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COURSES 2012

Refereeing Courses
	The FIVB’s refereeing courses are designed to help spread the knowledge of the sport across the world. Courses are held throughout the year and range from refresher courses to International Referee Candidate Courses and Continental events. The aim of each event is to help improve and update referees' knowledge and competence of volleyball and beach volleyball rules according to the most recent trends in the sport.		One of the most recent trends has been the rise of female referees, with the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2011 final between Brazil and USA in Macau, China the first time that both referees were female; Zorica Bjelic of Serbia and Susana Rodriguez of Spain. This increase in female referees has resulted in the FIVB introducing a women's only International Volleyball Referee Course for 2012. This is set to take place in Turkey, with dates to be confirmed in the near future.

CALENDAR 2012

Click on the country to find out how to register for the course or to view a course report and photos

From	To	Country	Type	Category	Language(s)
19-Mar	25-Mar	Turkey	Volleyball	IRCC	English
24-Mar	31-Mar	Tunisia	Volleyball	Refresher	English
11-Apr	16-Apr	Thailand, Kingdom of	Beach Volleyball	IRCC	English
22-Apr	28-Apr	India	Volleyball	IRCC	English
24-May	29-May	Dominican Republic	Volleyball	IRCC	English
6-Jul	11-Jul	Dominican Republic	Beach Volleyball	IRCC	English
12-Jul	17-Jul	Tunisia	Beach Volleyball	IRCC	English
7-Aug	11-Aug	Liechtenstein	Beach Volleyball	IRCC	English
24-Sep	30-Sep	Turkey *	Volleyball	IRCC	English
2-Oct	6-Oct	Thailand, Kingdom of	Volleyball	Refresher	English

* IRCC only for women

RULES OF THE GAME 2009-2012


Volleyball	Beach Volleyball
The latest rules governing the sports of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball. Additional documents and publications (refereeing guidelines, casebook) can also be found here

VOLLEYBALL OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS


BALL "OUT" Raise the forearms vertically, hands open, palms towards the body.	DELAY IN SERVICE Raise eight fingers, spread open
Learn how to be a referee

MULTIMEDIA TEACHING MATERIAL FOR REFEREES

New edition 2011 - Dynamic, interactive and informative, the Multimedia Teaching Material for Referees will open the game of Indoor Volleyball up to many new practitioners whilst aiding the development of the sport around the world.

REFEREES CORNER

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REFEREES DATABASE

Find the latest information about the top Volleyball and Beach Volleyball referees around world by accessing this revolutionary directory, which includes detailed profiles of all international and FIVB referees. More...

Includes a secure area for national federations to register referees and to maintain and update profiles and data. Federations can access the secure area by clicking here

VOLLEYBALL & BEACH VOLLEYBALL REFEREES

José Rogelio VELEZ MERCADO
International Volleyball Referee
	Nationality : PUR Birth date: 3/09/1957 Height: 182cm Nomination in 1993 Total of matches: 400 national and 250 International Occupation: Teacher
Biography: Jose Rogelio Mercado from Puerto Rico has been an international referee since 1989 with his first tournament being the Pan-American games. He has been involved in many FIVB competitions including the FIVB World League since 2005, the FIVB World Cup, the Women’s World Championship and numerous Olympic Qualifiers. Furthermore he was a referee at the FIVB Men’s Junior World Championship in 1996 and in 2005. In 2010 he performed in the FIVB Women's World Championship held in Japan.