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252 positions · set by IFAB

Can you referee this?

Read the position, give the decision, see IFAB’s own answer. Ten at a time, scored.

The 13 categories

General252
Every subject, dealt one at a time
Offside42
Law 11
Handball35
Law 12
Denied a goal or clear chance17
Law 12
Foul6
Law 12
Misconduct33
Law 12
Ball in and out of play29
Laws 1, 2, 8, 9
Goalkeeper27
Law 12
The referee: whistle, advantage, injuries19
Law 5
Taking a penalty kick18
Law 14
Substitutions and extra persons12
Law 3
Taking a free kick7
Law 13
Corner or goal kick7
Laws 16, 17

Every category but General has a decision tree behind it, so a question you get wrong is one click from the walk that reasons it out with the clause cited at each step.

Whose questions these are

The situation and the answer are IFAB’s, word for word, from the FAQs they publish under each Law, and every question links to the page it came from and the date it was read. The options are ours, and which one is right is read out of IFAB’s own answer, which you see in full the moment you choose. None of it is a citation of the Law: this is IFAB applying the Laws they wrote, and the clauses themselves are on the Law pages.

There are 11 answers and they are the same 11 every time, because they are the only ways the Laws let a referee restart a match. Each one names the provision that awards it when you choose.

Play continuesDirect free kickIndirect free kickPenalty kickDropped ballThrow-inGoal kickCorner kickThe kick is retakenThe goal is awardedThe goal is disallowed

The fourteen offside positions IFAB draw rather than describe are on their own page, and the decisions Ruleside has published on real matches are on Calls.