Tunisia face being banned from the next Africa Cup of Nations after refusing to apologise for accusing the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of cheating.
They made the allegations after conceding a controversial stoppage time penalty in a 2-1 defeat by Equitorial Guinea in the quarter-finals.
The ugly scenes came after Mauritian referee Seechum had awarded the penalty in stoppage time when Ali Maaloul was harshly ruled to have fouled Ivan Bolado when Tunisia were leading 1-0 and, after equalising from the spot through Javier Balboa, hosts Equatorial Guinea went on to win in extra time.
The referee has been banned for six months for 'poor performance'.
Caf fined Tunisia $50, 000 for what it termed 'the aggressive attitude of some supporters in the stands, invasion of the pitch after the final whistle by players and substitutes of the team- insulting the referee of the match and to physically assault him- and the regrettable behaviour of the president of the Tunisia Football Federation, Wadie Jary.
Tunisia had until Thursday to apologise or face ban from the 2017 edition. After a meeting on Wednesday, the Tunisian FA refused to apologise with a spokesman saying the team had "suffered scandalous injustice from referees.
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