AFCON: Eq. Guinea And Morocco Fined

African football authority on Friday slammed Equatorial Guinea with a $100 000 fine for crowd  misconduct and violence in an Africa Cup of Nations semifinal in which 36 fans were injured. they were also mandated to play Saturday's third place playoff behind closed doors but the ruling was suspended "to promote a spirit of Fair-Play and brotherhood during the Afcon 2015".


Equatorial Guinea’s supporters pelted Ghanaian fans with plastic bottles and chairs on Thursday night. 
The game was halted for over half-an-hour with Ghana eventually winning 3-0 to set up a final on Sunday with Ivory Coast in Bata. As the missiles rained down, more than 500 visiting Ghana fans ran into the pitch and the referee stopped the game eight minutes before the time as security officials battled to regain control.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) through its spokesperson described the scene as a “battle zone.” 
After the match, the Ghanaian supporters were kept at the stadium for several hours while further chaos ensued outside the ground.Equatorial Guinea supporters broke street light poles and overturned vendors’ tables.
 According to CAF, “all the injured were supported and attended to on site.
“A total of 14 were transferred to hospital units for further investigations with one case requiring close monitoring.”

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) also in a seperate meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Friday decided to suspend the Moroccan national football team for the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017 and 2019 for its refusal to host the AFCON 2014 because of Ebola fears. The committee also fined the Moroccan Football Federation $1,000,000 and an additional eight million euros in compensation.