Chile and Peru had called for Ecuador to be excluded from the World Cup, due to the participation of Ecuadorean defender Byron Castillo in the World Cup qualifiers, despite his Colombian citizenship.
and did not explain court She gave a timetable for appointing the judges and arranging the hearings, but she said the parties to the appeals had requested a final ruling by November 10.
Chilean officials claim that they have documents proving that Castillo is in fact Colombian, and that the eight matches he played for Ecuador should be canceled as matches in which the national team lost 3 goals to nothing.
The legal argument was rejected by FIFA’s disciplinary committee in June, and FIFA appeal judges upheld the ruling two weeks ago.
Ecuador came fourth in the South American qualifiers for the World Cup in March and secured a direct place in the World Cup.
A few days later, she joined the first group with Diameterto face the host country on November 20, then the Netherlands and then Senegal.
If qualifying matches are cancelled, the canceled points will raise Chile to fourth from seventh.
Peru finished fifth and asked the CAS to replace Ecuador as the next best South American team in the group. Peru had already lost the continental play-off match against Australia in June.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced on Friday that it had registered appeals from the Federal Reserve Chile And Peru football on a ruling issued by the International Football Association (FIFA) this month, allowing Ecuador to participate in the World Cup.
Chile and Peru had called for Ecuador to be excluded from the World Cup, due to the participation of Ecuadorean defender Byron Castillo in the World Cup qualifiers, despite his Colombian citizenship.
and did not explain court She gave a timetable for appointing the judges and arranging the hearings, but she said the parties to the appeals had requested a final ruling by November 10.
Chilean officials claim that they have documents proving that Castillo is in fact Colombian, and that the eight matches he played for Ecuador should be canceled as matches in which the national team lost 3 goals to nothing.
The legal argument was rejected by FIFA’s disciplinary committee in June, and FIFA appeal judges upheld the ruling two weeks ago.
Ecuador came fourth in the South American qualifiers for the World Cup in March and secured a direct place in the World Cup.
A few days later, she joined the first group with Diameterto face the host country on November 20, then the Netherlands and then Senegal.
If qualifying matches are cancelled, the canceled points will raise Chile to fourth from seventh.
Peru finished fifth and asked the CAS to replace Ecuador as the next best South American team in the group. Peru had already lost the continental play-off match against Australia in June.