Referees from Utrecht are the Dutch Laws of the Game Champions 2013. The team won for the 4th time in a row the national championship for football rules specialists.
Utrecht referees win the utch Laws of the Game Champions 2013
The referees from Utrecht only won by 7 points from De Langstraat after a full day (10am untill 5pm) of questions about the football rules. Referees get questions they never thought about before or situations which are not likely to happen, but things you should be prepared for as a referee.
For example the first question for the referees: How many cards can a referee give to active players during a competition match on highest amateur level before he needs to abandon the match?
- A. Max. 39
- B. Max. 40
- C. Max. 46
- D. Max. 47
Post your answer below. The correct answer is published in this new blog post.
I also took some pictures during the Dutch Laws of the Game Champions 2013.
Check out a photo album of the tournament on Facebook
Later this week more about how to organise such a championship for your country and how the referees are being tested.
@dutchreferee Five. After he gave 5 red card to active players, he has to abandon the match.
@dutchreferee depends on the number of subs and if any are used, but you could send off at least 5 from one side before having to abandon
@dutchreferee als er minimaal 7 spelers over zijn van 1 team. Als er 1 team 6 spelers heeft word er gestaakt.
@dutchreferee So potentially you could have a mass confrontation, send off 5 from each side + any subs that were involved before abandoning
@dutchreferee after 44 cards they can still play on. After 46 cards (2nd yellow + red) he needs to abandon the match.
C :p
@dutchreferee Ah, I only took the yellow cards. You have to take nine reds, so 27+9=46 cards in total.
@dutchreferee I’m coming up with 51 :), assuming 5 players on the bench and 7-players minimum on field.
How many substitutes?
@dutchreferee was meer een wiskundevraag dan een spelregelvraag! Vragen waren overigens best pittig! Was blij dat ik reserve was 😉 haha
46. At the 47th card. One will need to abandon the match.
Actually Quan Pham, you abandon the match at the 46th card. You can’t get to the 47th card because once you get to 6 v 7, the game is abandoned.
11 spelers * 2 teams is 22 spelers. Die krijgen allemaal geel.
Vervolgens krijgen aan beide kanten 4 spelers een tweede gele + rode kaart (16 erbij is dus 38). De eerstvolgende speler die dan een gele kaart krijgt (en dus rood er bij) betekent einde wedstrijd na maximaal 40 kaarten.
(For Non-Dutch: 11 players times 2 teams is max 22 yellows.
From each side 4 players can receive a second yellow + following red. This ads 8 players * 2 cards (= 16) to the previous 22 and makes 38. The next time a player receives yellow (and subsequently red [cards 39 and 40]) the game has to be abandoned for one team having less than 7 players. Answer in my opinion: B
I forgot 3 subs on each side who each also receive a yellow. So if both teams make 3 subs the max is 46 (also D).
Posted answer in new blog post. 46 is correct: http://www.dutchreferee.com/answer-46-is-max-number-of-cards-before-abandoning-game/