{"id":4607,"date":"2023-01-13T01:43:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T01:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/age-testing-sees-chad-disqualified-from-u17-africa-cup-of-nations-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T01:43:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T01:43:21","slug":"age-testing-sees-chad-disqualified-from-u17-africa-cup-of-nations-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/age-testing-sees-chad-disqualified-from-u17-africa-cup-of-nations-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Age testing sees Chad disqualified from U17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Chad were due to play Congo-Brazzaville in the opening round of their Afcon Under-17 qualifying tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chad are the latest nation to fall foul of the age testing saga rocking African football after being disqualified from regional Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers due to start on Thursday, 12 January in Cameroon.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It comes after one of their players failed a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) age test.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Last week, the host nation was forced to dismiss more than 30 potential players for <\/span>failing pre-tournament tests ordered by Samuel Eto’o<\/span><\/a>, the president of the country’s football federation (Fecafoot).<\/span><\/p>\n

Organising committee, the Central African Football Federations’ Union (UNIFFAC), has confirmed to BBC Sport Africa that Chad’s elimination is because their single failure was part of an in-tournament test, as opposed to pre-tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

The disqualification comes just two days after <\/span>DR Congo pulled out of the five-team qualifying event<\/span><\/a>, which also includes Congo-Brazzaville and Central African Republic, after 25 of 40 players were also found to be overage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Football’s world governing body, Fifa, introduced MRI scans at the 2009 Under-17 World Cup, which took place in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n

The test works by scanning the wrist to study how advanced the bone structure is<\/span><\/p>\n

Chad were due to play Congo-Brazzaville in the opening game of the UNIFFAC event which will decide regional qualification for April’s 12-team Under-17 Cup of Nations in Algeria. <\/span><\/p>\n

Scheduled to run 12-24 January, two teams were due to progress but only three teams now remain to complete the fixtures.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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