By means of a telephone conference, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has today taken a decision to sanction the Cape Verdean Football Association (FCF) for fielding an ineligible player in the preliminary competition match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ between Tunisia and the Cape Verde Islands on 7 September 2013. The match has been declared to be forfeited and awarded 3-0 in favour of Tunisia, meaning that the Cape Verde Islands will not progress to round three of the FIFA World Cup™ African zone qualifiers having dropped to second place in Group B with nine points while Tunisia finish first with 14 points and will now advance. The FCF has also received a fine of CHF 6,000 after the FIFA Disciplinary Committee considered the FCF liable for having breached art. 55 par. 1 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and art. 8 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Regulations. The sanction relates to the Cape Verde player Fernando Varela failing to serve the full four-match suspension imposed on him after receiving a red card for unsporting conduct towards a match official during a FIFA World Cup™ qualifier on 24 March 2013. The draw for round three of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the African zone will be conducted next Monday, September 16 at 12.00hrs (Cairo time) 10.00hrs GMT. The five best-placed sides in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which has been released today will be seeded in the draw. Qualifiers for final round are occupying the 1st positions below **Cape Verde following the outcome of the disciplinary case has lost its place to Tunisia. GROUP A 1 Ethiopia 2 South Africa 3 Botswana 4 Central African Republic GROUP B 1 Cape Verde** 2 Tunisia 3 Sierra Leone 4 Equatorial Guinea GROUP C 1 Ivory Coast 2 Morocco 3 Tanzania 4 Gambia GROUP D 1 Ghana 2 Zambia 3 Lesotho 4 Sudan GROUP E 1 Burkina Faso 2 Congo 3 Gabon 4 Niger GROUP F 1 Nigeria 2 Malawi 3 Kenya 4 Namibia GROUP G 1 Egypt 2 Guinea 3 Mozambique 4 Zimbabwe GROUP H 1 Algeria 2 Mali 3 Benin 4 Rwanda GROUP I 1 Cameroon 2 Libya 3 Congo DR 4 Togo GROUP J 1 Senegal 2 Uganda 3 Angola 4 Liberia FOR DRAWS: POT 1 will have the five highest FIFA-ranked (and qualifying) teams which are Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria and Tunisia. Pot 2 will have the other qualifying teams (lower in FIFA-rankings) which are Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Senegal and Ethiopia.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 04:45:26 +0000
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