{{Fifa says it will not be taking any action on a complaint from the Congo Football Federation over Mahamane Cisse’s eligibility to play for Niger.}}<\/p>\n
Cisse, who played for Mali at under-20 level, scored for Niger in their 2-2 draw with Congo on Saturday in a 2014 World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n
The draw denied Congo a place in Africa’s 2014 World Cup play-offs, with Burkina Faso advancing instead.<\/p>\n
“We were not in a position to proceed with the complaint,” Fifa said.<\/p>\n
The Congo FA had asked Fifa to look at whether Cisse qualified to play for Niger.<\/p>\n
“The player was born in Mali, he’s lived for many years in Mali and we know that he played for the Mali under-20 team at the recent African championships in Algeria,” the Congo federation’s media spokesman Emmanuel Kaba told BBC Sport earlier.<\/p>\n
But Fifa confirmed that it had approved Cisse’s switch of national allegiance.<\/p>\n
“The Single Judge of the Players’ Status Committee passed a decision, by means of which the request for a change of association submitted by the Niger FA regarding the player in question was accepted.”<\/p>\n
Had Fifa ruled in favour of Congo it would have meant they would have been awarded a 3-0 victory and so win Group E and qualify for the play-offs ahead of Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n
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