Overview
- CAS, which confirmed Wednesday it had registered the filing, received Senegal’s appeal against the African confederation and Morocco’s federation seeking to restore Senegal as champion.
- Under CAS procedure, the court will appoint an independent panel and set a timetable that gives 20 days for Senegal’s brief and 20 more for the responses.
- Senegal asked CAS to freeze those deadlines until CAF issues the full written reasons for its March 17 decision, which so far was released only with the operative outcome.
- The CAF Appeals Committee on March 17 overturned Senegal’s 1-0 extra‑time win from the January 18 final in Rabat and awarded Morocco a 3-0 administrative result based on rules about leaving the pitch without permission.
- No hearing date is set in Lausanne, and the ruling could set a precedent for how African football applies abandonment and protest rules in decisive matches.