However, CAF’s investigations did not find any infractions
on the part of Nigeria and Super Eagles players.
Contrastingly, AFCON winners Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mali
were sanctioned by the CAF Disciplinary Board.
The Board convened to deliberate on different matters and
decided to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast and Mali, specifically related to
their knockout clash on February 3rd.
Mali faced charges of misconduct because of unsporting
behavior of their players towards the match officials.
Hamari Traore, in particular, was found guilty of unsporting
conduct and received a four-match suspension, with two matches suspended for
one year.
Additionally, Mali incurred a fine of 10,000 US Dollars.
Also, Senegal’s Krepin Diatta was charged with bringing CAF
into disrepute following comments made after the match between his team and
Ivory Coast played on 29 January 2024.
The Disciplinary Board found Diatta guilty and suspended him
four matches, two of which are suspended for a period of one year.
He was also fined 10,000 US Dollars, while Senegal was also
charged with team’s misconduct and fined 5,000 US Dollars.
This was disclosed in a post via CAF’s official website.