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title: "Accepting or declining an appointment"
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This guide provides match officials with instructions on how to accept or decline a match appointment.

When you are appointed to a match, you will receive a notification and the match will appear in your **Schedule**.

You must review and accept match appointments (allocations) to confirm that you can officiate a match.  Without accepting an appointment, you will not be able to administer the match sheet, add match events or change the match status.

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## Accepting appointments

 To accept an appointment, complete the following steps: 

1. Open the ***DRIBL ***app.
2. Tap :Match_Centre: **Match Centre **from the navigation bar and select **Schedule**.
3. Browse the list of **Upcoming Events** and locate any appointments that require acceptance.
4. Tap **Yes **to accept the match appointment.

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## Declining appointments

 To decline an appointment, complete the following steps: 

1. Open the ***DRIBL ***app.
2. Tap :Match_Centre: **Match Centre **from the navigation bar and select **Schedule**.
3. Browse the list of **Upcoming Events** and locate any appointments that require acceptance.
4. Tap **No **to decline the match appointment.
5. Provide a brief description on the reason for declining the appointment and then tap **Submit**.


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> **Important:** A declined appointment is only finalised when the request is approved by a Referee Administrator.