11. Consequences to Teams

11. Consequences to Teams

11.1 Testing of Team Sports

Where more than one member of a team in a Team Sport has been notified of an anti-doping rule violation under Rule 7 in connection with an Event, the ruling body for the Event shall conduct appropriate Target Testing of the team during the Even Period.

11.2 Consequences for Team Sports

If more than two members of a team in a Team Sport are found to have committed an anti- doping rule violation during an Event Period, the ruling body of the Event shall impose an appropriate sanction on the team (e.g., loss of points, Disqualification from a Competition or Event, or other sanction) in addition to any Consequences imposed upon the individual Athletes committing the anti-doping rule violation.

11.3 Event Ruling Body or International Federation May Establish Stricter Consequences for Team Sports

The ruling body for an Event may elect to establish rules for the Event which impose Consequences for Team Sports stricter than those in Rule 11.2 for purposes of the Event. Similarly, an International Federation may  elect  to establish rules  imposing stricter Consequences for Team Sports within its authority than those in Rule 11.2.⁶⁸ 

Footnotes

^{68 [Comment to Rule 11.3: For example, the International Olympic Committee could establish Rules which would require Disqualification of a team from the Olympic Games based on a lesser number of anti-doping rule violations during the period of the Games.]}