By means of a telephone conference, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee
has today taken a decision to sanction the Cape Verdean Football
Association (FCF) for fielding an ineligible player in the preliminary
competition match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ between Tunisia
and the Cape Verde Islands on 7 September 2013. The match has been
declared to be forfeited and awarded 3-0 in favour of Tunisia, meaning
that the Cape Verde Islands will not progress to round three of the
FIFA World Cup™ African zone qualifiers having dropped to second place
in Group B with nine points while Tunisia finish first with 14 points
and will now advance. The FCF has also received a fine of CHF 6,000
after the FIFA Disciplinary Committee considered the FCF liable for
having breached art. 55 par. 1 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and art.
8 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Regulations. The sanction relates
to the Cape Verde player Fernando Varela failing to serve the full
four-match suspension imposed on him after receiving a red card for
unsporting conduct towards a match official during a FIFA World Cup™
qualifier on 24 March 2013. The draw for round three of the FIFA World
Cup qualifiers in the African zone will be conducted next Monday, 16
September. The five best- placed sides in the FIFA/Coca- Cola World
Ranking, which will be released today following the outcome of this
disciplinary case, will be seeded in the draw.
