The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has disqualified Equatorial Guinea the 2015 African Nations Cup (AFCON) Qualifiers for fielding an ineligible player. CAF reached a decision following a protest by the Mauritania Football Federation that Equatorial Guinea fielded a Cameroonian player, Thierry Fidieu Tazemeta in the first qualifying round. According to the Federation of Cameroonian football, Thierry Fidieu Tazemeta, was born 13 Oct 1982 in Mbouda-Cameroon. Equatorial Guinea didnt provide evidence whether Tazemeta was eligible to represent them or complied with FIFA Statutes on change of association. Consequently, Mauritania is qualified to next playoff round of AFCON 2015 & national team of Equatorial Guinea is deemed to be eliminated Mauritanian now proceed to engage Uganda in final playoff round with 1st leg on July 19 at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole in Kampala.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 07:16:47 +0000
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