CAS OG 08/04 The Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee (ANOC) & Azerbaijan Field Hockey Federation (AFHF) vs The Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH)
CAS ad hoc Division (OG Beijing) 08/004 Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee (ANOC) & Azerbaijan Field Hockey Federation (AFHF) v. Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH)
Related cases:
- CAS OG_2008_01 Azerbaijan NOC, AFHF & the Players vs FIH & RFEH
August 2, 2008 - CAS OG_2008_05 Azerbaijan NOC, AFHF & the Players vs FIH
August 8, 2008 - Swiss Federal Court 4A_424_2008 AFHF vs FIH
January 22, 2009
- Field Hockey
- Olympic Games
Discretionary power of IFs to adopt the reasoning of their judicial commission and not to appeal before the CAS in a doping matter. An International Federation does not have the obligation to appeal every time its own internal body decides after a review of the facts not to issue a sanction in a doping matter. The Federation must have the discretion to adopt the reasoning of its Judicial Commission and decide not to appeal.
The ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport decides on 5 August 2008:
The application filed on 5 August 2008 by the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee and the Azerbaijan Field Hockey Federation and their requests for preliminary relief are hereby dismissed.
