World football governing body FIFA on Friday lifted the ban imposed on the AIFF after the Supreme Court terminated the mandate of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), clearing the decks for India to host the Women’s U-17 World Cup in October.
The official statement from the global football governing body on August 26 stated, “The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to lift the suspension that was imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) due to undue third-party influence.”
The statement also added that the decision was taken after FIFA received confirmation that the mandate of the Committee of Administrators that was set up to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee had been terminated and that the AIFF administration had regained full control of the AIFF’s daily affairs.
As a result of this decision, India can now host the U-17 Women’s World Cup as scheduled.
FIFA had suspended the AIFF earlier in August, for the first time in its 85-year history, for “undue influence from third parties” and had stripped the AIFF of its rights to host the U-17 Women’s World Cup.
