The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) failed to have the Federal Court of Switzerland annul the sanction of 3 penalty points for the qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup imposed on it by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) as punishment for the case of Byron Castillo.
Although the Federal Court of Switzerland is the last legal instance in which the Ecuadorian Federation can choose due to its disagreement with the decision of CAS, the highest international authority in the field of sports justice, The FEF has assured that it will exhaust all possible means to recover that penalty.
“We maintain our commitment to exhaust all the resources that the law gives us to show our correct behavior and fix the unjust decision, regardless of the forum in which we have to do it,” FEF said in a statement this Monday.
The FEF insists that all the actions carried out by its institution are in accordance with the legal regulations of Ecuador. Also, he assured that he will fight to get a passport to the next 2026 World Cup on the field.
The beginning of the conflict
Byron Castillo’s case begins with the complaint to FIFA by the Chilean National Football Association (ANFP), later joined by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), which denounced a Castillo’s alleged improper alignment 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 request noting that Castillo’s Ecuadorian documentation is legally authentic and, therefore, no misalignment occurred, CAS penalized Ecuador with the loss of three points in the South American qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup considering that Castillo achieved his registration as an Ecuadorian with adulterated documents.
Outside 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 involved in any calls.
After four games, Ecuador is in sixth position in the South American group for the 2026 World Cup with 4 points, the result of two wins, one draw and one loss, which would be fifth if it is not eliminated. the penalty is applied. The first six teams will enter the final stage directly and the seventh will compete in an intercontinental playoff.
Source: La Verdad
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