Colombia does have hopes of going to the World Cup, according to FIFA regulations

The selection Colombia, so their leaders do not want to intervene, he does have the clear possibility of continuing in the race to play in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, in accordance with FIFA regulations. If Ecuador is excluded because of the Byron Castillo case, the option remains, depending on how they apply the regulation That leaves a couple of alternatives.

The irregularity in the documents of the player who is supposedly Colombian and not Ecuadorian, has the Conmebol qualifier in suspense and in suspense that quota towards the orbital appointment, before the announcement of the governing body of soccer to open a process in this regard.

See here: There is no birth registration of Byron Castillo in Ecuador

What does the regulation say?

The FIFA Disciplinary Codein its article 21, which deals with the falsification of documents, in its paragraph 2, states that “federations or clubs may be held liable for the falsification of documents committed by their officials and/or players”.

Given this, article 22, paragraph 3, establishes the following: “In the event that a player participates in a competition without being summoned, FIFA’s judicial bodiesensuring the integrity of the competition in question, may impose disciplinary measuresincluding defeat by withdrawal or resignation, or exclude the club or association from another competition, as they see fit”.

Namely, There is no single formula to determine who should keep the direct quota for Qatar 2022 that Ecuador won on court, before a possible sanction for the Byron Castillo case.

Byron Castillo acted in several parties

The player in question did not play just one game, there were eight matches that he played in the qualifying tournament, which would make it logical that the appropriate decision was to exclude the selected as such, instead of modifying eight results.

With this, Peru, which finished in fifth place, is currently going to the playoff against an Asian team, however, it could benefit if the criterion of running the list is applied and it would rise to fourth place.

Colombia hopes to reach the World Cup

If the regulation is applied in this sense of completely excluding Ecuador, Peru would advance directly to Qatar 2022 and Colombia would be the National Team that would be disputing the intercontinental playoff.

See here: The Colombian team will not intervene to remove the points from Ecuador

In any case, the final determination of FIFA in this case should not take long, since the Peruvian team led by Ricardo Gareca has scheduled for June 13, in Doha (Qatar), its duel for the World Cup playoff, against the winner of the crossing between Australia and the United Arab Emirates.