Sports Arbitration in Georgia

Sports Arbitration

Does sports arbitration exist in Georgia?

No separate statute exists: disputes go to the ordinary courts or to agreed private arbitration; the only statutory forum is the anti-doping disciplinary/appeal organ.

Where is a federation's decision appealed?

First in the internal instances established by the federation's statute, then in the ordinary courts.

Who examines doping cases?

The Anti-Doping Agency detects facts and refers them to the disciplinary/appeal organ.

Can a dispute be referred to an arbitrator?

Yes — the arbitration regime is set by a separate law and covers sports contracts; the agreement must be written.

5 min·9 Jan 2026

Sports Arbitration and Sports Disputes in Georgia

In international practice, "sports arbitration" evokes the Court of Arbitration for Sport — the forum where appeals arising in the systems of FIFA, UEFA and other federations are heard. Here it must be said plainly: Georgia has no statute on sports arbitration, and international sports tribunals have no statutory force in Georgian law. The Law on Sport contains no arbitration norm at all: its Article 28 provides that violation of the law's requirements entails liability established by Georgian legislation — meaning a sports dispute goes, by the general route, to the ordinary courts. The only statutory dispute machinery in the law is set by the anti-doping regime, while the remaining internal forums are created by the federations' statutes. Below we examine this whole picture.