MOSCOW, Sep 16The Appeals Committee of the International Football Federation (FIFA) rejected the request of the Chilean Football Federation (FFCH) and the Peruvian Football Association (FPF) to exclude the Ecuador national team from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, according to the official website of the organization.FFCH and FPF filed appeals against the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee not to disqualify the Ecuador national team due to the participation of the football player Byron Castillo, accused of falsifying documents, in the qualifying matches in the preliminary round of the 2022 World Cup. dismissal of the proceedings brought against the Ecuadorian Football Association (FEF) Among other considerations, the appeal committee considered that, based on the documents submitted, the player should be considered a permanent holder of Ecuadorian citizenship in accordance with the articles of the regulations and FIFA governing the application of the statute,» FIFA said in a statement. According to the Chilean side, Byron Castillo was born in 1998 in Colombia, and his name appeared in the Ecuador database only in 2012. According to Ecuadorians, Castillo is 23 years old, he is a native of the Ecuadorian city of Playas. The Chilean federation demanded that the Ecuadorian team count technical defeats in those matches in which Castillo took part. The Ecuadorian team scored 26 points and took fourth place in the standings, which gives a direct ticket to the World Cup. Team Chile (19 points) finished seventh. However, Castillo never played in the qualifying tournament against the national teams of Peru (fifth place, 24 points) and Colombia (sixth place, 23 points), so the Chilean side expected that if the Ecuador national team was awarded technical defeats, the Chilean team would receive an additional six points, bypass Peruvians and Colombians and will receive a ticket to the tournament in Qatar. The Ecuadorian team will play at the 2022 World Cup in Group A with the teams of Senegal, the Netherlands and the hosts of the tournament, the Qatar national team.
