Jonathan-Shimshoni t1_iy4tkg4 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 7:29 PM

Why are South Sudan suspended?

pinkshirtbadman t1_iy559sz wrote on November 28, 2022 at 8:45 PM

>Why are South Sudan suspended?

Suspended in 2019 for 10 years due to "corruption" which coming from FIFA is a touch ridiculous.

Somaliland is 'suspended' due to not being recognized as a country by the World Cup. Internationally it's still almost universally recognized as part of Somalia

ETA: Info came from a quick Google search, I don't actually know much about it. It appears that a former president of the South Sudan organization himself was banned for the corruption allegations in 2019, not necessarily the entire club. I don't see much more info than that

MasterFubar t1_iy5ode8 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 10:54 PM

When the FIFA calls you corrupt, that's an accomplishment in itself. A negative accomplishment but there's no doubt it's truly remarkable. It's like Hitler calling you a genocidal dictator.

SenecatheEldest t1_iy7e31q wrote on November 29, 2022 at 8:06 AM

He called lots of people that. He just meant it as a compliment.

jdcro t1_iy7u2rj wrote on November 29, 2022 at 11:52 AM

They still participated in qualifying though and were eliminated by Equatorial Guinea in the first round.

pinkshirtbadman t1_iy8dp6w wrote on November 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM

Yeah on further examination it looks like the 2019 suspension was actually just for a former president of the South Sudan Football Association, not the entire organization.

It's unclear to me if there's more to South Sudan as a whole being suspended

Celaphais t1_iy4ul04 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 7:36 PM

And Somaliland?

Jonathan-Shimshoni t1_iy73if8 wrote on November 29, 2022 at 5:53 AM

Somaliland isn’t a UN member so it’s less surprising, I have no idea why South Sudan is

laurentmolter OP t1_iy4wx53 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 7:51 PM

That's weird indeed, I'll check to find if there is a bug on this.