The country’s National U-17 team will now participate in this year’s U-17 World Cup in Brazil after a decision was reached by the OFC Disciplinary Committee yesterday.
The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) confirmed, it had exercised its right to appeal the decision of the OFC Disciplinary Committee.
It sid at a meeting today the Appeal Committee upheld the appeal on the grounds that player Chris Satu had a passport issued by the Solomon Islands government, which showed a birth date within the U-16 OFC Championship 2018 competition regulations.