‎Head coach of Zambia’s women national team, Nora Häuptle, has hit out at the tie-break rule enforced by the AAR of African Football, CAF, at the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

‎The rule saw the Copper Queens exit the competition, despite a 2-1 win over Malawi on Wednesday.

‎Häuptle’s ladies finished on six points, same as the Super Falcons of Nigeria and Malawi.

‎But CAF’s tie-break rules based on goals scored in matches involving the three tied teams saw them eliminated.

‎Under the regulations, Nigeria and Malawi progressed after scoring four and three goals respectively in the head-to-head matches, while Zambia scored two.

‎“We scored the most goals in this group, and we conceded the least goals,” Häuptle said, as quoted by Lusaka Times.

‎“Sometimes I’m not sure if we do the right things with this kind of regulations because it feels completely weird that we are out.”

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