CAN 2025 : un Français présidera l’audience du TAS sur la finale Maroc-Sénégal
Ten months after the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final between Morocco and Senegal, the legal saga surrounding the match enters a new phase. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will examine the appeal filed by the Senegalese Football Federation regarding the CAF's decision on the outcome of the final, which the Lions won on the field (1-0).
For this highly anticipated hearing, scheduled for October 8 in Lausanne, the CAS has appointed a panel of three arbitrators. It will be chaired by French professor Gérald Simon, a specialist in sports law.
The Frenchman will be assisted by two other legal experts: Italian professor Luigi Fumagalli and German professor and doctor Ulrich Haas. All three will be responsible for examining the arguments of the various parties before rendering their decision.
The case originates from the incidents that marked the end of the 2025 AFCON final. After winning the match 1-0, Senegal saw the sporting outcome of the final called into question following the events that occurred during the match.
Last March, the appeals body of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) ruled in favor of Morocco, officially awarding the victory to the Atlas Lions. The Senegalese Football Federation then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to challenge this decision.
The hearing on October 8 will therefore be a major step in this case. The proceedings will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the CAS headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Contrary to some expectations, no decision will be announced immediately after the hearing. The CAS clarifies that its verdict will be issued later, after review of the case and deliberation by the arbitration panel.
The identity of the official winner of the 2025 AFCON remains at the heart of this arbitration procedure, the outcome of which could definitively put an end to a long dispute between the two federations.
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L’Etat français soutient le Royaume marocain (Politique), G. Infantino est italien suisse, …
J’espère que ces deux-là (avec l’Allemand) seront neutres.
La CAN gâteau pour le Maroc est au Canada.
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