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The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) Appeal Board announced on March 17, 2026 that Senegal was declared to have forfeited the final match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, with the result recorded as 3-0 in favor of Morocco¹².
The decision came after the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) lodged an appeal regarding the conduct of the Senegal team during the final match on January 18, 2025³²¹.
Senegal had initially won the match 1-0 in extra time, but the CAF Appeal Board found that Senegal's walk-off protest (leaving the pitch for approximately 16-17 minutes after Morocco was awarded a stoppage-time penalty) violated Article 82 of the AFCON regulations²⁴.
Article 84 of the regulations states that any team violating Article 82 will lose the match 3-0 and be permanently eliminated from the competition²⁵.
The CAF Appeal Board's decision set aside the previous CAF Disciplinary Board ruling and fully upheld Morocco's protest¹³.
The Senegalese Football Federation has appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), calling it "an unfair, unprecedented and unacceptable decision which brings discredit to African football"⁵².

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