Ecuador will play on this 12 months’s World Cup in Qatar after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) mentioned on Tuesday that Byron Castillo, whom Chile claimed was ineligible to play in the course of the qualifiers, was declared an Ecuadorian citizen. Considered.
However, Ecuador will obtain a three-point reduce firstly of the subsequent spherical of the World Cup qualifiers and pay a fantastic of 100,000 Swiss francs ($101,605.36) for “use of a document containing misinformation”, Cas mentioned.
Ecuador have been positioned in Group A with Qatar, Senegal and the Netherlands and the South American workforce was set to play the hosts when the World Cup begins on 20 November.
In September, FIFA rejected Chile’s enchantment after their authentic criticism that Castillo was born in Tumaco, Colombia, in 1995, and never within the 1998 metropolis of Ecuador’s General Villamil PlÃas, as of their official paperwork. Having mentioned.
Castillo performed in Ecuador’s eight qualifying video games – together with twice towards Chile – for the Qatar World Cup as he completed fourth. Ecuador has denied that the participant was ineligible.
Peru completed fifth in South American qualifying, lacking out on the ultimate automated spot for Qatar whereas Chile completed seventh.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
