In response to latest studies, Cameroon faces a attainable disqualification from taking part at AFCON 2025 and the CAF Championship match as properly.
Following the latest suspension of 62 gamers by the Cameroon Soccer Federation following the inconsistencies that exist of their ages and identities studies now point out that the nation faces a attainable disqualification from AFCON 2025 and likewise the CAF championship after one among such gamers had been taken to the AFCON 2023 match in Ivory Coast.
How does this have an effect on Cameroon’s probabilities of taking part in at AFCON 2025 and CAF Championship?
Victoria United participant Wilfried Nathan Doualla who was included within the AFCON 2023 squad for Cameroon was one of many gamers suspended for falsifying his id and based on BBC Sports activities, if he’s discovered responsible of falsifying his age, this could result in the ban of Cameroon from future CAF tournaments resembling AFCON 2025 and CAF Championship.
BBC Sports activities acknowledged, “Doualla didn’t function at this 12 months’s Nations Cup finals, the place Cameroon have been knocked out within the final 16 by eventual runners-up Nigeria. But, after being known as up by then coach Rigobert Music, there was a lot touch upon social media about whether or not Doualla was actually an adolescent when footage of the participant first surfaced. His inclusion within the squad in Ivory Coast may result in the five-time African champions being banned from future tournaments if his registration is proved to have been falsified. Nations Cup laws state that if a fraud or a forgery has been dedicated, the nationwide affiliation involved will probably be suspended from participation within the following two editions of the continental showpiece. For any administrative error within the registration of gamers, the nationwide affiliation involved will probably be suspended from the following version, the foundations add.“
Who’re the 62 gamers suspended by Cameroon?
Fecafoot, the Cameroon Soccer Federation, has suspended 62 gamers from the home league as a result of inconsistencies associated to their identities. This features a participant who was chosen for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) earlier this 12 months.
On Monday, Fecafoot launched an inventory of participant registrations for the Cameroonian first division play-offs, which confirmed that 62 gamers could be ineligible. Amongst these gamers, 52 from 15 totally different golf equipment have been suspended below the cost of ‘double id’. One of many gamers suspended was Wilfried Nathan Douala, who performed for Victoria United and had been surprisingly known as up by Rigobert Music for Cameroon’s AFCON marketing campaign. Douala, who was formally listed as 17 years outdated for the match, was the youngest participant to be known as up for AFCON.
Nevertheless, doubts had been raised about his age and id by French newspaper Le Monde, which had investigated him. The newspaper claimed that Douala had beforehand performed within the Cameroon league below the title Alexandre Bardelli, and was no less than 23 years outdated. Douala didn’t play in any matches throughout AFCON. Le Monde has mentioned that it requested Fecafoot for a proof, however the federation declined to remark.
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