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Morocco fined 8 million euro for failing to host 2015 African Cup

Xinhua, February 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Friday fined Morocco over 8 million euro for failing to host 2015 African Cup, the Moroccan football federation told Xinhua.

CAF also disqualified the Moroccan football team from taking part in the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN).

This new sanctions follow the disqualification of Morocco from the 2015 CAN in Equatorial Guinea after Rabat requested the African football body on Oct. 10 to postpone the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations due to fears over Ebola disease.

At a meeting in Malabo, the Organizing Committee for the Orange Africa Cup of Nations decided the new sanctions, saying that Morocco breached the regulatory and contractual provisions, including those set out in the Host Association Agreement signed between CAF and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation in 2014 and refused to hold the 2015 CAN finals. Endit