FIFA set date for Chile appeal over Ecuador World Cup player

01.09.2022 - 13:23 channelnewsasia.com

MANCHESTER: FIFA will hold an appeal hearing on Sep 15 in the case of an Ecuador player that Chile claim played while ineligible during World Cup qualifying, the governing body told Reuters on Thursday (Sep 1).

The Chilean Football Association has appealed FIFA’s June 10th decision to dismiss their complaint that Ecuador’s Byron Castillo was born in Tumaco, Colombia in 1995 and not in the Ecuadorean city of General Villamil Playas in 1998 as stated on his official documents.Castillo played in eight of Ecuador’s 18 qualifying games for the Qatar World Cup.

Ecuador have denied that the player was ineligible.FIFA said it had asked the Ecuadorean Football Association (FEF) to make Castillo available for the appeal hearing.The Chilean FA (ANPF) appealed the decision on Jul 1 and recently urged FIFA to speed up the process.Ecuador picked up 14 of their 26 points in matches Castillo played.

If they had lost points for the games in which Castillo appeared, they would have missed out on a place in Qatar.Ecuador are in Group A alongside hosts Qatar, Senegal and the Netherlands.

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The complaint centred around Byron Castillo, a defender who played in eight of Ecuador's qualifiers for the World Cup. The Chilean football federation (FFCH) said there was evidence that Castillo, who plays for Leon in Mexico, was born in Colombia in July 1995 and not in Playas, Ecuador in November 1998. The FFCH alleged "use of a falsified birth certificate, false declaration of age and false nationality". Following a hearing on Thursday, FIFA's Appeal Committee confirmed an earlier ruling by the Disciplinary Committee. "On the basis of the documents presented, the player was to be considered as holding permanent Ecuadorian nationality," FIFA said. The FFCH reacted with fury, saying that Castillo had refused to appear at the hearing. "This is a dark day for football and for the credibility of the system. The footballing world heard a player who helped Ecuador qualify for the FIFA World Cup admit he was born in Colombia and that he gained an Ecuadorian passport using false information. No wonder he refused to participate in the FIFA hearing," said Jorge Yunge, the FFCH general secretary. With just over nine weeks until the opening game on November 20, Chile or Peru can still appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. "I have never seen in my entire life as a lawyer an injustice like this one," said Eduardo Carlezzo, the lawyer for the FFCH. "Sad day for football and for fair play. The message is clear: cheating is allowed. We will appeal to CAS." Ecuador finished fourth in South American World Cup qualifying to secure the last automatic regional berth.

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