CAF disqualifies 2 teams from CECAFA U-17 AFCON Qualifiers

African soccer governing physique, the Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) has disqualified the nationwide U-17 groups of Djibouti and Sudan from the qualifiers of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the CECAFA Zone.

The 2 groups had been sanctioned after a few of their gamers failed the necessary Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exams.

All of the eight groups that arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia prepared for the qualifiers needed to endure MRI exams.

Auka Gecheo, the CECAFA Govt Director confirmed that the CAF Youth Organizing Committee determined to disqualify the 2 groups by article 27.4 of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations rules.

The article stipulates that: “ If after performing the age eligibility take a look at (MRI) for a collaborating staff and one (1) participant was discovered non-eligible, the collaborating staff will probably be disqualified.”

The U-17 AFCON is a bi-annual competitors organized by CAF which has been held since 1995. Nigeria is likely one of the joint profitable groups within the match with 2 titles together with 4 different international locations.