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The Ravens were awarded their 18th record national title after league organizers’ decision to end the competition amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
TP Mazembe won his title number 18 in the league of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the cancellation of the 2019-20 season by the Federation of the Congo Soccer Federation.
The country’s soccer governing body had made this decision on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread globally.
As a result, the Ravens won the league title while leading the record before the top flight was suspended. They will represent the country in next year’s Caf Champions League alongside runner-up AS Vita Club.
Meanwhile, AS Maniema will participate in the Caf Confederation Cup while OC Bukavu Dava and AS Nyuki will start Life Division two next season.
“The executive committee of the Federation of the Congo Football Association met this Wednesday May 13, 2020 at the African Palace to decide on the 2019-2020 sports season interrupted due to the health crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic “said a statement from Fecofa. .
“At the end of the meeting, the federation led by Constant Omari Selemani decided to stop the championships and competitions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The decision was declared to the press by the Belgian undersecretary general Situatala.
“The deputy secretary general of fecofa said that the members of the federation’s executive committee approved the classification of the national football league championship transmitted by the governing committee of this entity. TP Mazembe is crowned champion of the season, wearing 2019-2020, with 53 points. They are followed by AS V. Club (48 points), AS Maniema Union (46 points), DC Motema Pembe (42 points) and JS Groupe Bazano (38 points) for the first five places.
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“The last two teams in the standings, OC Bukavu Dawa of Bukavu and AS Nyuki of Butembo, have been relegated to Division 2. They will be replaced by the two Ligue 2 two-site champions, the JSK of Kinshasa for the West site. and Katanga’s Etoile Yellow for the South Center.
“There is no relegation or promotion for clubs on the East site after the insufficient number of games played. Only TS Malekesa of Kisangani played 12 games and the other teams did not even finish the first leg, according to the Belgian SGA Situatala. “
With this decision, DR Congo joined countries like Cameroon, Mauritius, Guinea, Kenya, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso as countries that have abandoned their football season.
