AFCON 2023: CAF sanctions Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali after tournament

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has sanctioned some teams following the completion of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

AFCON winners Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mali have all been sanctioned by the CAF Disciplinary Board.

The Board imposed sanctions on Ivory Coast and Mali over 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.

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, while Senegal was also charged with team’s misconduct and fined $5,000.

CAF’s investigations did not find any infractions on the part of Nigeria and Super Eagles players.