The club of Suriname, Inter Mongotabo and Honduran Olympia, were expelled from the Concacaf Club League (North, Central America and Caribbean) after investigations revealed “flagrant violations” of integrity laws, the Confederation of the United States revealed on Saturday. African football.
The match which reunited the two teams on Tuesday in Paramaribo caught the attention of the world, after Inter patron and Suriname vice president Ronny Brunswick decided to participate as a starter in the match at the age of 60.
A video clip went viral on social media after Tuesday’s game, which ended with Olympia winning 6-0, and showed Brunswick handing out money to the Honduran team’s players after the game.
In a statement on Saturday, the CONCACAF federation stated that “Inter Mongotapo and Olympia have been eliminated from the CONCACAF League with immediate effect”.
Brunswick was also banned from participating in any CONCACAF competition for a period of three years, according to the statement.
“The disciplinary commission of CONCACAF has conducted thorough investigations into the circumstances and concerns that threaten them standard of integrity, following the dissemination of a video clip on social media following the match Inter Mongotapu-Olympia CONCACAF League “, reads the note.
“After examining the prove which appeared in the video clip and after taking in consider the books directed by the two club, the committee found that there have been serious and flagrant violations of the standard transparency occurred during the game “, the statement continues.
The statement concluded that “because of these violations of the laws, the two club have been excluded and removed from the CONCACAF tournament of questyear with immediate effect. In addition, the Committee decided to ban Mr. Ronny Brunswick from playing for three years in any form in CONCACAF competitions.
The Confederation has indicated that investigations are continuing and that other persons linked to the case could be subject to sanctions.
Brunswick played 54 minutes in the last game alongside his son Damien and a relative. This case joins a long series of accounts relating to Brunswick’s controversial life.
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