Senegal striker El Hadji Diouf has been banned for three matches by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) following his team's stormy African Nations Cup quarter-final defeat to Tunisia on Saturday, a tournament spokesman said on Monday.
Diouf, who carried out a running verbal battle with officials and opposing players throughout the latter part of the game, was accused of violent conduct.
The Liverpool star had to be restrained from approaching the Tunisian bench in the match and was escorted from the pitch by two of his own staff after the final whistle.
The ban will take effect from the beginning of the qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup which gets underway in June.
"After reviewing the video footage of the Senegal v Tunisia match, the organising committee identified various incidents which took place during the match," said a statement.
"Senegales player, number 11, EL Hadji Diouf is suspended for three matches for cases of violent conduct during the match. The suspension will take effect from the African Nations Cup 2006/World Cup 2006 qualifiers."
The tournament's organising committee, which was presided over by CAF president Issa Hayatou, also handed out a series of punishments to various officials.
Three members of the Senegalese technical staff, who invaded the pitch to protest the Tunisian goal, were banned from the dug-out for one year for all CAF matches.
The three were named as Amara Traore, Abdoulaye Sarr and Dr Fallou Cisse.
A fine of 500 dollars was also imposed on the Tunisian Football Association after Jaziri Zeid was found guilty of swearing at the match co-ordinator.
Saturday's match turned on a controversial incident in the 65th minute.
Senegal claimed that Diouf had been fouled by Mehdi Nafti at the start of the move which led to the goal and that a free-kick should have been awarded in their favour.
Instead Nafti carried the ball forward, passed to Ziad Jaziri whose overhead cross fell for Jawhar Mnari to power a downward header past goalkeepr Tony Sylva for the winning goal.
Play was held up for five minutes as Senegal officials came on to the pitch to protest and, at the end of the match, 10 minutes of injury time was played.
Meanwhile the organising committee said that disciplinary action stemming from the Sunday's quarter-final in Sfax between Morocco and Algeria would be taken on February 12.
A large part of the Algerian section of the crowd ripped up plastic seating at the ground and threw them on to the pitch before they went on to clash with riot police as their team lost 2-1.
At Monday's meeting, even the tournament ball boys were not spared criticism.
"The organising committee noticed with regret the attitude of the Tunisian ballboys for failing to release the ball immediately after it went off the pitch as stipulated," said the statement.