The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will be operating an Ad hoc Division for the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
A CAS delegation will be onsite in Japan to ensure that any sports-related disputes that arise during the event can be resolved in an expedited timeframe. Athletes and sports bodies can make arbitration requests free of charge between 15 September 2026 – 4 October 2026.
The CAS arbitrators who will be present in Japan are
Salman Al-Ansari (Qatar)
Steven Bainbridge (Canada/UAE)
Prof. Yoshihisa Hayakawa (Japan)
Ian Hunt (New Zealand/ United Kingdom)
Benny Lo (China/ United Kingdom)
The CAS Ad hoc Division Presidents will be Mr Michael Lenard (USA) and Ms Corinne Schmidhauser
There are tailored and simplified procedural rules for the competition which are published here on the CAS website.