1. Center for Innovative Technologies
under the Russian Basketball Federation
approaches to preparation and certification
of arbitrators and experts in basketball
Report is prepared based on information and best
practice developed in VKBS* http://vkbs.su

2. Greetings and structure of the speech
from representatives of Russia
1st complex study of the Russian
regions
Arbitrators in the regions of Russia
Creating an institution for
education and licensing
Unified approach to certification
Results of 6 years of development
licensing and procedures
Examples of approach to licensing
1 2 3

3. 1
Basketball Arbitrators in the regions of Russia: Results
of the 1st in-depth study
«First time in the history of basketball in modern
Russia we have performed a complex study of
distribution of basketball arbitrators across the
territory of the country. Now we can precisely
identify the ideal locations that suit for
incorporation of Centers of Innovative Technologies
for basketball».

4. Analytical data on the actual quantity of basketball
arbitrators in the regions of Russia
(total number of people)
243
Moscow
180
170
157
142
13694
St. Petersburg
78
45
38

5. Geographical distribution of basketball arbitrators in
Federal Districts (FDs) of Russia
1-5 position in general rating
Central FD
Moscow
Dalnevostochniy FD
Privolzhskiy FD
Severo-Zapadniy FD
243
180
170
157
142

6. Central FD (based on
regions)
•Belgorodskaya obl. (5 ppl)
•Bryanskaya obl. (11 ppl)
•Vladimirskaya obl. (5 ppl)
•Voronezhskaya obl. (34
ppl)
•Ivanovskaya obl. (19 ppl)
•Kaluzhskaya obl. (12 ppl)
•Kostromskaya obl. (6 ppl)
•Lipetskaya obl. (4 ppl)
•Kurskaya obl. (10 ppl)
•Moskovskaya obl. (46 ppl)
•Orlovskaya obl. (12 ppl)
•Ryazanskaya obl. (16 ppl)
•Smolenskaya obl. (17 ppl)
•Tverskaya obl. (10 ppl)
•Tulskaya obl. (19 ppl)
•Yaroslavskaya obl. (17
ppl)
Moscow
(the city total)
•Moscow (180 ppl)
Dalnevostochniy FD
(based on regions)
•Amuirskaya obl. (12 ppl)
•Evreyskaya obl.(17 ppl)
•Primorskiy Kray. (57 ppl)
•Yakutiya (45 ppl)
•Sakhalinskaya obl. (13 ppl)
•Khabarovskiy Kray (26 ppl)
Provolzhskiy FB
(based on regions)
•Bashkortostan (12 ppl)
•Kirovskaya obl. (32 ppl)
•Mariy El (9 ppl)
•Nizhegorodskaya obl. (7
ppl)
•Orenburgskaya obl. (18
ppl)
•Penzenskaya obl. (22 ppl)
•Permskiy Kray (25 ppl)
•Samarskaya obl. (25 ppl)
•Saratovskaya obl. (16 ppl)
•Tatarstan (47 ppl)
•Udmurtiya (11 ppl)
•Ulyanovskaya obl. (14 ppl)
•Chuvashiya (9 ppl)
Severo-Zapasniy FD
(based onregions)
•Vologodskaya obl. (17 ppl)
•Kaliningradskaya obl. (23
ppl)
•Komi (25 ppl)
•Kareliya (20 ppl)
•Leningradskaya obl. (4 ppl)
•Murmanskaya obl. (28 ppl)
•Novgorodskaya obl. (25
ppl)
Region with the number of basketball arbitrators under 10
Regions with the number of basketball arbitrators between 10 and 20
Regions with the number of basketball arbitrators over 20
Distribution of basketball arbitrators
on sub-federal level (Kray, Oblast)
(Highest, Medium, Lowest number)

7. Geographical distribution of basketball arbitrators in
Federal Districts (FDs) of Russia
6-10 position in general rating
Sibirskiy FD
Yuzhniy FD
St. Petersburg
Severo-Kavkazskiy FD
Uralskiy FD
136
94
78
45
38

