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Sign in to savethumb|Dropped-ball in football (prior to 2019) A dropped-ball (or drop-ball) is a method of restarting play in a game of association football. It is used when play has been stopped due to reasons other than normal gameplay, fouls, or misconduct. The situations requiring a dropped-ball restart are outlined in Law 8 and Law 9 of the Laws of the Game; Law 8 also contains the dropped-ball procedure.
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10 sectionsContents
- Award
- Procedure
- Infringements
- Situations in which the dropped ball is used
- History
- Scoring from a dropped ball
- Remedy for infringement
- Abolition of contested dropped ball
- Summary
- References
thumb|Dropped-ball in football (prior to 2019) A dropped-ball (or drop-ball) is a method of restarting play in a game of association football. It is used when play has been stopped due to reasons other than normal gameplay, fouls, or misconduct. The situations requiring a dropped-ball restart are outlined in Law 8 and Law 9 of the Laws of the Game; Law 8 also contains the dropped-ball procedure.
== Award == A dropped ball is used to restart play when the referee has stopped play, and the laws do not specify a different method of restarting the match; a full list is given below.