Algeria advanced on away goals after the teams were 3-3 on total goals. Algeria captain Madjid Bougherra scored in a 1-0 second-leg victory in Blida, Algeria, last week.
Burkina Faso’s soccer federation contends Bougherra should have been suspended for the return leg after his yellow card in the first leg.
Soccer’s governing body says “no breach of the FIFA regulations has been committed” by Algerian officials. FIFA also says the “formal conditions to lodge a protest were not met.”
World Cup regulations require eligibility protests during qualifying to be filed within one hour after matches.
FIFA has dismissed Burkina FasoMar 26 Nov 2013, 16:39