8. Sibirskiy FD (based on
regions)
•Altaiskiy Kray (20 ppl)
•Irkutskaya obl. (17 ppl)
•Kemerovskaya obl. (20
ppl)
•Krasnoyaskiy Kray (25 ppl)
•Novosibirskaya obl. (29
ppl)
•Omskaya obl. (13 ppl)
•Tumenskaya obl. (14 ppl)
Yuzhniy FD
(based on regions)
•Volgogradsksys obl. (22
ppl)
•Krasnodarskiy Kray (59
ppl)
•Rostovskaya obl. (13 ppl)
St. Petersburg
(the city total)
•St. Petersburg (78 ppl)
Severo-Kavkazskiy FD
(based on regions)
•Kabardino-Balkariya (12
ppl)
•Severnaya Osetiya (10 ppl)
•Karachaevo-Cherkessia (8
ppl)
•Stavropolskiy Kray(15 ppl)
Uralskiy FD
(based on regions)
•Sverdlovskaya obl. (29 ppl)
•Chelyabinskaya obl. (9 ppl)
Distribution of basketball arbitrators
on sub-federal level (Kray, Oblast)
(Highest, Medium, Lowest number)
Region with the number of basketball arbitrators under 10
Regions with the number of basketball arbitrators between 10 and 20
Regions with the number of basketball arbitrators over 20

9. 2
Unified approach to preparation and certification
of arbitrators and experts in basketball
«Based on the existing geographical distribution of
basketball arbitrators we have identified the need
to create a number of Unified centers for
preparation and certification arbitrators and
experts in basketball. We also encourage
incorporation Unified centers for professional
licensing across the territory of Russia».

10. Key objectives set for
Centers for preparation and certification of arbitrators
Create a unified system and
appropriate conditions for
professional training, re-training
and licensing that would target
basketball arbitrators,
commissaries, judges-secretaries
and experts.
Implement such unified system
in training, re-training and
licensing for basketball
arbitrators, commissaries,
judges-secretaries and experts
of all qualifications across the
territory of Russia.

11. Regional branches in the structure of the Center
for preparation and certification of arbitrators:
Description of locations
Regional branches
(Federal Districts – FD):
State universities and academies of
physical culture and sport in the
region of Russia :
Educational centers in
Federal Districts:
1. Moscow Academy of Physical culture Moscow
2. St. Petersburg Lesgaft University St. Petersburg
3. Delnevostochniy FD Khabarovsk Vladivostok
4. Sibirskiy FD Omsk Novosibirsk
5. Uralskiy FD Chelyabinsk Ekaterinburg
6. Privolzhskiy FD Volgograd Kazan, Samara
7. Uzhniy FD Krasnodar Rostov on Don
8. Central FD Smolesk, Voronezh, Malakhovka Ryazan
9. Severo-Zapadniy FD Velikie Luki Velikiy Novgorod
10. Severo-Kavkazskiy FD Stavropol Stavropol

12. Regional branches in the structure of the Center
for preparation and certification of arbitrators:
Explanation of the Structure
The number of Centers presented in the table is based on the two main indicators:
1. The number of regional educational institutions – universities and academies of
physical culture, sport and tourism;
1. The number of existing centers of basketball development that have emerged
historically across the territory of Russia.
The Center is also capable of arranging events related to its operations in the other
regions of particular Federal District (based on the actual location).
However, the general approach to structure and work processes should involve
collaboration between the following structural elements
Center
(Moscow)
Center
(Region)
Federal
District
Region of
Russia

13. Functions of Centers for preparation
and certification of arbitrators
Training, re-training and
licensing of basketball
arbitrators, commissaries,
judges-secretaries and
experts.
Scientific and
methodological support of
arbitrators.
Training and
methodological support of
arbitrators.
Arranging high scale
events targeting
development of
arbitrators’ activity in
Russia, including federal
and regional conferences
and workshops,
publishing of professional
media content and
distribution of teaching
materials.

