There is now no argument: Ecuador WILL compete at the 2022 World Cup despite last-minute appeals from other countries that they should be thrown out of the tournament.FIFA concluded in June an investigation into claims of an ineligible player used by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) during World Cup qualifying, as the nation's place at the World Cup hung in the balance.And now the international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has thrown out an appeal against that decision too, from both Chile and Peru, meaning the matter is finally closed, and La Tri can prepare for Qatar 2022.According to a claim brought forward by the Chilean federation, Ecuador deployed an ineligible player, Byron Mitchell Schwartz Jersey Castillo, throughout World Cup qualifying and the contention was that La Tri should be removed from the World Cup after qualifying for Qatar 2022 as the fourth-placed team in South America.FIFA opened its investigative and i sued its ruling nearly a ."After analysing the submi sions of all parties concerned and considering all elements brought before it, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided to close the proceedings initiated against the FEF Ecuador . ... The present decision remains subject to an appeal before the FIFA Appeal Committee," said a statement in June.Chile, which finished in seventh place in South American qualifying, insisted that Castillo was ineligible and that the Chilean team should earn the World Cup spot over Ecuador, given it played two matches against Ecuador in which Castillo played.Ecuador now retains a place at the World Cup, where the country has been drawn into Group A alongside hosts Qatar, the Netherlands, and Senegal. in gaining Castillo an Ecuadorian pa sport.They decided that Ecuador should be deducted three points in the next edition of South American qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup as a result. The FEF Darwin Thompson Jersey has also been ordered to pay a fine to FIFA amounting to 100,000 Swi s francs ($100,000).MORE: FIFA's investigation concerned the eligibility of Ecuador international full-back Byron Castillo.The global football governing body opened an investigation into Ecuador's deployment of Castillo throughout CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying. The Chilean federation claimed to have proof that Castillo, who plays for Liga MX club Leon, was born in Tumaco, Colombia and that the 23-year-old has been using a falsified birth certificate and pa sport.Castillo played in eight World Cup qualifying matches for Ecuador, in which the country picked up 15 of its 26 points. Of those eight games, Castillo started seven and played 614 minutes, a sisting one goal.On June 8, the lawyer on the case for the Chilean federation, Eduardo Carlezzo, stated that his side submitted all the proof to FIFA and he claimed that Ecuador would be disqualified from the World Cup." Castillo's parents were married in Tumaco, Byron was born in Tumaco and was baptized in Tumaco," Carlezzo said, in Mexico. "The idea of this investigation is to present in a fairly clear and transparent way all the arguments we have, the documents we have. Whoever speaks the truth cannot be afraid of the truth ."FIFA ultimately did not side with the Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Jersey Chilean federation. FIFA did not ascertain Chile's claim that Castillo was ineligible to play for Ecuador, and so La Tri remains in the 2022 World Cup. Chile appealed the decision, but the contention that Ecuador should be banned from the World Cup has been thrown out by CAS.CAS is considered the highest court in sport, and so Chile's chances of reversing that decision are now over. There is precedent for a team to be banned World Cup contention on the grounds of fielding an ineligible player, or other sanctionable offenses.Chile was the target of a 1994 World Cup ban after goalkeeper Roberto Rojas feigned injury during 1990 World Cup qualifying. It was discovered that Rojas used a hidden razor blade to cut himself, making it look like he was injured by a flare that never hit him. Chilean players refused to retake the field after the incident citing security concerns, but video showed the sequence of events to be a hoax. The 2-0 forfeit lo s was enough to knock out Chile from the 1990 World Cup and see the country subsequently punished with a ban from the 1994 competition.Mexico was banned from the 1990 World Cup after the "Cachirules" scandal, in which it fielded four overage Sammy Watkins Jersey players at the CONCACAF Under-20 championships.In 2011, Syria was eliminated from Asia World Cup qualification for the 2014 tournament after fielding player George Mourad in both legs of a second-round qualifier against Tajikistan. Mourad had represented Sweden at the youth level and did not formally complete his FIFA approval for a national team switch, thus rendering him ineligible to participate for any other nation.A wild string of ineligible player suspensions resulted in ma s confusion in 2013.African minnows Cape Verde had shockingly reached the final round of Africa World Cup qualifying for the 2014 tournament, hoping to become the smallest nation ever to qualify for a World Cup. The country was one step away from completing the mi sion after topping Tunisia in the final group stage match, finishing atop the four-team group and earning a pa s to the final round. However, it was determined that Cape Verde fielded an ineligible player in Fernando Varela, who should have sat out the match due to suspension after earning a red card in a previous Juan Thornhill Jersey match.Cape Verde contended that because the match in which Varela was sent off was itself changed to a forfeit due to Equatorial Guinea's fielding of an ineligible player, Varela's red card and subsequent suspension were wiped. But FIFA disagreed and changed the result to a 3-0 Tunisia win, seeing them top the group instead. Tunisia would fail to make the World Cup, falling at the final hurdle.Most recently, Ru sia was disqualified from all UEFA and FIFA competitions in February after the country's invasion of Ukraine, meaning the European nation was eliminated from UEFA World Cup qualifying and did not reach the 2022 World Cup.However, none of the aforementioned countries had secured a place in the World Cup prior to disqualification. In all cases, the country's participation was stricken before qualification was secure. If Ecuador had been disqualified, it would have represented an unprecedented decision by FIFA.