The International Football Federation (FIFA) announced fines this Friday against the Federations of Mexico and Ecuador for chants from their fans during the Qatar-2022 World Cup, in which both teams were eliminated in the group stage.
Of the two, the punishment against Mexico was quantitatively higher.
“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed on the Mexican Football Federation a fine of 100,000 Swiss francs (99,600 euros, 107,000 dollars) and has sanctioned it with a game behind closed doors, sanction that is left in suspense during a trial period, for failing to comply with art. 13 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (Discrimination) as a result of the chants of the Mexican fans during the matches Mexico-Poland Y Saudi Arabia-Mexico of the FIFA World Cup”, explained the entity on its website.
The game behind closed doors that remains on hold, if it must finally be fulfilled, would be in the next official competition that Mexico will play.
In the case of Ecuador, the fine is less and a partial closure of their stadium is decreed for their next match in a FIFA competition.
“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed to the Ecuadorian Football Federation a fine of 20,000 Swiss francs (19,900 euros, 21,500 dollars) and has sanctioned it with the closure of a part of its stadium (the stands behind the goals) for breaching art. 13 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (Discrimination) as a result of the chants of the Ecuadorian fans during the match Qatar-Ecuador of the FIFA World Cup”, explained the International Federation.
was also punished Serbian with a partial closure of its stadium (25% of the seats during a match) and with a fine of 50,000 Swiss francs (49,800 euros, 53,800 dollars) for incorrect conduct by his players and chants from fans, in his case in the match against Switzerland.
FIFA also announced the opening of new disciplinary proceedings against the federations of Argentina Y Croatia.
In the case of Argentina, it is for “possible breaches” referring to articles 11 (offensive conduct and violations of the principles of fair play) and 12 (improper conduct of players and officials) of the Disciplinary Code, as well as article 44 of the Regulations. of the Qatar-2022 World Cup and the Marketing and Communications Media Regulations during the World Cup final won in the penalty shootout against France.
