MARK
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EQUIVALENT
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COMMENT
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9.0-10.0
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EXCELLENT
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The officials’ overall handling of
the match was excellent. The referee's performance exceeded the expected
level in several fields. All important decisions were correctly taken.
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8.5-8.9
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VERY GOOD
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The officials’ overall handling of
the match was very good. All important decisions were correctly taken.
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8.3-8.4
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GOOD
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The officials’ overall handling of
the match reached the expected level. The referee made no important errors*
during the match.
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7.8-8.2
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SATISFACTORY
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8.2: The
officials’ overall handing of the match was satisfactory. Some aspects of the
referee’s performance did not reach the expected level.
8.0-8.1: The
officials’ overall handing of the match was satisfactory. Several aspects of the referee’s performance did not reach the expected level.
7.9: The
officials’ made one important error* in the match, otherwise 8.3 or higher.
7.8: The
officials’ made one important error* in the match, otherwise 8.0-8.2.
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7.0-7.7
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DISAPPOINTING
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7.5-7.7:
The officials’ overall handling of the match was disappointing. Several
aspects of the referee’s performance require considerable improvement.
7.0-7.4: The
officials’ overall handling of the match was disappointing. The referee made
2 or more important errors* in the match.
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6.0-6.9
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UNACCEPTABLE
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The officials’ overall handling of
the match was unacceptable.
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*Important errors are potentially game changing incidents which the referee called incorrectly according to the Laws of the Game. Examples of important errors include but are not limited to:
- Failing to dismiss a player in accordance with the LOTG (e.g. Serious Foul Play)
- Incorrectly dismissing a player in accordance with the LOTG.
- Failing to award a penalty kick for a clear foul within the penalty area.
- Incorrectly awarding a penalty kick when no foul was committed in the penalty area.
- Failing to award a goal when the ball crossed the goal line.
- Incorrectly awarding a goal when the ball hadn't crossed the goal line.
- Failing to disallow a goal for offside.
- Incorrectly disallowing a goal for offside.
- Failing to award a goal which had been scored legally.
- Incorrectly awarding a goal which had been scored illegally.
If officials make an important error during a match, the maximum mark they can be awarded by the assessor is 7.9 (SATISFACTORY).
PLEASE NOTE:
The assessor cannot award the officials 'VERY GOOD' (8.5-10.0) or 'EXCELLENT' (9.0-10.0) if the game difficulty was below 'normal'. Likewise, the assessor cannot award 'UNACCEPTABLE' (6.0-6.9) if the match difficulty was above 'normal'. See the 'Review Guidelines' page for details on match difficulty.
