The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the disqualification of Chad from 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The confederation made the announcement following the unexplained dissolution of the Chadian national football federation by the sports ministry in the central African country.
The confederation frowns at government interference in national footboall associations.
However, the announcement is of little effect on Chad as it stayed at the bottom of qualifying Group A.
Namibia and Mali, who were scheduled to play Chad this week in the last two match days ahead of the tournament in Cameroon next January, were awarded 3-0 victories.
Mali has already secured a place at the 24-nation finals while Guinea is two points ahead of Namibia in the contest for the other place.
Guinea will play host to Mali in Conakry on Wednesday and a victory will ensure a top-two finish while any other result would keep alive Namibia’s hopes.
The suspension of Chad will not affect 2022 World Cup qualifying in Africa as they have already been eliminated.
