Crazy Story of When a Military Junta Arrested a Team for Losing at AFCON

In Early February 2000, when the Ivory Coast unexpectedly tumbled out of the African Nations Cup at the first hurdle, the military junta took the extraordinary step of detaining the entire squad at a military training camp.

Since staging this West African country's first military coup last Dec. 24, the army has not shied away from trying on new roles besides politics. In this case it decided to meddle into footballing affairs to teach the players “a civic lesson” because they had shown “indicipline,”.

This is the bizarre story of the Ivorian National Football team who were detained by the Junta after their dismall performance at the 2000 AFCON tournament.

Sources:

https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/caging-the-elephants/

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/03/world/army-rule-has-ivory-coast-on-hands-and-knees.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/africa/cup_of_nations/cup_news/630204.stm

https://mg.co.za/article/2000-02-03-detained-ivorian-players-arrive-in-abidjan/

https://www.iol.co.za/sport/losers-welcome-for-ivorian-soccer-team-333899

https://www.britannica.com/sports/Africa-Cup-of-Nations

https://www.africanews.com/2016/02/18/ivory-coast-3-soldiers-sentenced-to-life-for-the-murder-of-general-guei//

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