page_title: Referee
section_title: Bandy
hierarchical_section_title: Referee / Examples / Bandy
caption_attribution_description: English: Keijo Hyvärinen, Bandy referee. Match between Hammarby and GAIS Elitserien, Zinkendamms IP (Stockholm) 2012-02-11.
context_page_description: A referee or simply ref is the person of authority in a variety of sports who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on-the-fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known, in addition to referee, by a variety of other titles as well, including official, umpire, judge, arbiter, arbitrator, linesman, commissaire, timekeeper, touch judge or Technical Official.
context_section_description: A game of bandy is officiated by a referee, the authority and enforcer of the rules, whose decisions are final. The referee may be assisted by one or two assistant referees.
caption: Referee in bandy
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