Chile and Peru have seized the Court of Arbitration for Sport to annul Ecuador’s qualification for the 2022 World Cup, their last resort after failing before FIFA, the court announced on Friday (September 30th). For several months, the two South American federations have been contesting the validity of the Ecuadorian nationality of the player Byron Castillo, aligned during the qualifications for the tournament which is to take place in Qatar (November 10-December 18).
They first seized the FIFA Appeals Committee, which dismissed them at first instance in June and then on appeal in mid-September, and are now asking the CAS, which “prepared“its procedural timetable, to settle the dispute”no later than November 10“.
Peru and Chile appealed to TAS for the Byron Castillo case. Peru asks that they replace Ecuador in the World Cup!! pic.twitter.com/meEn2ZCO7g
—Diego Montalvan (@DMontalvan) September 30, 2022
In detail, Peru intends to recover Ecuador’s ticket for Qatar, while Chile wants the eight games played by Byron Castillo in qualifying to be declared lost by Ecuador, which would put them back in 4th place in the rankings. playoffs in the South American zone and qualify him.
“It is necessary for a legal body like the CAS to examine the situation and act in accordance with the law“, said the assistant general secretary of the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), Sabrina Martin. “We are not looking for an extra-sporting advantage“but the points should be awarded to Peru and not to Chile”if the use of false documents” by the player of the Ecuador team is proven, estimated the FPF in a press release.
Chile appealed to FIFA in May for “use of a falsified birth certificate, false declaration of age and false nationality” by Byron Castillo. According to the Chilean Federation, there existed “countless proofs that the player was born in Colombia, in the city of Tumaco on July 25, 1995 and not on November 10, 1998 in the Ecuadorian city of Playas“.
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Chile drew 0-0 in Ecuador on September 5, 2021 then were beaten 2-0 at home on November 17, 2021. The Chileans finished seventh in the Amsud zone and were knocked out of the World Cup race in Qatar, while Ecuador, fourth behind Uruguay (3rd), Argentina (2nd) and Brazil (1st), got their ticket. Peru, fifth, had to play a play-off, lost against Australia (0-0, 5-4 pens).
Ecuador inherited Group A in the World Cup draw and will face Qatar, the Netherlands and Senegal.