Sports Court delivers its verdict on deprive Morocco of African Nations


Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday upheld his appeal against the decision to exclude Morocco from the African Nations Cup in 2017 and 2019 following the withdrawal of the organization of the continental finals and transported him to Equatorial Guinea.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport in a statement that the sanctions imposed by the Confederation of African Football to Morocco "has been set aside" with the exception of the fine that the court lowered to $ 50 thousand million dollars.
In November, the Confederation of African Football has decided to strip the right of Morocco to host the Nations Cup after his request to postpone the tournament because of concerns about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
Morocco also ruled out from participating in the finals in Equatorial Guinea in January, said the Court of Arbitration for Sport that the decision was "final".
Sports court said the compensation requested by the Confederation of African Football for the damages caused by the lack of the tournament in Morocco Union Continental and its partners and of 8.05 million euros (9.12 million dollars) will be studied by another jury.
The dispute between Morocco and the African Union moved to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to settle the complaint Arab country of the penalties of deprivation from contesting the next two editions in the Nations Cup.
In addition to the complaint before the Court of Arbitration for Sport Morocco said he planned to bring a case before the Commercial Court of Paris.
Morocco and African champions once in 1976 and be prepared to organize the finals this year before that applies the fear of the deadly virus in West Africa.
Ebola virus has killed more than four thousand people in the West African countries of Morocco, and feared that the virus is transmitted to the territory asked to postpone the tournament.
But the African Union did not find a justification for the Moroccan request and decided to withdraw after the deadline to organize the finals.

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