Fifa Fines and Deducts Points from Cameroon for Kit Infringement
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(tm).
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. FIFA had shown leniency at the time
for Cameroon's attire in the group round of the competition after the association had given assurances that the team would wear authorised playing kit in the knock-out phases.
Despite this agreement, Cameroon subsequently wore the same equipment in the quarter-finals.
The Disciplinary Committee opened an inquiry on 13 February 2004 in order to rule on this serious infringement of the Laws of the Game and the association's failure to fulfil the pledge made to FIFA.
For more information, please contact:
FIFA Media Department
Since 1 January 2004, tel: +41-43/222 7272 00 - Telefax : +41-43,222/222
7373, e-mail: media@fifa.org
the preliminary competition for the 2006 FIFA World Cup(tm).
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. FIFA had shown leniency at the time
for Cameroon's attire in the group round of the competition after the association had given assurances that the team would wear authorised playing kit in the knock-out phases.
Despite this agreement, Cameroon subsequently wore the same equipment in the quarter-finals.
The Disciplinary Committee opened an inquiry on 13 February 2004 in order to rule on this serious infringement of the Laws of the Game and the association's failure to fulfil the pledge made to FIFA.
For more information, please contact:
FIFA Media Department
Since 1 January 2004, tel: +41-43/222 7272 00 - Telefax : +41-43,222/222
7373, e-mail: media@fifa.org