I love your enthusiasm on the Laws of the Game quizzes. Got some nice questions this week in the 21st Laws of the Game Quiz. How are you doing? Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms and Conditions plus links to previous quizzes on the Quiz Page.
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A Uefa referee fitness exercise: what does that look like? I’ve found an exercise online that was created for Uefa referees by Werner Helsen and shared by other national associations. It focuses on speed and has a long sprint in it. Curious about it? I’ll explain in the video below. Explanation of the Uefa referee […]
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Door 12 focuses on some cases where promising attacks have been stopped (SPA = stopping a promising attack) or even obvious goal-scoring opportunities have been denied (DOGSO = denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity). Keeping the Laws of the Game changes in mind, what disciplinary sanctions would you issue? Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Your Decisions? Loading...
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The Euro 2024 match officials have been announced. Below the list with referees for the European Championships in Germany. The full list with all officials can be downloaded at the Uefa website. What are the biggest surprises for you? The referees and their assistant referees Video match officials The full list with all officials can be downloaded at the Uefa website.
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How a referee got nominated as player of the week? Jochem Kamphuis officiated the game between Vitesse and PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie, the highest football level in The Netherlands. Nathan scored the 3-1. He took off his shirt to show a message in memory of two of his friends from football club Chapecoense who died […]
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Week 15’s Laws of the Game Quiz is here for you. But first I’d like to mention a discussion I had about the restart of play in Week 14’s question 5. The Dutch FA (KNVB) says this is an indirect free kick. I used one of their questions for professional referees. The LOTG do actually not […]
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My request for late night games worked because two rescheduled games appeared for the week. I accepted both game offers and prepared for a bit of travel. The first game was Monday night at a local school. I had already been there a few weeks ago so I knew what to expect in terms of […]
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Week 16 of the Laws of the Game Quiz is all about throw-ins. Do you know what is allowed and how you need to handle when is scored from a throw-in? It sounds easy, but are you familiar with the rules about this subject? Give it a try. Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please […]
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 5. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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Tomorrow, we will very likely get to know the updated UEFA Referee Categories. After analyzing some data, we come to the conclusion that we can expect numerous changes - particularly from Second to First Group. The following diagram illustrates the number of officials in Elite and First Group over the last five couple of years. 2016a means the categories as they were defined in June 2016.
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 4. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or
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The following video clip collection focuses on the topic "Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity" (DOGSO) inside the penalty area. Since the IFAB's revision of Law 12, the difference between DOGSO offences outside and inside the penalty area is crucial and mainly determines the disciplinary sanction. Theory The following wording applies: "Where a player denies the opposing
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Thanks to some federations, we already know the names of a few referees appointed for the first Matchday of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). The missing names, including observers, will be added in due course. 04 September 2016 Group C, 18:00, Serravalle San Marino - Azerbaijan Referee: Sébastien Delferiere (Belgium) Assistant Referee 1: Yves de Neve (Belgium) Assistant Referee
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“You show your real qualities when the coach is not watching”, says Bjorn Kuipers. It’s easy to put some extra effort in the training sessions when your coach is near the sidelines, but that is not enough. It’s actually the easiest thing to show-off. His impression is good. You run. Train hard. Impress him. Your […]
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A delegation from www.you-are-the-ref.com had the pleasure of teaming up with our friends at CALSOUTH, California recently. We were able to look at
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Björn Kuipers retires as referee. That is what KNVB has confirmed. He’ll finish his career with officiating the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the Dutch Super Cup game between Ajax and PSV. After landing on Amsterdam airport after Euro 2020 Björn Kuipers still had doubts about continuing, but during his holidays he made the decision. “After the […]
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These officials will be in charge of next week's Youth League Matchday 6. A| 06.12.2016, 16:00 CET (Basel) FC Basel 1893 - Arsenal FC Referee: Peter Kralović (SVK) Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Benko (SVK) Assistant Referee 2: Erik Weiss (SVK) Fourth Official: Urs Schnyder (SUI) UEFA Referee Observer: Andreas Schluchter (SUI) UEFA Delegate: Petro Ivanov (UKR) A| 06.12.2016, 15:00 CET (
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In today's FIFA Club World Cup Semifinal between America and Real Madrid, Video Assistant Refereeing was again deployed following yesterday's penalty award by Viktor Kassai. Paraguayan Enrique Cacéres was involved as the main referee with in the following situation. (Admittedly Leading) Questions: 1) Did the Video Assistant Refereeing input make anything clearer on the field of play? 2
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Shot on goal blocked with hand: a new case study is live. In this blog story you’ll learn more about the considerations for the correct disciplinary action. The video below starts at 2m42s. You’ll see an incident of a shot on goal being blocked by a defender. As always I advise you to watch it […]
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These officials have been appointed for the fourth matchday of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). The appointments for 12 and 13 November will be added in due course. 11 November 2016 Group A, 20:45, Saint-Denis (France) France - Sweden Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (Serbia) Fourth Official: Nenad
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