Overview
- CAS, which confirmed the Senegal federation’s appeal Wednesday, said it will appoint a panel and cannot yet set a hearing date.
- Senegal’s filing asks CAS to overturn CAF’s ruling and declare the FSF the champions, and it requests a pause on deadlines until CAF issues full written reasons.
- CAF’s appeal board on March 17 applied Articles 82 and 84 to treat Senegal’s late walk‑off as a forfeit, flipping a 1-0 extra‑time win on the field into a 3-0 result for Morocco.
- At a Thursday press conference in Paris, FSF leaders called the decision an “administrative robbery,” said they will seek expedited arbitration, and noted the government’s call for an international corruption inquiry.
- Senegal’s lawyers say Morocco has not received medals, prize money or the trophy, and Senegal plans its own trophy presentation before Saturday’s friendly against Peru in Paris.