Equatorial Guinea sanctioned for fielding ineligible players
The Equatorial Guinea team will no longer be able to qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 after the country's football association was sanctioned by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for fielding ineligible players and falsifying documents.
FIFA initially imposed sanctions against Equatorial Guinea in April 2016 after it was found that 10 players who participated in the preliminary rounds of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 were ineligible to represent the country.
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