On November 8, 2022, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS, for the acronym in French) reported that three units would be deducted from those collected in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
TAS ratifies Ecuador in Qatar 2022 Sanctions it with a fine and points deduction in the next round in the case of Byron Castillo
This was one of the sanctions imposed on the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) by the TAS, the entity which made the decision after analyzing evidence presented by Chile and Peru regarding irregularities in the birth registration of Byron Castillo, a winger who is now a member of Pachuca of the Liga MX .
Byron Castillo case: “FEF behaved badly, the use of forged documents cannot be taken lightly”, explains TAS on punishment
What the Chileans and Peruvians were seeking was to disqualify the Tri from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and challenge each other for a direct quota for FIFA’s top event. In the end, the request according to your request was not accepted.
Byron Castillo’s lawyer: “Overturning the penalty against Ecuador can be achieved, even after the end of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.”
The TAS resolution also fined Ecuafútbol 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000), claiming there was “false information” regarding the player.
Byron Castillo case: Swiss Federal Court, last FEF instance to overturn TAS penalty
FEF starts the process of returning points
On May 10 of this year, Francisco Egas, president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), pointed out that the entity already has the basis for the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) on the subject of Byron Castillo and that legal arguments are being made to seek its annulment.
Egas said: “They do not explain much about the delay and the process, but we have already received the reasoned decision and our lawyers engaged in Switzerland are analyzing it and preparing the position of the Ecuadorian federation before the Swiss courts to ask for the annulment of the decisions”.
It will take about three more weeks to file the annulment, and we will wait for the decision of the Swiss court on this request of Ecuador, Egas added in an interview for the program from day to night, the radio Center. (D)
South American qualifiers 2026
Source: Eluniverso
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