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Handball: can you referee this?

35 positions written by IFAB, from Law 12. Their words, their answer, shown in full as soon as you choose. Ten at a time.

Question 1 of 10Law 12

An attacking player receives a long pass, accidentally touches the ball with their hand/arm and immediately scores a goal. The hand/arm has not made their body unnaturally bigger. What is the correct decision?

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General 252Offside 42Foul 6Misconduct 33Ball in and out of play 29Goalkeeper 27The referee: whistle, advantage, injuries 19Taking a penalty kick 18Denied a goal or clear chance 17Substitutions and extra persons 12Taking a free kick 7Corner or goal kick 7

Every answer here is IFAB applying their own Laws rather than the Law itself. The clauses are on the Law pages, and the handball walk reasons a decision out one question at a time, citing the clause at each step.