Cameroon became the last of the 32 teams heading to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 to unveil their official kit on Saturday.After a long wait, the kit made by American sports apparel maker One All Sports, known to produce Motorsport merchandise, was unveiled in Yaoundé with replicas going on sale at the city outlet.The move was in defiance against a Paris court ruling that fined Fecafoot, the country’s football body, $3000 and ordered them to honor their previous kitting deal with French firm Le Coq Sportif.Confirmed African friendlies before the @FIFAWorldCup Switzerland 🇨🇭 v. 🇬🇭 Ghana – Nov. 17Portugal 🇵🇹 v. 🇳🇬 Nigeria – Nov. 17 Morocco 🇲🇦 v. 🇬🇪 Georgia – Nov. 17Belgium 🇧🇪 v. 🇪🇬 Egypt – Nov. 18 Cameroon 🇨🇲 v. 🇵🇦 Panama – Nov. 18 #WorldCup2022 @rbarwanda— David Mugaragu Mtaalam (@DavidMugaragu) November 6, 2022 Fecafoot unilaterally shredded their contract with Le Coq Sportif, that was to run until the end of next year for failure to fully kit Cameroon national teams and set-up a local outlet for fans to buy the jerseys.The row is reportedly threatening the Indomitable Lions’ participation at the Qatar World, but the Fecafoot president Samuel Eto’o is unrelenting.”The jerseys are what we wanted. To give Cameroonians what they deserve. They like their national team and they will get just the best,” the former Barcelona and Chelsea striker said.Cameroon 🇨🇲 unveil their new jerseys for the World Cup. The Indomitable Lions will be equipped by One All sports. pic.twitter.com/Hk1Y5K3hkY— Fnews. (@FnewsFoot) November 5, 2022 “The only entity that has rights to speak about the Indomitable Lions is the Cameroon football federation. I believe the presence of the president in this event says it all,” he added.The Lions are expected to test their new outfit in their last pre-World Cup friendlies against Jamaica and Panama.Cameroon, who are in Group G of the Qatar World Cup, will begin their campaign against Switzerland on November 24 at Al Wakrah Stadium, before taking on Serbia and lastly giants Brazil in their final group fixture.They will be hoping to better their best ever outing in the Italia 1990 edition where they made the quarterfinals. Cameroon have qualified for the most World Cups as compared to any other African teams with seven previous outings.
