🧑‍⚖️ Referees & judges

Contact your national branch or federation about officials' courses. The usual path is a course and exam, shadowing experienced officials, then supervised work at amateur events. How to become a kickboxing referee and how to become a judge.

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It lists your assigned bouts by event, checks fighters in by scanning their licence QR code, records weigh-ins, provides the round scoring pad and lets you enter the final result. It works offline and syncs later. Referee app guide.

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Licence status, medical clearance validity, suspension status and a weigh-in entry that compares the recorded weight with the class limit and marks pass or fail. No identity numbers or medical diagnoses are shown. Check-in with the QR code.

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Keep scoring. Each submitted round is stored on the device with a unique ID and synced automatically when you are back online. The server saves each round once, so nothing is lost or duplicated.

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The pad has 10-9, 9-10, 10-8, 8-10, 10-10 and 10-7, plus knockdown and foul counters for each corner and a Submit round button. Ten-point must scoring.

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No. The final result creates bouts for both fighters with status pending and source "referee". They count only after an administrator verifies them against the official record. Why a referee's result is never final.

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When one athlete clearly dominates, typically with a knockdown and control of the rest of the round, or overwhelming damage and control without a knockdown. Consider impact, dominance and duration. How to score a 10-8 round.

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No. Both earn the same +5 finishing bonus, so a KO or TKO win is worth 30 base points. A referee never has to worry that stopping a bout early changes the value of the win. KO vs TKO.

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Both are recorded as TKO. A disqualification is recorded as "Other" and does not earn the finishing bonus.

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The event's rules decide: early in the bout it is often a no contest, later it may go to the scorecards for a technical decision. A no contest earns 0 ranking points by default. Fouls explained.

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You should declare the connection and step aside. Officials must avoid conflicts of interest, and attempting to influence an officiating decision is prohibited conduct under the code of conduct.

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The event's administrator, a branch admin or KBN World HQ, assigns referees and judges on the event's bout card builder. Your assignments then appear in the referee app, grouped by event.

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The athlete cannot compete as a KBN-licensed fighter. Inform the officiating supervisor and the event director. Do not make exceptions for medical clearance or suspensions.

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Judges score independently and must not discuss scores during the event. The live centre shows the submitted scores to the public, but each judge should score only what they saw.

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Yes. Post-bout medical suspensions ordered by the ringside physician are recorded and enforced across all KBN branches, and officials see suspension status when they scan the licence.

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Where KBN's officials certification module is enabled, referee and judge licences, exams and statistics are managed by KBN. An official's licence can then be checked online by its number, just as a fighter's licence can be checked on the verify page.

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Tell the officiating supervisor straight away. Corrections are handled by administrators and recorded in the audit log, so the history of the scorecard is preserved.

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