Disciplinary Committee imposes sporting and financial sanctions on Cameroon
16 April 2004
by FIFAworldcup.com
Meeting today at FIFA headquarters under the chairmanship of Marcel Mathier (Switzerland), the FIFA Disciplinary Committee fined the Cameroon football association CHF 200,000 and deducted six points from its national team in the preliminary competition for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™.
The punishment was imposed as a result of Cameroon’s failure to comply with the equipment requirements of Law 4 of the Laws of the Game during the African Cup of Nations 2004 in Tunisia.
Yikes! Six points They're still the strongest team in their group, IMO. But to have to beat everybody by more than six points or by six and win the tiebreaker is a pretty tall order.
__________________ "Alexander, born in 356 B.C., was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, one of his many wives; or, to put the matter in its most startling form, Colin Farrell is the son of Val Kilmer and Angelina Jolie. Wow. Given parentage of that calibre, the boy was never going to be your basic, middle-income Macedonian. Either he was going to conquer nation-states all the way from Athens to India, engraving his name in history, or he was going to wind up running a club called Oedipussy on the wrong end of Mykonos. "
FIFA lifts Cameroon's six-point penalty
21 May 2004
by AFP
Cameroon's six-point World Cup penalty for wearing a one-piece football kit was lifted by the sport's world governing body FIFA here on Friday.
FIFA had on April 16 imposed the six-point penalty and a 200,000-Swiss franc (157,000-dollar) fine for wearing the kit, which did not adhere to regulations, during the African Nations Cup finals in Tunisia earlier this year.
An appeal to FIFA was unsuccessful too but, after a special plea from the 52 nations of the African Football Confederation to quash the punishment, the FIFA congress unanimously approved the lifting of the penalty.
__________________ "Alexander, born in 356 B.C., was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, one of his many wives; or, to put the matter in its most startling form, Colin Farrell is the son of Val Kilmer and Angelina Jolie. Wow. Given parentage of that calibre, the boy was never going to be your basic, middle-income Macedonian. Either he was going to conquer nation-states all the way from Athens to India, engraving his name in history, or he was going to wind up running a club called Oedipussy on the wrong end of Mykonos. "
Well, after this past weekend everyone gets a two-month rest to regroup. All teams have played three of their ten matches except in Group 5, which because of Kenya's suspension is chaotic. Current standings:
Group 1
Congo 6
Senegal 6
Togo 4
Zambia 4
Liberia 4
Mali 1
Senegal is slightly disappointed not to have any cushion yet, I'd imagine. And Mali surely hoped for a better showing than one measly point.
Group 2
South Africa 6
Ghana 4
Congo DR 4
Cape Verde 4
Uganda 4
Burkina Faso 3
I have no idea if Cape Verde has been using quickly naturalized players from other former colonies of Portugal (or perhaps even Portugal itself), but their results so far are most improbable.
Group 3
Cameroon 7
Ivory Coast 6
Egypt 4
Libya 4
Benin 2
Sudan 1
No real comment, except that Cameroon is thanking their lucky stars the six-point penalty FIFA gave them was overturned. Their in a tussle as it is.
Group 4
Nigeria 6
Zimbabwe 5
Angola 5
Rwanda 3
Algeria 2
Gabon 2
Like the previous thee groups the favorites are in first, but also probably thinking they thought they'd have a little more breathing room a third of the way through.
Group 5 (with games played the second number)
Guinea 4 (2)
Morocco 4 (2)
Tunisia 3 (2)
Botswana 3 (3)
Malawi 2 (3)
Kenya 0 (0)
The weakest group to begin with, IMO, and complete hash at the moment.
__________________ "Alexander, born in 356 B.C., was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, one of his many wives; or, to put the matter in its most startling form, Colin Farrell is the son of Val Kilmer and Angelina Jolie. Wow. Given parentage of that calibre, the boy was never going to be your basic, middle-income Macedonian. Either he was going to conquer nation-states all the way from Athens to India, engraving his name in history, or he was going to wind up running a club called Oedipussy on the wrong end of Mykonos. "
YES, Kenya's FA is under suspension from FIFA. (In addition to my mentioning it in my last CAF update, someone posted it as its own thread when the suspension was levied)
__________________ "Alexander, born in 356 B.C., was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, one of his many wives; or, to put the matter in its most startling form, Colin Farrell is the son of Val Kilmer and Angelina Jolie. Wow. Given parentage of that calibre, the boy was never going to be your basic, middle-income Macedonian. Either he was going to conquer nation-states all the way from Athens to India, engraving his name in history, or he was going to wind up running a club called Oedipussy on the wrong end of Mykonos. "
Originally posted by <b>kawika</b>!
YES, Kenya's FA is under suspension from FIFA. (In addition to my mentioning it in my last CAF update, someone posted it as its own thread when the suspension was levied)
FIFA suspends Kenya Football Federation
2 June 2004
by FIFAworldcup.com
The FIFA Emergency Committee has suspended the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) with immediate effect as a result of interference in the affairs of the federation by Kenyan governmental authorities, constituting a clear violation of the FIFA Statutes. This decision was communicated to KFF President Maina Kariuki by FIFA General Secretary Dr Urs Linsi in a letter today, 2 June 2004.
As a result of this suspension, Kenyan national teams and clubs are no longer allowed to participate in friendly or competitive matches on the international stage until further notice, including the Preliminary Competition of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™, in which Kenya was due to begin play versus Guinea on 5 June 2004. Furthermore, all FIFA financial assistance payments have been frozen and the KFF has been deprived of its right to vote at Congresses held by international football bodies.
In March 2004, the Kenyan Ministry for Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services took the unilateral decision to appoint a “stakeholders transition committee” to run the affairs of the KFF, to close its headquarters and stop the legitimate electoral process of the federation.
__________________ "Alexander, born in 356 B.C., was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, one of his many wives; or, to put the matter in its most startling form, Colin Farrell is the son of Val Kilmer and Angelina Jolie. Wow. Given parentage of that calibre, the boy was never going to be your basic, middle-income Macedonian. Either he was going to conquer nation-states all the way from Athens to India, engraving his name in history, or he was going to wind up running a club called Oedipussy on the wrong end of Mykonos. "
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Kenyan Football Federation (KFF) had its international suspension provisionally lifted after a meeting of FIFA's Emergency Committee on Friday.
The suspension from all international competitions was imposed on June 2 because of government interference following the disbandment of KFF's executive committee in March.
With such a long autumn-winter break in the qualifiers (see the schedule Slasher posted, above), it shouldn't be too much trouble finding open dates for the make-up games with Guinea, Morocco and Tunisia.
__________________ "Alexander, born in 356 B.C., was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias, one of his many wives; or, to put the matter in its most startling form, Colin Farrell is the son of Val Kilmer and Angelina Jolie. Wow. Given parentage of that calibre, the boy was never going to be your basic, middle-income Macedonian. Either he was going to conquer nation-states all the way from Athens to India, engraving his name in history, or he was going to wind up running a club called Oedipussy on the wrong end of Mykonos. "
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