He Sports Arbitration Court (TAS) failed against Club Leónleaving it without the possibility of participating in the 2025 Club World Cup. The decision also affected the Alajuelense club, whose resources were rejected by the same agency and now, waiting for it to be official, America and theFC will play a match to define who covers the Emerald team in the FIFA competition.
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The resolution of the TAS focused on an infraction to the FIFA rules on participation in the tournament. According to the official statement, both León and Pachuca failed to comply with the regulations of the FIFA Club World Cup due to multiprophity.
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The panel of That He considered that there was a trust structure established by the owners of Grupo Pachuca, which violated the eligibility rules for competition. After analyzing the tests, it was determined that Club León did not meet the necessary criteria to be part of the tournament. Consequently, FIFA maintained the exclusion of León for the 2025 Club World Cup.
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The TAS also rejected the resource presented by the Alajuelense Sports League Association, which sought to occupy one of the available squares.
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TAS statement
The TAS statement specified that the decision was made by a single panel that resolved the three cases. The ruling was attended by referees from Paraguay, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Chile, who agreed that there were no foundations to reverse the initial decisions of FIFA.
Given this, the resolution of the TAS indicates that it will be FIFA responsibility to define the team that will complete the list of participants in the 2025 Club World Cup. It should be remembered that a few week ago Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, revealed that the idea in this panorama was a game between America and theFC to define which club will replace the fierce in the contest.
“The Court of Sports Arbitration (TAS) rejected the appeals presented by the León Club, the Pachuca Football Club (Pachuca) and the Alajuelense Sports League Association (LDA) against the decisions of the FIFA in relation to the 2025 Club World Cup. The TAS panel issued an operational decision by dismissing the three appeals and determined that Pachuca and Club León did not meet the criteria established in article 10.1 of the Regulation of the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup on multiple clubs ”.
group D of the Club World Cup remains incomplete
With this decision, the Group D of the 2025 Club World Cupwhich already has Chelsea, Flamengo y Hope of Tunishe has not yet defined his fourth member. The definition of León’s replacement could change the competitive panorama of the group and is still pending official confirmation.
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