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No Championship operates without Referee’s and the EBSA are lucky to have the very best at all it’s Championships all over Europe. The Referee’s come from all different countries within the Continent and work together seamlessly at the very highest level.

One of the great things about the Referee’s Scheme within the EBSA is the amount of knowledge and experience the Assessors and Examiners have over years of Tournaments and championships and their ability to share that experience and many skills that help mold and develop the Referee’s of the future.

Sermet Dağlı, Mourad Mahi and Selcuk Atmaca the latest Class 1 Referees to graduate in Turkiye

Ingo Schmidt the Head Assessor at the 2025 European Championships said “We are delighted at the EBSA to assess the Referee’s at all levels be it Class One, Two or Three and help to improve their skills. We want to turn inexperienced Referee’s into good Referee’s, good Referee’s to very good Referee’s and very good Referee’s into excellent Referee’s. Here in Turkiye we are delighted to announce that we have three new Class One Referee’s and all I can say is Mission Accomplished”.

“The newly promoted Class One Referee’s had to get through a full match and then intense questioning of their knowledge of the Rules of the game. The Class One examination takes between one and two hours to complete and we as Assessors and Examiners are very satisfied with all three of the guys and I wish them many years of great Refereeing”.

Ingo Schmidt with the three Class One Referee’s and assisted by Tryvggvi Erlingsson and Christov Levin