CAS 2020/A/7444 Munir El Haddadi, Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 06/11/2020
Why it matters
Munir El Haddadi, Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF), an eligibility dispute in football decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. For a student, it shows how CAS balances a federation's rules on who may compete against the athlete's rights.
Summary
Munir El Haddadi, Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF): an eligibility dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 06/11/2020. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Munir El Haddadi, Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF)
Case number: CAS 2020/A/7444
Outcome: Dismissed
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an eligibility dispute
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