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, 16 September. The five best-placed sides in the
FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which will be released today following the
outcome of this disciplinary case, will be seeded in the draw.
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