Overview
- The Ministry of Youth and Sport ordered an indefinite suspension of the national team and dissolved the technical staff.
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and captain Bruno Ecuele Manga were excluded from future call-ups.
- Interim minister Simplice-Désiré Mamboula announced the move on state TV before the video was removed, and a written ministry note later confirmed it.
- The government cited a 'dishonorable' tournament performance and pressed the Gabonese Football Federation to assume responsibility.
- Gabon lost all three group matches, including a 3-2 defeat to Ivory Coast, while Aubameyang had already returned to Marseille with a thigh injury.