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Senegal/Morocco: CAF Strips Senegal of Afcon Title, Crowns Morocco Champions

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stripped the Teranga Lions of Senegal of their AFCON 2025 title.

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Morocco's new breeder, Mohamed Ouahbi, felt that the decision of the CAF to withdraw the title of African champion of Senegal for the benefit of his country was "merited".

·Paris, France
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Souleymane Diawara has come back to the CAF's choice of assigning CAN 2025 to Morocco. The former Marseilles believe that this decision "salts the image of African football." The CAF leaders decided to assign CAN 2025 to Morocco and therefore cancel Senegal's victory. At RMC Sport's microphone, the former Marseilles Souleymane Diawara evoked his sideration. According to him, it clearly harms the image of African football. "We didn't need all thi…

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The governing body of African football has withdrawn its title as African champions from the Lions of Teranga. After anger, the Senegalese federation and the government itself hastened to oppose the decision all possible remedies. For many African media, the image of the CAF could come out permanently unclean.

Two months after the high-voltage final between Morocco and Senegal at CAN 2025, the African football confederation decided to withdraw the victory in Senegal. The association then declared the host country victorious. An announcement that did not go for the Lions of Teranga and that triggered an outcry among their fans and fans of the round ball. For its part, Didier Deschamps reacted to the scandal during a press conference on Thursday 19 Marc…

The CAF canceled Senegal's victory in the CAN 2025 final, awarding the title to Morocco on a green carpet. A decision that profoundly undermines the image of this competition and from which everyone, at the finish, loses.

·Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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Isoccerng broke the news in on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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