Samson Siasia’s boys debuted the new all-green kits during their 5-4 win over Japan on Friday in Manaus.
“In the Olympic Games, the teams play with the National Olympic Committee logos. This is according to the rules of the IOC,” Nike VP for Africa, Tina Salminen told Goal.
The controversy arose, because the NFF unveiled the new kits with the federation’s logo well placed on the left breast. But IOC does not allow logos on shirts during Olympics.
“One national flag or NOC emblem, with a maximum size of 25cm2, must be positioned at chest level on the front of the shirt.It shall not limit the legibility of the number positionedon the front of the shirt,” the IOC wrote in its Rio 2016 guidelines on use of emblems.
“On each shirt sleeve, between the shoulder point and the elbow point, the teams may display the national flag or NOC emblem once to a maximum size of 25cm2.
The national flag or NOC emblem may also bedisplayed in the collar zone to a maximum size of 15cm2.
The national fag or NOC emblem may be displayed on the front of the shorts on one leg to a maximum size of 25cm2.”
The IOC is also strict about the submission of team shirts to Fifa for inspection ahead ofthe Olympic Games so that no country floutsits laws.
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