Mon, 11 Jan 2010
Luanda (Earth Times - dpa) - Togo were officially disqualified from this year's Africa Cup of Nations by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Monday for failing to play their opening Group B game against Ghana in Cabinda. The decision was made in the wake of the Togo squad's decision to leave Angola and return home Sunday, two days after a terror attack on their bus by the separatist Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) that left three people dead.
"They are disqualified. This group is a three-team tournament," African football's ruling body was quoted by the BBC as saying.
Earlier, a CAF official stated that the match referee had received the order to blow the starting whistle "and if the Togolese players are not there, they will have lost the match and will be disqualified".
The Togo team pulled out of the tournament after their bus driver, assistant coach Abalo Amnalete and team spokesman Stanislas Ocloo died in the attack.
Goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale was taken to intensive care in South Africa to receive treatment for gunshot wounds.
Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso are the other teams in Group B.
Luanda (Earth Times - dpa) - Togo were officially disqualified from this year's Africa Cup of Nations by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Monday for failing to play their opening Group B game against Ghana in Cabinda. The decision was made in the wake of the Togo squad's decision to leave Angola and return home Sunday, two days after a terror attack on their bus by the separatist Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) that left three people dead.
"They are disqualified. This group is a three-team tournament," African football's ruling body was quoted by the BBC as saying.
Earlier, a CAF official stated that the match referee had received the order to blow the starting whistle "and if the Togolese players are not there, they will have lost the match and will be disqualified".
The Togo team pulled out of the tournament after their bus driver, assistant coach Abalo Amnalete and team spokesman Stanislas Ocloo died in the attack.
Goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale was taken to intensive care in South Africa to receive treatment for gunshot wounds.
Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso are the other teams in Group B.
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