AFCON 2025

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

These appear to be the rules.

Referee's Role & Match Abandonment

• Referee's Authority: Only the referee can decide to abandon a match if participant welfare is at risk (violence, abuse, serious injury).
• Team Actions: If a team (players, coach, official) decides to leave or refuse to continue play, it's seen as abandoning the game, even if the referee hasn't officially stopped it.

Consequences for the Offending Team

• Forfeit: The team that walks off forfeits the match.
• Awarded Victory: The opposing team is usually awarded a 3-0 victory, or the existing score if it's more favorable to them.
• Further Sanctions: The relevant football association (FA, FIFA) can impose fines, player suspensions, or disqualify the club from the competition.

Ooof there’ll be some drama to come then possibly

 

[toffee82]

Just waiting for Trump to walk up and receive his medal to round off a crazy final.

 

[frank_da_tank]

These appear to be the rules.

Referee's Role & Match Abandonment

• Referee's Authority: Only the referee can decide to abandon a match if participant welfare is at risk (violence, abuse, serious injury).
• Team Actions: If a team (players, coach, official) decides to leave or refuse to continue play, it's seen as abandoning the game, even if the referee hasn't officially stopped it.

Consequences for the Offending Team

• Forfeit: The team that walks off forfeits the match.
• Awarded Victory: The opposing team is usually awarded a 3-0 victory, or the existing score if it's more favorable to them.
• Further Sanctions: The relevant football association (FA, FIFA) can impose fines, player suspensions, or disqualify the club from the competition.

Would be crazy!

 

[hallamblue]

These appear to be the rules.

Referee's Role & Match Abandonment

• Referee's Authority: Only the referee can decide to abandon a match if participant welfare is at risk (violence, abuse, serious injury).
• Team Actions: If a team (players, coach, official) decides to leave or refuse to continue play, it's seen as abandoning the game, even if the referee hasn't officially stopped it.

Consequences for the Offending Team

• Forfeit: The team that walks off forfeits the match.
• Awarded Victory: The opposing team is usually awarded a 3-0 victory, or the existing score if it's more favorable to them.
• Further Sanctions: The relevant football association (FA, FIFA) can impose fines, player suspensions, or disqualify the club from the competition.

Didn't Mane stay on the pitch?

 

[Johnniepk]

That was fun

 

[frank_da_tank]

Didn't Mane stay on the pitch?

Went down to get them didnt he?

 

[RomanReigns]

Idrissa gueye surely player of the tournament

 

[hallamblue]

Went down to get them didnt he?

In which case they strictly speaking didn't all walk off I suppose

 

[helpimonfire]

2 Toffees, players from Sunderland, West Ham, Spuds, and Palace, and an ex RS, are AFCON winners.

Yet I bet it is all about poor old Salad!

 

[RufusCat]

These appear to be the rules.

Referee's Role & Match Abandonment

• Referee's Authority: Only the referee can decide to abandon a match if participant welfare is at risk (violence, abuse, serious injury).
• Team Actions: If a team (players, coach, official) decides to leave or refuse to continue play, it's seen as abandoning the game, even if the referee hasn't officially stopped it.

Consequences for the Offending Team

• Forfeit: The team that walks off forfeits the match.
• Awarded Victory: The opposing team is usually awarded a 3-0 victory, or the existing score if it's more favorable to them.
• Further Sanctions: The relevant football association (FA, FIFA) can impose fines, player suspensions, or disqualify the club from the competition.

They might get away with it as some of the players, notably Mane, did not go off. Might be a technicality in that (bring on the sports lawyers).

 

[Sam0697]

These appear to be the rules.

Referee's Role & Match Abandonment

• Referee's Authority: Only the referee can decide to abandon a match if participant welfare is at risk (violence, abuse, serious injury).
• Team Actions: If a team (players, coach, official) decides to leave or refuse to continue play, it's seen as abandoning the game, even if the referee hasn't officially stopped it.

Consequences for the Offending Team

• Forfeit: The team that walks off forfeits the match.
• Awarded Victory: The opposing team is usually awarded a 3-0 victory, or the existing score if it's more favorable to them.
• Further Sanctions: The relevant football association (FA, FIFA) can impose fines, player suspensions, or disqualify the club from the competition.

Somehow, someway there will be a repurcussion that affects us in some way. All the players will get a 3 month ban from their clubs or something insane.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

2 Toffees, players from Sunderland, West Ham, Spuds, and Palace, and an ex RS, are AFCON winners.

Yet I bet it is all about poor old Salad!

How deep did Egypt even go in this?

 

[Librarian]

I don’t think African Football should be all remorseful about it, they should embrace the carnage, that was thoroughly enjoyable somehow

 

[jazzy]

These appear to be the rules.

Referee's Role & Match Abandonment

• Referee's Authority: Only the referee can decide to abandon a match if participant welfare is at risk (violence, abuse, serious injury).
• Team Actions: If a team (players, coach, official) decides to leave or refuse to continue play, it's seen as abandoning the game, even if the referee hasn't officially stopped it.

Consequences for the Offending Team

• Forfeit: The team that walks off forfeits the match.
• Awarded Victory: The opposing team is usually awarded a 3-0 victory, or the existing score if it's more favorable to them.
• Further Sanctions: The relevant football association (FA, FIFA) can impose fines, player suspensions, or disqualify the club from the competition.

We defo haven't heard the last of this. Morocco will surely claim the match .

 

[Nymzee]

That was the most African football AFCON final I’ve seen.