Zambia skipper Barbra Banda has been administered out of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations in the wake of bombing orientation qualification tests.
Notwithstanding being permitted to play in last year's Olympic Games, the 22-year-old forward has neglected to meet the standards expected by worldwide administering body Fifa, whose orientation runs the Confederation of African Football (Caf) concedes to with respect to WAFCON.
"Every one of the players needed to go through orientation confirmation, a Caf necessity, and sadly she didn't meet the measures set by Caf," Andrew Kamanga, the leader of Zambia's FA (Faz), told BBC Sport Africa.
"It's sad that we wind up going into the competition without our best players."
Zambia opened their Group C mission with a 0-0 draw against three-time other participants Cameroon on Sunday and face Tunisia on Wednesday before completing the gathering with a conflict against debutants Togo at the end of the week.
Banda shot to worldwide noticeable quality while turning into the principal player to score consecutive Olympic full go-arounds in Tokyo.
When asked by BBC Sport Africa on Sunday how it was feasible for Banda to have played in the Olympics yet not at WAFCON, Caf's correspondences chief Lux September answered by saying "there is no such choice from the Caf clinical council".
The response has bothered Kamanga notwithstanding, who has let BBC Sport Africa know that "whatever happened was simply a Caf necessity".
Banda - who was pulled from the crew by Faz after she bombed the check just before the finals - is perhaps of the most productive striker in African ladies' football and is as of now in Morocco and preparing with the Copper Queens crew, regardless of being not able to play.
"Everyone at home [in Zambia] has been made to accept that Faz sat idle and settled all alone to bar the player," Kamanga added.
"We the organizations are constrained to embrace the tests and afterward we give the data to Caf, and Caf, similarly, test the players as necessary in the competition.
"So it will be unreasonable to pivot and say Caf isn't a vital part of whatever has unfolded."
BBC Sport Africa comprehends that three other Zambian players were impacted by orientation qualification yet decided not to highlight for the public group, whose crew highlights 22, as opposed to the allowed 26, players.
Banda was initially named in Zambia's WAFCON crew after taking medicine to assist with lessening her degrees of testosterone, which are normally excessively high, however she has still not met the guidelines, BBC Sport Africa comprehends.
The forward is contracted to the Chinese side of Shanghai Shengli yet is accounted for to be nearly a potential move to Spain's first class.