Nigeria has qualified for the final tournament of the
Orange African Youth Championship - Senegal 2015,
after Lesotho was declared losers for failure to show
up for the third round first leg clash scheduled for
Saturday, 16 August 2014 in Kaduna. CAF Secretary General, Hicham El Amrani in a letter
addressed to the Lesotho Football Federation on
Sunday, 17 August 2014, said the decision was
reached in line with Articles 54 and 55 of the
regulations for the competitions, after the officials of
match indicated in their reports that the team of Lesotho did not show up at the time fixed for the
match. The referee followed the provisions of article 55 of
the regulations of the competition which states "a
team which shall not be present on the ground,
dressed to play at the time fixed for kick-off or at
most 15 minutes later, shall forfeit the match. The
referee shall register the absence of the team and shall write it in his report. The final decision in this
respect shall be taken by the Organising Committee." Article 54 also states "if for any reason whatsoever,
a team withdraws from the competition or does not
report for a match except for cases of force majeure
accepted by the Organizing Committee, or if it refuses
to play or leaves the ground before the regular end of
the match without the authorization of the referee, it shall be considered to be the loser and shall be
eliminated immediately from the competition. The
same shall apply for the teams which were declared
to be disqualified by decision of CAF." "Consequently, Lesotho is considered loser in the said
match and eliminated from the competition and
Nigeria is qualified to the next round. The second leg
match is automatically cancelled," the letter said. In relation to other potential sanctions as stipulated in
the regulations, the U-20 Organizing Committee will
consider the specific case and will decide if any other
sanctions are applicable.

Good decision. We will still have beaten them anyways.

hip hip hurray!

lucky 4 them

they were saved both from d economic cost and terrible humiliation of 6-0

hushmail: lucky 4 them

they were saved both from d economic cost and terrible humiliation of 6-0

funny.

But, it would have been better if they played Nigeria, at least it will result to good preparation for us