AFCON 2015: Equatorial Guinea fined $100,000 for fans' chaos
The semi-final game was suspended for thirty minutes after fans started
throwing missiles to the pitch and causing other violence that rendered
36 people injured, 14 of whom were taken to the hospital.
Source:Macaulay Maduwuba: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)
The Confederation of African Football, CAF has slammed the national team of Equatorial Guinea for the actions of its fans in Thursday’s semi-final game against Ghana.
The
semi-final game was suspended for thirty minutes after fans started
throwing missiles to the pitch and causing other violence that rendered
36 people injured, 14 of whom were taken to the hospital.
Ghana ran away 3-0 winners and will face Cote D’Ivoire in Sunday’s final in Bata.
CAF in a statement read out the decision of its committee who’d met on Friday on the matter.
'Pursuant
to Articles 82, 83 and 151 of the Disciplinary Code of CAF,
respectively related to the principles of conduct, responsibility and
safety in the organization of games, the disciplinary panel decided:
'To have the Equatorial Guinean Party cover the cost of treatment of all injured persons during the match.
'To impose on the Equatorial Guinean Federation a fine of US$100,000 (One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) for aggressive behaviour and being repeat offenders.
'To have the team of Equatorial Guinea play their next game behind closed doors/in camera and without spectators.
'However,
to promote a spirit of Fair-play and brotherhood during the AFCON2015,
the Disciplinary Panel decided to suspend the match behind closed doors
provided that spectators were not guilty of such an offense in the
3rd/4th place classification match.
'In
the event of a repeat of identical incidents during the classification
match on 7 February 2015, the disciplinary panel of CAF will
automatically impose the sanction of playing behind closed doors the
Equatorial Guinean team's next official match.'
This makes it a second time the host nation will be punished for its fans’ act.
They were fined $5000 dollars in the quarter final game against Tunisia.
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