The Complainant was founded on 15 June 1954 and is the umbrella organisation for the 55 national football associations across Europe. Since 1995, it is headquartered in Nyon, Switzerland. The Complainant runs national and club competitions, including the UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super. It controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. The UEFA European Championship is a European football tournament which has been held every four years since 1960 and takes place in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments. The UEFA European Championship is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of UEFA, determining the continental champion of Europe. As early as 1984, the UEFA European Football Championship has been commercially identified as “EURO”, combined with the year of the event. In the case of the 1984 tournament, the form this name took was “EURO 84”, and in subsequent years the names used have been “EURO 88”, “EURO 92”, “EURO 96”, “EURO 2000”, “EURO 2004”, “EURO 2008”, “EURO 2012”, “EURO 2016”, “EURO 2020”, and ‘’EURO 2024’’. In each case, the name was used to refer to the tournament many years prior to the date of the tournament itself. The EURO 2024 Championship took place in Germany and reached a global cumulative TV audience of some 5 billion viewers.<\/p>\n
The disputed domain name <euro2024volunteers.com> was registered on 20 April 2025. As at the date of this decision, the disputed domain name resolves to a domain hosting what appears to be a sports and football betting and streaming website.<\/p>", "other_legal_proceedings": "
The Panel is not aware of any other legal proceedings which are pending or decided and which relate to the disputed domain name.<\/p>", "no_response_filed": "
The Complainant contends that all three elements of the UDRP have been fulfilled and it therefore requests the transfer of the disputed domain name to the Complainant.<\/p>", "rights": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trade mark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy).<\/p>", "no_rights_or_legitimate_interests": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the Respondent to have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy).<\/p>", "bad_faith": "
The Complainant has, to the satisfaction of the Panel, shown the disputed domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith (within the meaning of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy).<\/p>", "procedural_factors": "
The Panel is satisfied that all procedural requirements under UDRP were met and there is no other reason why it would be inappropriate to provide a decision.<\/p>", "decision": "Accepted", "panelists": [ "Gregor Kleinknecht LLM MCIArb" ], "date_of_panel_decision": "2025-11-12 00:00:00", "informal_english_translation": "
The Complainant owns a number of trade marks consisting of or incorporating the name EURO 2024, including the UK national word trade mark UEFA EURO 2024, registration number UK00917929120, first registered on 27 November 2018 in international classes 16, 25, 28, 32, 38, 41, and 43; and the UK national word trade mark EURO 2024, registration number UK00911322351, first registered on 20 March 2013 in international classes 3, 4, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 25, 28, 32, 35-39, and 41-43. The Complainant’s trade mark registrations predate the registration of the disputed domain name. The Panel accepts the Complainant’s submission that the Complainant’s trade marks are extensively used, widely recognised, and have accrued significant reputation and goodwill in connection with European football, and that they are distinctive and well-known internationally. <\/p>\n
The Complainant submits that it also owns the domain name <uefa.com>, which is connected to the main operating website used by the Complainant to provide news, information, updates and features relating to UEFA competitions and related services, including to the UEFA online store for purchasing merchandise. It is unclear from the Complainant’s submission when the domain <uefa.com> was first registered and used, and what direct bearing it has on the matter, given that it does not contain the name Euro 2024. Furthermore, the Complainant is active on social media and has generated a significant level of endorsement with more than 6,1 million followers on Instagram, more than 2,8 million followers on Facebook, and more than 2,1 million followers on X.<\/p>", "decision_domains": { "euro2024volunteers.com": "TRANSFERRED" }, "panelist": null, "panellists_text": null }