The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed, through its president Issa Hayatou, that Morocco will be banned from competing in the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations.

This comes after Morocco had pulled out of hosting the 2015 Afcon tournament scheduled to take place between January and February. Equatorial Guinea has since been confirmed as the new host country for the tournament.

"We are going to stick to the rules, that means elimination from the next two Nations Cups," Hayatou told France's L'Equipe sports daily on Saturday.

"On top of that there will be the financial and moral damages to calculate," he said.

According to Morocco's Le Matin newspaper, the northern African country also faces over a R20 million fine for refusing to host the Afcon tournament.

Caf initially rejected Morocco's request to postpone the tournament due to fears of the Ebola threat. However, following the country's decision to pull out, the African football mother body banned them from competing in next year's edition altogether.
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Yes ooo *dancing shoki on 3rd mainland bridge * it no concern me
"'we will go there and win the Golden cup" in mama peace voice.


Like if Nigeria will beat South Africa

I support their reason for not hosting the competition

CAF slams two AFCON ban on Morocco
Morocco will be barred from the next two Af­rica Cup of Nations tour­naments as punishment for refusing to host the 2015 edition in January- February, the Confedera­tion of African Football president Issa Hayatou said on Saturday.

“We are going to stick to the rules, that means elimination from the next two Nations Cups,” Haya­tou told France’s L’Equipe sports daily.

“On top of that there will be the financial and moral damages to calculate.”

Morocco are facing a $20 million fine for refusing to host the 2015 Cup in its scheduled January 17-Feb­ruary 8 slot over fears of the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic to the popular tourist destination, Moroc­co’s Le Matin newspaper suggested this week.

The North African state had called for the Cup to be postponed, but organisers CAF rejected their request, stripping them of their po­sition as hosts and barring them from playing in the continental showcase.

Oil-rich Equatorial Guin­ea, which co-hosted the 2012 edition with Gabon, were named as Morocco’s replacement as hosts for the troubled 2015 tournament on Friday.
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