今年非洲国家杯（AFCON）冠军归属的长期争议将于周四更接近解决，届时体育仲裁法庭（CAS）将在洛桑审理塞内加尔被剥夺冠军头衔后提出的上诉。
The long-running saga over the winner of this year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title will move closer to resolution on Thursday when Senegal’s appeal, after being stripped of the title, is heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
塞内加尔正在争议非洲足球联合会（CAF）宣布摩洛哥为冠军的决定，尽管塞内加尔在1月于拉巴特举行的决赛中加时赛以1-0击败了东道主。
Senegal are contesting the Confederation of African Football’s decision to declare Morocco champions despite Senegal beating the hosts 1-0 after extra time in January’s final in Rabat.
在常规时间即将结束时判罚点球后，塞内加尔队离场抗议了14分钟，几名球员一度返回更衣室，随后才恢复比赛。
Senegal walked off the pitch for 14 minutes after a penalty was awarded against them late in regulation time, with several players returning to the dressing room in protest before they resumed play.
摩洛哥未能罚进点球，将比赛拖入加时赛，塞内加尔在加时赛打入制胜球锁定胜局。然而，两个月后，他们被剥夺了冠军头衔，因为CAF上诉委员会裁定塞内加尔因离场抗议而弃权，推翻了比赛结果，判定摩洛哥3-0获胜。
Morocco failed to convert the spot kick, sending the match into extra time, where Senegal scored the winner to secure victory However, they were stripped of the title two months later after CAF’s Appeal Board ruled that Senegal had forfeited the match by walking off the pitch, overturning the result and awarding a 3-0 victory to Morocco.
塞内加尔随即向CAS提出上诉，该上诉于3月25日提交，但直到周四才开庭审理。塞内加尔希望恢复冠军头衔，一个小组将听取塞内加尔、摩洛哥和CAF的辩论。
Senegal quickly followed with an appeal to CAS, which was lodged on March 25 but is only being heard on Thursday Senegal want to be reinstated as winners, and a panel will listen to arguments from Senegal, Morocco and CAF.
CAS在一份声明中表示：“听证会结束后，小组将开始审议。目前阶段，CAS无法说明何时作出最终裁决，但不会在听证会当天宣布。”
“After the hearing, the panel will start its deliberations. At this stage, CAS cannot state when a final decision will be rendered but it will not be on the date of the hearing,” CAS said in a statement.
三人CAS小组审理塞内加尔和CAF的辩论 该小组将由法国公民权利专家杰拉尔·西蒙主持，意大利国际法教授路易吉·富马加利和总部位于汉堡、苏黎世大学法学教授乌尔里希·哈斯协助。
Three-man CAS panel to hear Senegal and CAF arguments The panel will be presided over by French civil rights expert Gerald Simon, with assistance from Italian international law professor Luigi Fumagalli and Hamburg-based lawyer and professor of law at the University of Zurich, Ulrich Haas.
他们很可能会听取塞内加尔的论点，即根据《足球竞赛规则》，裁判对场上事件的判罚为最终决定，赛后不得提出异议。
They are likely to hear arguments from Senegal that the Laws of the Game determine the referee’s decisions on incidents of play are final and cannot be challenged after the fact.
同样重要的是对非洲足联（CAF）上诉委员会在摩洛哥胜诉一案中所依据的赛事规则条款的解释。这些条款规定：“无论出于何种原因，若某支球队拒绝比赛，或在未经裁判许可的情况下在比赛常规时间结束前离开赛场，则该队将被视为输家，并从此项赛事中永久出局。”塞内加尔的律师预计将主张，这些条款必须严格解释，暂时离开赛场不能等同于放弃比赛；而摩洛哥方面则预计会提出相反的解释，即任何未经裁判许可离开赛场的球队都将被视为输家，并从赛事中彻底出局，即使其离开并非永久性的。听证会将在闭门状态下进行。
Also important is an interpretation of the articles of the tournament regulations on which CAF’s Appeals Board ruled in Morocco’s favour, which state that “if, for any reason whatsoever, a team refuses to play or leaves the ground before the regular end of the match without the authorisation of the referee, it shall be considered the loser and shall be eliminated for good from the current competition.”Senegal’s lawyers are expected to argue that the articles must be interpreted strictly and that a temporary departure from the field cannot be equated with abandoning the match, while Morocco are expected to argue for an opposing interpretation, according to which a team that leaves the field without the referee’s authorisation must be considered the loser and definitively eliminated from the competition, even if its departure was not permanent. The hearing takes place behind closed doors.
2027年非洲国家杯（AFCON 2027）的资格赛已经开赛。帕特里克·维埃拉接任教练后的首场比赛，塞内加尔于9月25日对阵莫桑比克，随后于9月29日在埃塞俄比亚以1-0取胜。摩洛哥则已赢得全部两场揭幕战，分别击败了加蓬和莱索托。
Qualification for AFCON 2027 has already begun, with Senegal drawing the opening game of Patrick Vieira’s tenure as coach with Mozambique on September 25, before winning 1-0 in Ethiopia on September 29. Morocco have won both of their opening games, beating Gabon and Lesotho.