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An oath for the officials was first discussed in the 1950s. It was not, however, until 1970 that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to include an oath of the officials as well as athletes at the Olympic Games. The first oath for the officials was taken by Fumio Asaki at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games. When the Youth Olympics were ...
Basketball is regarded by many fans as among the most difficult sports to officiate. [2] Usually basketball officials have only split seconds to determine if an infraction has occurred, due to the speed of play of the game and the officials' proximity to the action. Especially difficult are the "charge/block" call and shooting foul/block attempt.
In international basketball and in college basketball, the referee is the lead official in a game, and is assisted by either one or two umpires. In the National Basketball Association, the lead official is referred to by the term crew chief and the two other officials are the referee and umpire.
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At individual events, Kantner was a referee during the National Sports Festival held in 1991. [20] During 1993, she was scheduled to work as a referee during the qualification of the U.S. Olympic Festival. [21] Kantner reffed a quarterfinal game during the women's basketball event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final was the last game of that year’s Olympic basketball tournament, and became one of the most controversial events in Olympic history. With the ending mired in controversy, the Soviet Union defeated Team USA by one point, marking the latter's first ever loss in the event.
He has been an international basketball official for FIBA since 2011. He was selected to officiate at the 2014 FIBA World Cup [4] and worked the third-place game. He was selected to officiate at the 2016 Summer Olympics [5] in Rio de Janeiro, where he was the only American to referee games for the 2016 Summer Olympics Men's basketball tournament.
Voreadis officiated at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament and he took the Judge's Oath at the opening ceremony to the Games. He was also a referee at the 2003 European Championship for Men. [3] He stepped down from refereeing in 2010, marking the end of his career in active officiating. [2]