Togo have failed in an urgent bid to be included in Saturday's 2012 African Nations Cup draw, the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration in Sport said on Thursday.
A statement by Lausanne-based CAS said the court had dismissed Togo's urgent request for inclusion because it had been told by the Confederation of African Football that should Togo win its appeal against a two tournament ban it would still be able to compete in the preliminaries, even if the draw had already been conducted.
Togo have appealed to CAS after being banned by CAF from ?the next two Nations Cup tournaments after the team was withdrawn ?from this year's competition in Angola following the death of two members of their delegation in a gun attack.
With CAS only due to hold a hearing in the next months, the Togo Football federation had sought urgent intervention but CAF have said they will be allowed to compete if they will their appeal.
A new draw would be conducted if Togo were successful at the CAS.
Saturday's draw for the 2012 event, to be co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, will go ahead without Togo, a CAF spokesman said. The preliminaries only start in September.
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