Super League: "Madrid's Commercial Court found that UEFA and FIFA statutes are illegal" (A22 Sports)

"The Commercial Court (of Madrid) found that UEFA and FIFA statutes which prevent competitors from entering the market for international club competitions are illegal and incompatible with competition law in the European Union. This is the first time a European court is applying the legal framework delivered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in December 2023 and the decision is therefore binding and enforceable throughout the European Union," said A22 Sports Management, the company in charge of promoting the European Super League project, on 27/05/2024.

A22 is reacting to the publication, on the same day, of the Madrid court's decision to "partially uphold the action brought by the European Super League Company S.L. (ESLC) against UEFA and FIFA and find both bodies have abused their dominant position and prevented free competition in the market by granting themselves the discretionary power to prohibit participation in alternative competitions and to impose unjustified and disproportionate restrictions that infringe articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the…