Mundiavocat

The Mundiavocat in 1983 by Vincent Pinatel from Marseille and Pierre Lusinchi from Paris as a football World Cup of lawyers established. The first championship with 14 teams was held in Marrakesh ( Morocco ). Italy is the record world champion with teams from Milan and Rome with five wins. The reigning world champion in the Classic edition is Turkey , who defeated the former title holder from Brazil in the final in Budapest . The Masters and Legend tournaments, which were held for the first time, were won by teams from Italy.

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There is a Classic tournament which is open to everyone, a Masters tournament for lawyers over 35 years of age and, since 2014, a Legend tournament for lawyers over 45 years of age.

The preliminary round is played in groups of three or four teams, with each team playing against each other. All teams advance to the knock-out round according to their placements, the number of rounds depending on the number of entries. Losing teams continue to play in a placement round so that each team has the same number of games.

A game lasts 2 × 30 minutes, the semi-finals and the final each 2 × 35 minutes.

All participating teams receive a participation cup. The first three teams receive medals in gold, silver or bronze. The best player, the best goalscorer, the best goalkeeper and the best coach are awarded. There is also an award for the best fair play.

Previous tournaments

year	venue	Classic winner	Winner Master	Winner Legend	particularities
1983	Marrakesh ( Morocco )	Marrakesh ( Morocco )			First staging of the tournament
1984	Marrakesh ( Morocco )	Liege ( Belgium )			The final was attended by 11,000 spectators
1986	Split ( Yugoslavia )	Belgrade ( Yugoslavia )			A player from the Maltese team was taken into custody for insulting the referee
1988	Algiers ( Algeria )	Oran ( Algeria )			The opening game took place as part of the final of the Algerian Cup in front of 68,000 spectators.
1990	La Grande-Motte ( France )	Lisbon ( Portugal )
1992	Monastir - Sousse ( Tunisia )	Milan ( Italy )			Participation of 24 teams 8,000 spectators attended the opening ceremony.
1994	Balaton - Veszprém ( Hungary )	Rosario ( Argentina )			The final took place in front of 3,000 spectators.
1996	Limerick - Shannon ( Ireland )	The Hague ( Netherlands )
1998	Kusadasi ( Turkey )	Rome ( Italy )
2000	Marrakesh ( Morocco )	Santa Fe ( Argentina )			Participation of 32 teams The final took place in front of 20,000 spectators.
2002	Malta	Rome ( Italy )
2004	Balatonfüred ( Hungary )	Marseille ( France )
2006	Antalya ( Turkey )	Rome Dream Team ( Italy )			Participation of 50 teams
2008	Alicante ( Spain )	Buenos Aires ( Argentina )	Mexico		First edition of the master’s tournament. 74 teams participated
2010	Antalya ( Turkey )	Rome Dream Team ( Italy )	Costa Rica
2012	Rovinj ( Croatia )	OAB Minas Gerais ( Brazil )	Mexico I ( Mexico )		Participation of 73 teams, 38 of them in the Classic and 35 in the Master tournament.
2014	Budapest ( Hungary )	Bosphorus ( Turkey )	Rome Dream Team ( Italy )	Ass. Sport. Forense Catania ( Italy )	First edition of the Legend tournament Participation of 72 teams (30/32/10)

Record winner Classic tournament

rank	country	title	Tournaments
1	Italy	5	1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
2	Argentina	3	1994, 2000, 2008
3	Algeria	1	1988
	Belgium	1	1984
	Brazil	1	2012
	France	1	2004
	Yugoslavia	1	1986
	Morocco	1	1983
	Netherlands	1	1996
	Portugal	1	1990
	Turkey	1	2014

Record winner master tournament

rank	country	title	Tournaments
1	Mexico	2	2008, 2012
2	Costa Rica	1	2010
	Italy	1	2014

Record winner Legend tournament

rank	country	title	Tournaments
1	Italy	1	2014

German participation

year	team	placement
1996	Hanover	4th
1998	Hanover	8th.
2004	Berlin	31.
2006	Berlin	6th
2008	Berlin	12.

Similar events

Eurolawyers

Due to the success of the Mundiavocat, a continental tournament was also launched. The first European lawyers' championship (Lawyers European Football Cup) took place in 2005 in Sainte-Maxime ( France ). Due to the great success it was decided to hold this tournament every two years, alternating with the Mundiavocat. From May 31st to June 5th 2011 the fourth tournament took place in Benidorm ( Spain ). The final was won by the team from Palermo ( Italy ) against the team from Murcia (Spain). The fifth tournament took place from June 4th to 9th, 2013 in Cilento (Italy). LEX EXPERT UNBR from Romania won the Classic tournament , while the Master tournament was won by the team from Budapest , Hungary . A sixth tournament is planned for 2015 in Malta . This will take place from May 27th to 31st.

Americalawyers

Since 2009 there has also been an American football tournament for lawyers. The first edition took place in Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ). The second tournament was held in Cancún ( Mexico ) and won by the OAB Goiás team from Brazil. The next tournament took place from March 13th to 17th, 2013 in Buenos Aires ( Argentina ). The team from Mexico won the Masters tournament and the Feras da Babilonia team (OAB Brasília ) won the Classic competition . Between April 1st and 5th, 2015, the fourth edition will take place in Santiago de Chile .

Asialawyers

In 2007 the first and so far only edition of the Asian championship took place. The team from Tehran ( Iran ) won. The second edition, which was to take place in Singapore in 2009 , had to be canceled for security reasons. Since then, no new attempt has been made. A second tournament is planned for Pattaya ( Thailand ) from March 6-8 .

Africalawyers

In 2009 the only tournament to date for the African Championship of Lawyers was held in Sousse ( Tunisia ). It won the home team before Tunis 2 also from Tunisia. The second edition of this tournament is planned for May 1-3, 2015 in Dakar ( Senegal ).

Web links

• Official Homepage (English)
• German homepage Mundiavocat

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report NJW: Interview with Attorney Oliver W. Wolff ( Memento from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ TAZ report: We had the dream of becoming world champions
3. ↑ ^{a b} HP Lawyer's Football Tournament
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Overview of dates on Mundiavocat.com ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ HP Asialawyers ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ HP Africalawyers ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.