Presentation
The European Football Cup for Bars and Law Societies, known as “Eurolawyers”, is a tournament reserved for lawyers on the European continent.
Created in 2005 as a complement to the Mundiavocat (Lawyers’ Football World Cup), the event has undergone significant development.
The 8th edition, in 2019, has brought together 39 teams from 18 European countries! The competition will take place over 4 days, from Thursday to Sunday.
The draw will be made before the competition.
There will be 5 tournaments: Classic – Master – Legend – Five Men and Five Women with each team playing between 4 and 5 matches with two half-time of 20 to 40 minutes, depending on the category and progress in the tournament.
Two 11-a-side football tournaments are offered this year, Master & Legend, as well as a 5-a-side football tournaments (Women & Men
Invited Teams
Important information: At the request of several team captains from countries on both sides of the Atlantic, CSO is pleased to invite a limited number of teams to participate in the 2024 AmericaLawyers and EuroLawyers tournaments from another continent. In order to preserve the spirit of the continental tournaments, this number of invited teams is limited to one per tournament and per continent.
Example: for the next AmericaLawyers, scheduled to take place in Panama City, Panama, from 6 to 10 March 2024, European teams will be able to enter up to a maximum of one team per age-group or women’s/men’s 5-a-side tournament.
The same applies to American teams at the EuroLawyers scheduled to take place on the island of Mallorca in Spain from 3 to 7 April 2024.
To qualify “guest teams”, we will apply the “first paid, first served” rule.
Refereeing
To ensure that the competition runs smoothly, the organisers have approached the Spanish Football Federation (FEF), which will provide the referees needed to organise the 120 matches in the tournament.
For each 11-a-side match: 3 referees and 1 delegate will be provided
For each 5-a-side match: 1 referee and 1 delegate will be provided
Trophies
Prizes will be awarded at each tournament:
- Champions, runners-up and 3rd place: cups and medals (gold, silver, bronze);
- All other teams will receive a cup with their respective ranking;
- Special prizes will also be awarded in each category for the best player, the best goalscorer, the best goalkeeper, the best manager and the most “fair play” team.
Registration
Any team representing one or more European Bars or law firms in Europe (with the exception of one team per continent from outside Europe) is eligible to enter. There is no limit to the number of teams per city or country and there is no qualification system.
