Module 8: How FIFA is governed
5 lessons · about 3 hours of study. Part of the full course.
Module 8
How FIFA is constituted and run under its Statutes: its objectives, its member associations and their duties, the Congress, the Council and the general secretariat, the independent committees, the Football Tribunal and CAS, and how World Cup hosts are chosen.
Primary material: FIFA Statutes, articles 1–68 · study pack pp. 7–47
What you will be able to do
- Name FIFA’s bodies and what each is responsible for
- Explain member associations’ rights and duties, including independence
- Apply the Statutes’ majorities and procedures to a Congress decision
- Decide whether a FIFA decision can go to CAS, and within what time
- Judge whether FIFA acted within its Statutes when it suspended a member
- Brief a client on how a FIFA decision affecting them can be challenged
Your learning path
Lessons
Work through the lessons in order, then check your readiness in the timed module test.
- 01 Lesson 8.1What FIFA is, and what it is for 9 min Visited
- 02 Lesson 8.2Members and their duties 11 min Visited
- 03 Lesson 8.3The Congress, the Council and the secretariat 12 min Visited
- 04 Lesson 8.4Independent committees, justice and CAS 12 min Visited
- 05 Lesson 8.5Money, rights and competitions 9 min Visited
- 06 AssessmentModule test 42 min