LICENSED: Byron Castillo (R) from Ecuador participates in an educational consultation at the Casa de los Ángeles Selección complex (House of the National Team) in Quito. he was not born in Ecuador and relied on false documents to download his passport. Photo: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP
Ecuador’s position at the World Cup was shown after the Court of Arbitration for Sport issued its verdict on allegations across Chile and Peru that Byron Castillo was ineligible to participate in the qualifying rounds.
Chile and Peru had said Ecuador is renouncing the fites Castillo played on the basis that he was not born in Ecuador and relied on false documents to download his passport, arguing that Peru would take its position in the tournament, in which Ecuador will face host Qatar in the opener. in shape on November 20.
But the CAS agreed to FIFA’s September verdict, which decided Castillo was eligible to play because he had been granted an Ecuadorian passport.
“Since the nationality of a player of a national arrangement is determined through the national legislationArray. as an Ecuadorian national,” said a CAS.
However, while ruling that Castillo’s passport was genuine, CAS said it contained falsified data, namely his position and date of birth, as he was born in Tumaco, Colombia.
As a result, the tribunal imposed a fine of 100,000 Swiss francs (£87,600) and a deduction of 3 issues before the next World Cup qualification for relying on a false document.
“The formation considered it mandatory to find the FEF guilty of an act of forgery under Article 21, paragraph 2 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, even if the FEF was not the author of the forged document but only the user,” it said.
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