The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed today the urgent appeal filed by Klubi Sportiv Skenderbeu against the decision issued by the UEFA Appeals Body on 1 June 2016 (the UEFA Decision) in which the Albanian club was declared ineligible to participate in the UEFA Champions League competition 2016/2017 following an investigation into match-fixing.
KS Skenderbeu was seeking a ruling from the CAS overturning the UEFA decision and declaring its eligibility to compete in the UEFA Champions League competition 2016/2017.
The parties had agreed to an expidited arbitration procedure with a hearing on 4 July 2016 in Lausanne.
The CAS Panel in charge of this matter has dismissed the appeal and has conformed the UEFA decision of 1 June 2016.
The arbitral award with the grounds will not be notified to the parties concerned in a few weeks and will be published on the CAS website.
For more information, please contact:
Matthieu Reeb, CAS Secretary General
Katy Hogg, Communications Officer
Château de Béthusy,
Avenuede Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland
media@tas-cas.org; Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00; fax: (41 21) 613 5001
or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org
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