1869_Beach Soccer Laws of the Game 2023-24

TOTHEMEMBERASSOCIATIONSOFFIFA Circularno.1869 Zurich,19December2023 BeachSoccerLawsoftheGame2023-24 DearSirorMadam, FIFAispleasedtoannouncethattheFIFACouncilhasapprovedseveralupdatestotheBeachSoccerLawsoftheGame.TheseencompassBeachSoccer-specificadjustmentswhilealsoaligningtheLawswithrecentmodificationsintroducedinfootball. Enclosed,youwillfindbothanoverviewofthemainamendmentsandthecompleteBeachSoccerLawsoftheGame2023-24.ThefullBeachSoccerLawsoftheGame2023-24isalsoreadilyaccessibleonFIFA.com. Ifyouhaveanyinquiriesorrequirefurtherclarification,pleasedon'thesitatetocontactDominicChielens,SeniorRefereeingManager,attheFIFARefereeingSubdivision(refereeing@fifa.org). Yoursfaithfully,FIFA MattiasGrafström SecretaryGeneraladinterim Encl.:-MainamendmentstotheBeachSoccerLawsoftheGame -BeachSoccerLawsoftheGame2023-24 cc:-FIFACouncil -Confederations FédérationInternationaledeFootballAssociation FIFA-Strasse20P.O.Box8044ZurichSwitzerlandT:+41(0)432227777www.FIFA.com AmendmentstotheBeachSoccerLawsoftheGame: Key:italics=new/modifiedtext;strikethrough=deletedtext BeachSoccerLawsoftheGame2023-24 Law2–TheBall 3.Replacementofadefectiveball (…)Iftheballbecomesdefectiveinopenplay,playisstoppedandrestartedwithadroppedball.Theonlyexceptioniswhentheballbecomesdefectiveasaresultofstrikingoneofthegoalpostsorthecrossbarandthendirectlyentersthegoal(seesection6ofthisLaw).Iftheballbecomesdefectiveatakick-off,goalclearance,cornerkick,freekick,penaltykick,kick-in/throw-inordroppedball,therestartisretaken.Iftheballbecomesdefectiveduringapenaltykickorkicksfromtheimaginarypenaltymarkpenalties(penaltyshoot-out)asitmovesforwardsandbeforeittouchesaplayer,crossbarorgoalpost,thepenaltykickisretaken. Law3–ThePlayers 7.Offencesandsanctions (…)Iftherefereeshavestoppedplay,itisrestartedwithafreekicktotheopposingteam,tobetaken: fromthepositionoftheballatthetimeofthestoppageiftheballwasinthehalfoftheteamagainstwhichtheoffencewascommitted;fromthecentreofthepitchiftheballwasinthehalfoftheteamthatcommittedtheoffence. Ifthissubstituteortheirteamalsocommitsanotheroffence,playisrestartedinaccordancewiththerestartofplayassociatedwiththatotheroffence.Ifthissubstituteortheirteaminterfereswithplay,afreekickorpenaltykickisawardedbasedonthepositionoftheinterference. 10.Goalscoredwithanextrapersononthepitch (…)If,afteragoalisscoredandbeforeplayrestarts,therefereesrealisethatanextrapersonwasonthepitchwhenthegoalwasscored: Therefereesmustdisallowthegoaliftheextrapersonwas: aplayer,substitute,sent-offplayerorteamofficialoftheteamthatscoredthegoalandthatpersoninterferedwithplay;playisrestartedwithafreekickfromthepositionoftheextrapersonorapenaltykickiftheinterferencewasinthepenaltyarea;anoutsideagent,whointerferedwithplaybydivertingtheballintothegoalorpreventingadefendingteamplayerfromplayingtheballunlessagoalresultsasoutlinedabovein“Extrapersonsonthepitch”; playisrestartedwithadroppedball. Therefereesmustallowthegoaliftheextrapersonwas: aplayer,substitute,sent-offplayerorteamofficialoftheteamthatconcededthegoal; anoutsideagentwhodidnotinterferewithplay. Inallcases,therefereesmusthavetheextrapersonremovedfromthepitch. 11.Improperre-entrybyplayeroffthepitch (…)Iftherefereesstopplay,itmustberestarted: withafreekickfromthepositionoftheinterferenceorapenaltykickiftheinterferencewasinthepenaltyarea; (…) 12.Authoriseddeparturefromthepitch Inadditiontoanormalsubstitution,aplayermayleavethepitchwithouteitherreferee’spermissioninthefollowingsituations: aspartofaplayingmovementwherebytheplayerimmediatelyreturnstothepitch,i.e.toplaytheballordribblepastanopponent.However,itisnotpermittedtoleavethepitchandmovebehindoneofthegoalsbeforere-enteringthepitchwiththeaimofdeceivingtheopponents;ifthishappens,therefereesstopplayiftheycannotapplytheadvantage.Iftheystopplay,theymustrestartitwithafreekicktobetakenfromthepositionoftheoffence,providedthatthiswasintheopponents’halfofthepitch,orfromthecentreofthepitch,iftheoffencewasintheteam’shalfofthepitch.Theplayeriscautionedforleavingthepitchwithouteitherreferee’spermissionunsportingbehaviour. (…) 14.Teamcaptain Eachteammusthaveacaptainwhoisidentifiedwithanarmband.Theteamcaptainhasnospecialstatusorprivilegesbuthasadegreeofresponsibilityforthebehaviouroftheteam. Law5–TheReferees 3.Powersandduties Thereferees: (…) stopplayif,intheiropinion,aplayerisseriouslyinjuredandensurethattheplayerisremovedfromthepitch.Aninjuredplayer,includingagoalkeeper,maynotbetreatedonthepitch,mustleavethepitchbythenearestboundary-linepoint,mayonlyreturntothepitchafterthematchhasrestartedandmustre-enterthepitchfromthesubstitutionzone.Theonlyexceptionstotherequirementtoleavethe pitcharewhen: oaplayerhassandintheireyes,inthiswhichcasetheplayermayusewatertocleantheireyesandmaybehelpedbyateam-matebutnotbymedicalstaff.Waterbottlesmaybeplacedbehindthegoalstoenableaquickrestart; Law6–TheOtherMatchOfficials 1.Theassistantreferees TwoThreeassistantrefereesmaybeappointed(athirdreferee,afourthrefereeandatimekeeper)whomustperformtheirdutiesinaccordancewiththeB