Juventus will stage their next home game against Chievo with part of the Curva Sud closed after the Italian sports disciplinary court ruled for the third time that the Turin club must be punished for crowd disturbances at their derby with Torino last season.
The Bianconeri have twice managed to obtain a postponement of the initial sentence -- which was for a two-game closure -- but that is now unlikely after their latest appeal was rejected.
The sanction, which will see a quarter of the Juventus Stadium closed, was imposed after a Juve fan threw a cherry bomb into an area of the Stadio Olimpico occupied by Torino fans, causing several injuries.
Juve's initial appeal was upheld until the true identity of the fan could be ascertained, allowing the club to celebrate winning the Scudetto with a full house at the end of last season.
Once it was proven that the bomb had indeed been thrown by a Juve fan, the sanction was reinstated for the opening game of the current season against Udinese.
Once again Juve appealed and, while this appeal was being heard, the punishment was lifted -- until Thursday.
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) -- the last court of appeal open to the Bianconeri in Italy -- rejected their request for the closure to be overturned, enabling the Italian Football Association (FIGC) to impose it for their next home game, on Sept. 12.
The CONI also ordered Juve to pay €2,000 in costs for the hearing.
Juve contested the fact that they should be held responsible for an act which occurred within an opposition club's stadium, when it should be the duty of the host club to ensure such forbidden items are not taken into the stadium.
The fan who threw the bomb was also subject to a nationwide banning order and Juve say it is Torino who failed by allowing him to access the Stadio Olimpico that day.