Article
22 Eligibility of players
1.
Each Participating Member Association shall ensure the following when
selecting its representative team for the World Cup:
a) all players shall be citizens of its country and subject to its
jurisdiction;
b) all players shall be eligible for selection in accordance with the FIFA
Statutes and relevant FIFA regulations.
In addition to the above provision, each Participating Member
Association shall ensure that all players of its representative team were born on or after 1 January 1989.
In addition to the above provisions, players who have already taken part
in a preliminary or
fi nal competition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and/
or have taken part in a preliminary or
fi nal competition of an Olympic
Football Tournament may compete in this competition provided they
still ful
fi l the above age requirement.
4.
Protests regarding the eligibility of players shall be decided by the
FIFA Disciplinary Committee in accordance with the FIFA Disciplinary
Code.
The Participating Member Associations are responsible for fi elding
only eligible players. Failure to do so will lead to the consequences
stipulated in the FIFA Disciplinary Code.