COPPER Queens head coach Nora Häuptle has questioned the fairness of CAF’s tiebreaker regulations after her side was sensationally eliminated from the WAFCON group stage despite finishing with six points from three matches. Zambia recorded a 2-1 victory over Malawi in their final Group C clash, but the result was not enough to secure qualification as Malawi and Nigeria progressed on tournament tiebreaker rules. “We are aware of the regulation. The regulations are clear, I don’t criticize saying that the regulations are not clear. They were fully transparent and clear for us. But I just question if the regulations are the right regulations, because this rule has been invented in case that a team is already out, like Egypt, that...

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