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==Controversies== | |||
===Togo=== | |||
Togo were initially banned from the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments by CAF after they withdrew from the 2010 tournament following an attack on their team bus.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8450529.stm | title = Togo officially disqualified from Africa Cup of Nations | date = 11 January 2010 | work = BBC Sport | publisher = British Broadcasting Corporation | accessdate = 14 May 2010}}</ref> Togo appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with FIFA president Sepp Blatter stepping in to mediate. The ban was subsequently lifted with immediate effect on 14 May 2010, after a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee. Togo were therefore free to play in the 2012 and 2013 qualifiers.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8682511.stm | title = Togo's African Cup ban is lifted | date = 14 May 2010 | work = BBC Sport|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=14 May 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160112085019/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8682511.stm | archivedate=12 January 2016<!--DASHBot--> | deadurl = no}}</ref> | |||
===Nigeria=== | |||
On 30 June 2010, after Nigeria's exit from the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan punished the team for a poor campaign by imposing a two-year ban from international competition.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifaworldcup/nigeria/story/2010/06/30/sp-nigeria-suspended.html | title = Nigeria's President Suspends Soccer Team | date = 30 June 2010 | work = CBC Sports | publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | accessdate = 8 July 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100703042806/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifaworldcup/nigeria/story/2010/06/30/sp-nigeria-suspended.html | archivedate = 3 July 2010 <!--DASHBot--> | deadurl = no}}</ref> This would have resulted in the Nigerians missing out on both the 2012 qualifying phase and the 2012 African Cup of Nations. However, on 5 July, the Nigerian government dropped the ban after FIFA threatened to impose harsher international sanctions as a result of the government interference.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5355645/ce/us/nigeria-president-goodluck-jonathan-dropping-plan-suspend-tea?cc=5901&ver=us | title = Nigeria backs down on soccer ban | date = 6 July 2010 | work = ESPN Soccernet | accessdate = 8 June 2008 | |||
}}</ref> Nigeria competed in qualifying for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations as scheduled but failed to qualify. | |||
