Confederation of African
Football (CAF) has suspended Benin Republic from all age grade competitions for
the next two years, according to sources.
It said four of Benin
players were outside the age criteria for their African U-17 Championship Niger
2015 second round qualifier against Mali.The players are: Ibilola Aron (born on
10-12-1997), Ogoubiyi Oluwa (born on 26-10-1997), Oreko Evode (born on
24-12-1997) and Amoussou Tony (born on 19-9-1997).
A CAF circular dated 2
September 2013 sent to all National Associations stated that players born on 1
January 1998 and after are eligible to participate in the competition.The
Organising Committee of the African U-17 Championship in pursuant to Article 33
clause 11 of the regulations of the competition have therefore decided to
disqualify Benin, with Mali qualifying to face Tunisia at the final round of
the qualifiers.
Also, the Committee
recognizes the fact that the Benin Football Federation was guilty of an
administrative error in registering or indicating the date of births without
deliberate intent to deceive or cheat.It therefore, applied Article 37 of the
regulations, particularly Paragraph 2 which states: “For any administrative
error in the matter of the players’ registration or date of birth without
deliberate intention, the concerned association shall be suspended for two
years from all the age category competitions of CAF.”This means that Benin are
suspended from competing in age categories competitions namely U-17, U-20 and
U-23 for the next two years.
Benin is the second
federation this year after Gambia, to bear the brunt of strict enforcement and
zero tolerance declared by CAF President and the Executive Committee on issues
related to compliance with the age limits for age competitions.
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