal after they were sensationally stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) instead declared Morocco champions, two months after their chaotic final.

Africa has new champions in Morocco after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) found Senegal to have violated the rules.