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Legal newsletter: Chile fail with appeal to take Ecuador’s place at 2022 World Cup

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Ecuador look set to hold on to their place at the World Cup in Qatar later this year after FIFA's appeals committee dismissed a claim of ineligibility against one of their players.

The Chilean federation lodged a complaint with the game's global governing body over Byron Castillo, who it claimed was not born in Ecuador, and argued that Ecuador should forfeit the World Cup qualifying matches he had played in.

The FIFA disciplinary committee closed the proceedings in June bu

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