Overview
- A Rabat court handed prison terms ranging from three months to one year to 18 Senegalese supporters detained after the mid‑January final.
- Prosecutors had requested up to two years for each defendant under Morocco’s hooliganism statute covering violence, stadium damage, a pitch invasion and thrown objects.
- Nine defendants received one year and a 5,000‑dirham fine, six got six months and a 2,000‑dirham fine, and three were given three months and a 1,000‑dirham fine.
- A French spectator tried alongside them for throwing a water bottle was sentenced to three months and fined 1,000 dirhams.
- The prosecution cited stadium camera footage and medical certificates for injured police and stewards, with damage estimated above €370,000, while the accused denied wrongdoing and Senegal’s federation called the ruling disproportionate.