Disciplinary System

Any authorised actor (umpire, official, player, or registered observer) may file an incident report directly from the competition app or web console. The report is classified at intake into one of the established categories: misconduct, cheating, doping, violence, or abuse. Classification routes the case to the correct commission and triggers the appropriate procedural template (deadlines, required evidence, mandatory hearing, anonymisation rules).

A disciplinary case progresses through clearly defined states: open, under investigation, hearing scheduled, decided, closed. During investigation, the assigned commission attaches evidence (photographs, video clips, witness statements, umpire reports) and may request additional submissions from involved parties. Hearings are scheduled with all relevant parties summoned through the platform; the hearing record captures attendees, the questions raised, and the testimony heard. The commission issues a sanction drawn from the catalogue: warning, fine, suspension for a defined period, ban, or competition-points deduction. Some federations support an alternative dispute resolution path, for instance Spain's arbitraje de equidad with a three-arbiter panel, and the configurable escalation rules determine when ADR replaces full proceedings.

Once a sanction is recorded, enforcement is automatic. Active suspensions block the individual from being entered into any competition during the suspension period; the entry pipeline rejects them and notifies the organiser. Notification fans out to all relevant parties: the sanctioned individual, their club, the home federation, and (for cross-tenant cases) any federations where the person is licensed. The sanction register is searchable by federation level, with expiry dates triggering automatic rehabilitation when the suspension lapses.

Appeals escalate to higher federation levels following the configured chain. Every action, document, and state transition is captured in an immutable audit trail so that the case file is forensically complete should it eventually reach the Court of Arbitration for Sport.