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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When Mark Clattenburg blew the final whistle in Saint-Denis’ EURO 2016 Final between Portugal and France, he concluded what can be seen as the most successful tournament in terms of refereeing in recent history. Participating in such international tournaments as a referee or referee observer is only possible for FIFA match officials or international referee observers - at least that's what you
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The following video clip collection focuses on the topic "Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity" (DOGSO) outside 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 --[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false
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Creating uniformity while maintaining an adequate and situation-based judgment is a task every referee instructor knows when training his or her match officials. This particularly counts for handballs that are undoubtfully one of the blindest spots in terms of consistent Laws of the Game application and that are often judged diametrically different from one referee to the other. Although
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UEFA has appointed the following officials to handle the second legs of Europa League's Play-off Round on 25 August 2016. 25 August 2016 Baku, 18:30 CET Qarabağ FK (AZE) - IFK Göteborg (SWE) Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS) Assistant Referee 1: Valeriy Danchenko (RUS) Assistant Referee 2: Maksim Gavrilin (RUS) Fourth Official: Kirill Levnikov (RUS) UEFA Referee Observer:
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The following officials will complete the appointments for 2016-17 UEFA Champions League's Play Off Stage. Two surprises are among the appointees: First Group officials Pawel Gil of Poland and Andre Marriner of England will take charge of a match each. APOEL Nicosia -:- FC København UCL Play-Off, 2nd Leg, 24/08/2016, 20:45 CET – Nicosia (CYP) Match Officials Referee:
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UEFA's Referee Committee has appointed the following match officials to take charge of Tuesday's play-offs return legs for Champions League 2016/2017. Hapoel Beer Sheva FC -:- Celtic FC UCL Play-Off, 2nd Leg, 23/08/2016, 20:45 CET – Beer Sheva (ISR) Match Officials Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED) Assistant Referees: Rob van de Ven (NED), Charles Schaap (NED) Additional
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Alireza Faghani has been appointed to oversee the final act of 2016 Olympic Men's Football Tournament. A FIFA referee since 2008, the Iranian, after having attended 2014 WC as reserve, has already officiated a final in a FIFA tournament: he was in charge of 2015 Club World Cup final between River Plate and Barcelona. He was also selected for 2015 Asian Cup final. He will be assisted by his
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Canadian Carol Anne Chenard has been appointed to oversee Olympic Games final between Sweden and Germany. A FIFA referee since 2006, in recent years Chenard has gained a notable experience, officiating games at 2011 Women World Cup, 2012 Olympics and 2015 Women World Cup. Women's Gold Medal Final (19 August) Rio de Janeiro, 22:30 CET Sweden - Germany Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)
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Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU) and Néstor Pitana (ARG) are the selected officials for men's semifinals. Men's Semifinals (17 August) Rio de Janeiro, 18:00 CET Brazil - Honduras Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) Assistant Referee 1: Octavian Şovre (Romania) Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (Romania) 4th Official: Fahad Al Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) Reserve AR: Abdulah Alshalwai (Saudi Arabia)
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UEFA has appointed the following officials to handle the first legs of Europa League's Play-off Round that will be held on 17 and 18 August 2016. 17 August 2016 Jerusalem, 18:00 CET Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR) - AS Saint-Étienne (FRA) Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG) Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG) Assistant Referee 2: Gary Beswick (ENG) Fourth Official: Paul Tierney (ENG) UEFA
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The following match officials will be in charge of next Wednesday's play-offs for Champions League 2016/2017. Ludogorets Razgrad -:- FC Viktoria Plzeň UCL Play-Off, 1st Leg, 17/08/2016, 20:45 CET – Sofia (BUL) Match Officials Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG) Assistant Referees: Jake Collin (ENG), Simon Bennett (ENG) Additional Assistant Referees: Andre Marriner (ENG), Lee
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Hyang Ok Ri from Korea DPR and Lucila Venegas from Mexico are the selected officials for women's semifinals. Women's Semifinals (16 August) Rio de Janeiro, 18:00 CET Brazil - Sweden Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico) Assistant Referee 1: Mayte Chavez (Mexico) Assistant Referee 2: Enedina Caudillo (Mexico) 4th Official: Melissa Borjas (Honduras) Reserve AR: Mariana de Almeida (Argentina)
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UEFA Referees Committe has appointed the following match officials to take charge of next Tuesday's play-offs for Champions League 2016/2017. FC København -:- APOEL Nicosia UCL Play-Off, 1st Leg, 16/08/2016, 20:45 CET – Copenhagen (DEN) Match Officials Referee: Pavel Královec (CZE) Assistant Referees: Roman Slyško (SVK), Ivo Nadvorník (CZE) Additional Assistant Referees
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The following referees will officiate the quarterfinals of Men's Tournament. Men's Quarterfinals (13 August) Brasilia, 18:00 CET Portugal - Germany Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala) Assistant Referee 1: Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) Assistant Referee 2: Gerson Otoniel López Castellanos (Guatemala) 4th Official: Fahad Al Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) FIFA Referee Assessor: Lee Harmon (Cook
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It’s Week 3 of the Laws of the Game Quiz. How did you perform on the last two quizzes? In the stats I see many referees who scored better in the second test. I think the third test is a little more difficult than the second one. Can you get that 5 out of 5 […]
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“Always communicate as refereeing team” – Bjorn Kuipers Last week I went to the book launch of Bjorn Kuipers. He also gave a lecture about managing a game as referee. I thought it would be useful to share these tips with you on a weekly basis. One tip every week. I’ll start off with an […]
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From refugee to referee. A personal story from Ammar Sahar. He is a 27-year-old referee from Syria and came to Germany only ten months ago. In Syria and Lebanon he was a top level referee, but he had to flee the country. He wants to become a professional Bundesliga referee. In the documentary below he […]
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Referee news of week 6. I went to the Bjorn Kuipers book launch last week. He gave a college in theatre, which gave me some awesome insights. I’ll share the tips from Bjorn in a weekly post on Thursday. These simple tips might help you become a better referee. Other news in this section are […]
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I am hugely surprised by all the responses I got after the first quiz. Thanks all for participating. If interested, you can still take the quiz of week 1. There was an issue with the following question. I asked: “A penalty kick is awarded and a team-mate of the identified kicker takes the kick and […]
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