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CAS 2022/A/8709 Russian Football Union (RFU) v. Belarus Football Federation (BFF), Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU), Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF), Fédération Française de Football (FFF), Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), Irish Football Association (IFA), Luxembourgish Football, Malta Football Association (MFA), Österreichischer Fussball-Verband (ÖFB), Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF), The Football Association (FA), Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (Court of Arbitration for Sport)

Why it matters

Russian Football Union (RFU) v. Belarus Football Federation (BFF), Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU), Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF), Fédération Française de Football (FFF), Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), Irish Football Association (IFA), Luxembourgish Football, Malta Football Association (MFA), Österreichischer Fussball-Verband (ÖFB), Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF), The Football Association (FA), Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), 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

Russian Football Union (RFU) v. Belarus Football Federation (BFF), Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU), Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF), Fédération Française de Football (FFF), Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), Irish Football Association (IFA), Luxembourgish Football, Malta Football Association (MFA), Österreichischer Fussball-Verband (ÖFB), Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF), The Football Association (FA), Union of European Football Associations (UEFA): an eligibility dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 15/07/2022. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Russian Football Union (RFU) v. Belarus Football Federation (BFF), Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU), Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF), Fédération Française de Football (FFF), Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), Irish Football Association (IFA), Luxembourgish Football, Malta Football Association (MFA), Österreichischer Fussball-Verband (ÖFB), Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF), The Football Association (FA), Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

Case number: CAS 2022/A/8709

Outcome: Dismissed

Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.

Issues in play: an eligibility dispute

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