South Africa has lodged an appeal with the Confederation of African Football after mistakenly thinking its team had progressed to the Cup of Nations finals. The players did a lap of honour after a goalless draw with Sierra Leone, believing they would go through on goal difference. But Caf said Niger had reached the finals because it had a better head-to-head record against the other two top teams in the group.
南非以对南非足协发起诉讼,因南非错误地认为本国球队赢得国家杯决赛。在以0比0逼平了塞拉利昂队后,南非队员狂欢胜利,相信自己净进球胜出,而非洲足协却宣布尼日尔队直接出线,因为在与其他两个顶级球队的激战中,尼日尔队得分最高。