2023-11-13 22:49:48
The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) failed to get the Federal Court of Switzerland to annul the sanction of 3 penalty points for the qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) imposed on it as punishment for the Byron Castillo case.
Although the Federal Court of Switzerland was the last legal instance to which the Ecuadorian Federation could choose due to its disagreement with the ruling of the CAS, the highest international authority in the field of sports justice, The FEF assured that it will exhaust all possible avenues for that sanction to be withdrawn.
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“We maintain our commitment to exhaust all the resources that the law grants us to demonstrate our correct conduct and repair this unjust decision, regardless of the forum in which we must do so,” the FEF said in a statement this Monday.
The FEF asserted that all acts carried out by its institution were in accordance with the legal regulations of Ecuador. Likewise, he assured that he will fight to obtain a passport to the next 2026 World Cup on the field.
The beginning of the conflict
The Byron Castillo case began with the complaint before FIFA by the Chilean National Football Association (ANFP), which was later joined by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), which denounced a Alleged improper alignment of Castillo in the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup by maintaining that he was Colombian and that he played with false documentation.
Yes ok FIFA rejected the demand noting that Castillo’s Ecuadorian documentation was legally authentic and that, therefore, no improper alignment had been incurred, The CAS punished Ecuador with the loss of three points in the South American qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup when considering that Castillo had achieved his registration as an Ecuadorian with adulterated documents.
Out of the 2022 World Cup
As a result of the CAS resolution, Byron Castillo was left out of Ecuador’s squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and since then he has not been included in any call again.
After four games played, Ecuador is in sixth position in the South American group for the 2026 World Cup with 4 points, the result of two wins, a draw and a defeat, which would make it fifth if it is not eliminated. the sanction is applied. The first six teams will directly enter the final phase and a seventh will compete in an intercontinental playoff.
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