Overview
- Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 after extra time in the Jan. 18 final, which was marred by on-field clashes, crowd disorder and attempted pitch invasions.
- The Senegalese federation says coach Pape Bouna Thiaw and players Ismaïla Sarr and Iliman Ndiaye were heard by CAF’s disciplinary jury, which has taken the case under deliberation.
- Any punishments are expected to target bench and player conduct within African competitions, with FIFA condemning the behavior and noting only a theoretical possibility of global extension.
- Seeking de-escalation, Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko met in Rabat, where a joint commission with Morocco signed 17 cooperation agreements spanning higher education, agriculture, industry and the digital economy.
- Parallel fallout includes prosecutions of 18 Senegalese supporters for hooliganism and a Moroccan lawyers’ group’s plan to refer FSF president Abdoulaye Fall to FIFA’s Ethics Committee, as AFP also debunked false claims that a steward died after the final.