Morocco named as 2025 Africa Cup of Nations winners after the Confederation of African Football strips Senegal of title
The decision to strip Senegal of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title is "abject" and "we have to denounce it" a senior figure at African football's governing body has said.
Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in January's final but the Confederation of African Football (Caf) overturned the result on Tuesday because Senegal's players walked off the pitch in protest when hosts Morocco were awarded a stoppage-time penalty.
Play resumed after a 17-minute delay, and Brahim Diaz's penalty for Morocco was saved and the game went to extra time, where Senegal's Pape Gueye scored the winner.
Following an appeal by the Moroccan Football Association (FRMF), Caf ruled that by walking off the pitch Senegal had forfeited the match, with the "result being recorded as 3-0 in favour" of Morocco.
