The KNKV announces how many matches each club must referee
The KNKV has announced per club how many matches it must have refereed this season. The first part of the new refereeing scheme now takes effect. The second part, with a new penalty policy, follows in 2027/28. Clubs can find their number at knkv.nl/arbitrageregeling.
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- For every match in top korfball or the A category, a club supplies 1.25 referees.
- Clubs that fall short can receive a bonus of ten percent per component.
- For every twelve matches too few refereed, two points are deducted.
For every match in top korfball or the A category, a club supplies 1.25 referees. An away match counts for a full point, or for half a point if the referee is not qualified.
A home match counts for half a point if the referee is qualified, otherwise it does not count. A jury chair with shot clock counts for half a point. For a referee in training, at most two matches count.
A KNKV referee counts for one club. That club is registered before the season and cannot be changed during it; anyone who registers nothing referees independently.
Clubs can enter into an approved partnership. Their obligations and their refereed matches are then added together.
Bonus of ten percent and priority
Clubs that fall short can receive a bonus of ten percent per component: for new referees, for a Clubkadercoach Arbitrage and for an active refereeing policy. These bonuses may be added together.
The bonus for a new referee applies in the season after qualifying: someone who qualified in 2025/26 earns the bonus in 2026/27. The KNKV advises clubs to map their own number of referees and to register new officials and Clubkadercoaches Arbitrage for the training courses.
Clubs that comply with the scheme get priority when referees are assigned. Their home matches come first, then their away matches. This means those clubs have to referee at home themselves less often, which yields fewer points in the new count.
Penalties remain, new penalty policy from 2027/28
Financial and sporting penalties remain in place. For the sporting penalty there is a threshold: a club must referee at least 75 percent of its home matches in top korfball and the A category. For every twelve matches too few refereed, two points are deducted.
From 2027/28 the penalty policy changes. With improvement a penalty is reduced, with a larger shortfall it becomes heavier. Improvement counts in more refereed matches and in policy, such as a Clubkadercoach Arbitrage or training new referees.
If things do not improve a year after a penalty, the penalty becomes ten percent heavier, and every year after that without improvement five percent extra. There will be a leniency scheme. Point deductions then follow a fixed order: first the highest senior team, then youth teams in the hoofdklasse, then the other teams.
Rules certificate planned from 2027/28
According to the planning, from 2027/28 everyone aged sixteen and older must also have a rules certificate. This season it is not yet mandatory.
The certificate can be obtained on KorfbalMasterz. An obtained rules certificate is automatically recorded in Sportlink and is visible in the digital match form.