FIFA was left fuming after Cameroon ignored a request to not wear Puma’s controversial one-piece kit during the tournament – and last week not only banned the kit, but docked the African nation six points ahead of its qualifying matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Now Puma says it is prepared to go to court to fight the ruling.
Said a spokesman: “There is nothing in the rules of the game that the shorts and the shirts can not be connected.”
According to some reports, Puma has put the case before a court in Nuremberg, seeking compensation.
Cameroon were also fined CHF200,000 by the FIFA disciplinary committee.
Said a FIFA statement: “FIFA had shown leniency at the time for Cameroon’s attire in the group round of the competition after the association had given assurances that the team would wear authorised playing kit in the knock-out phases.
“Despite this agreement, Cameroon subsequently wore the same equipment in the quarter-finals.”
