TAS says full ruling on Senegal-Morocco CAN 2025 final dispute will come in late November 2026

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The announcement follows hearings involving the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on 8 October.

On 19 October, TAS said its arbitration panel had begun deliberations. However, it added that the arbitrators wanted to produce a complete judgment, including the legal reasoning behind their decision.

“As the arbitrators wish to issue a complete award, including legal reasoning, this process will take several weeks and the TAS award is expected at the end of November 2026,” the organisation said.

The wait for the verdict has since led to a debate on X, with the likely grounds for the decision at the centre of the disagreement.

Moroccan journalist Izem Anass initiated the exchange by claiming that the arbitrators had already reached their decision several days earlier. He suggested that the additional time announced by TAS was only being used to “clarify the decision and its clauses”.

He also concluded that any appeal after the ruling was published “will change nothing and will not be accepted”.

Senegalese commentator Malang Sane rejected that interpretation, describing the claim as containing several “inconsistencies”. He argued that TAS is the highest authority in sport and that its ruling cannot be appealed.

For that reason, Sane said, the tribunal would have no need to search for grounds intended to prevent a further appeal.

He also maintained that the reasoning behind a judgment is a fundamental part of any judicial decision. In his view, judges have a legal duty to set out in writing the factual and legal grounds on which their ruling is based.

Those reasons are therefore not optional, Sane argued, adding that the TAS process was no exception. His response has reignited the media dispute with only a few weeks remaining before the tribunal delivers its final ruling.

TAS nevertheless reiterated that only information released through its own official channels should be treated as authoritative.

The case concerns the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and is being considered after the FSF, FRMF and CAF were heard by the tribunal on 8 October. The arbitration panel is now continuing its deliberations before issuing its complete decision, with the outcome expected at the end of November 2026.