14. Generating
professional
learning materials
Publishing long-
term development
Program
Incorporation of
regional sub-
division of the
Center (Center-
Region hierarchy).
Educational
services and
certifications
Annual licensing of
arbitrators
Conducting
educational
seminars
Active
participation on
work of
international
professional
community
Arranging training
of the Russian
arbitrators abroad.
Creating unified
database of all
arbitrators and
commissaries.
Goals of Centers for preparation
and certification of arbitrators

15. • Incorporation of regional sub-division of the Center (Center-Region hierarchy);
• Publishing long-term development Program;
• Generating professional learning materials (audio-, video- and multi-media content, publishing
products, learning materials, etc);
• Providing educational services with further certification of arbitrators. Such certificate will allow
work at basketball events across the territory of Russia and with validity period up to 4 years. The
certificate will apply to arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries and experts who work on all
levels of basketball events (both national tournaments and internal tournaments in the regions of
Russia);
• Annual licensing of all arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries and experts who take part in
basketball events at the national level (including professional and junior league);
• Conducting educational seminars, conferences and other events in Russia during the year;
• Active participation and international events and collaboration with international institutions that
target development of arbitrators’ activity (FIBA, FIBA Europe, Euro League, NBA, VTB League);
• Development of the international arbitrators’ web portal, freely available across the world.
First tier Goal of the Center:
Complex support, information provision and licensing

16. • Encouraging collaboration between the Russian Center for Innovative Basketball Technologies with
national basketball federations and professional educational institutions in Ukraine, Belorussia,
Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia etc. The highest regional priority - the CIS countries and
Southeast Asia.
• Arranging and promotion of international summer camps for arbitrators. Location for the camps may
vary across the territory of Russia and the CIS countries.
• Arranging training and educational programs for the Russian arbitrators abroad.
• Arranging training and educational programs for foreign arbitrators and commissaries in Russia using
the facilities created in the Russian Center for Innovative Basketball Technologies.
• Incorporating and publishing of the professional magazine in Russian – “Arbitrators’ Bulletin”.
• Creating unified database of all arbitrators, commissaries, judges-secretaries and experts in Russia.
• Introducing elective courses for arbitrators based on departments of the theory and techniques of
basketball in the universities and the Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Russian
Federation.
• Encouraging new sports specialization – “Basketball for Arbitrators”.
Educational activity, publishing,
international cooperation

17. 3
Licensing of arbitrators and basketball experts:
creating structure and approaches in Russia
«One of the priorities in work of the Russian Center
for Innovative Basketball Technologies is
considered to be solving the problem of licensing of
arbitrators. Further we speak of the knowledge we
have generated over the past 6 years and give the
example of licensing mechanism that we believe
works best in the case of Russia».

18. Arbitrators’ licensing procedure:
Approach, peculiarities and the scale in Russia
Licensing of arbitrators,
commissaries, judges-secretaries
and experts on the level of
national championships.
•Premier League, women
•Super League, men
•Super League, women
•Major League, women
•Major League, men
•Licensing is held in the Federal
Center – Moscow, Academy of
Physical Culture – in September.
Licensing of arbitrators,
commissaries, judges-secretaries
and experts on the level of the
Regions
•Held in the regional centers – in
August.
Licensing of arbitrators,
commissaries, judges-secretaries
and experts on the level of the
junior basketball
•Youth sport schools
•Youth national tournaments
•Association of Student basketball
•KES-basket
•Lokomotiv League»
•Held in the regional centers – in
August.
Importantly, the Center actively participates in professional training, re-training and
licensing of basketball arbitrators and experts on both Federal and Regional levels.

19. We encourage our foreign partners
to take part in discussion and collaboration.
We welcome your questions!
- Sergey Fomin,
Head of the arbitrators division,
Center for Innovative Technologies
under the Russian Basketball
Federation
+7 916 160 1619
olimpik_dolgoruk@mail.ru
http://vkbs.su