CLAIM
A post circulating on X, written in Arabic and translated into English, claims that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has officially ruled in favour of Senegal, overturned CAF's decision, and crowned Senegal as the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) champions after stripping Morocco of the title.
VERDICT: FALSE
The claim is false. The purported CAS ruling is based on a fabricated document. CAS has not issued any final judgment in the appeal filed by the Senegalese Football Federation, and Morocco remains the official 2025 AFCON champion under the existing CAF Appeals Committee decision.
A post further alleges that CAS cancelled the previous decision and ordered CAF to immediately recognize Senegal as the official champions.
FINDINGS
JamiiCheck verified the claim and found it to be false.
The alleged CAS ruling contains incorrect case details
One of the most obvious inconsistencies is the case reference.
The viral document bears the case number CAS 2026/A/10857, while CAS officially registered Senegal's appeal under
CAS 2026/A/12295. An authentic CAS judgment would carry the same official case number assigned to the appeal.
The document also wrongly identifies the dispute as being only between the Senegalese Football Federation and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.
However, CAS confirmed that Senegal appealed against both the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, because the challenged decision was issued by CAF's Appeals Committee.
CAS has not announced any final decision
The fabricated document claims CAS issued its ruling on June 10, 2026.
However, there is no record of such a decision in CAS's official announcements or published awards.
The
latest official communication from CAS came on March 25, 2026, confirming only that:
Senegal's appeal had been formally registered.
An arbitration panel had been appointed.
No hearing date or timeline for a final decision had yet been established.
The arbitration proceedings remained confidential while the case was ongoing.
CAS has not published any ruling overturning CAF's decision.
CAF's decision remains valid
Until CAS issues an official award, the decision made by CAF's Appeals Committee remains legally in force.
On March 17, 2026, CAF ruled that Senegal had withdrawn from the AFCON final after its players left the field of play. Applying Articles 82 and 84 of the competition regulations, CAF awarded Morocco a 3-0 victory, upheld Morocco's protest, and confirmed Morocco as the tournament champions.
Although Senegal appealed this decision before CAS, the appeal has not yet resulted in a final judgment.
Other signs of fabrication
The viral document also displays several characteristics commonly associated with forged legal documents:
It uses an incorrect CAS case number.
It omits CAF as one of the respondents.
It exists only as a low-resolution image with signatures, stamps and Arabic text that cannot be independently verified.
It does not appear in CAS's official database of published decisions.
CAS normally publishes non-confidential awards through its official decisions database once they are released. No such judgment declaring Senegal champions exists.