# Rule 3.3 Removal of Officials (USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2020, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: https://www.ushandball.org/

Any official may be removed from a match upon the agreement of both singles players or both doubles teams providing there is agreement by the chief of referees or the tournament director. In the event that an official’s removal is requested by one player or team and not agreed to by the other, the chief of referees or the tournament director may accept or reject the request. It is recommended that the match be observed before determining what, if any, action is to be taken. If the request for change is not upheld, the player or team making the request shall be charged with a timeout. If the player or team is out of timeouts, a technical shall be assessed. This is not applicable in the case where both singles players or both doubles teams are in agreement in the request for change.

## Mentioned here

- [Player](https://handball.theperfectship.com/player.md)
- [Referee](https://handball.theperfectship.com/match-referee.md)
- [Tournament director](https://handball.theperfectship.com/tournament-director.md)
- [Chief of referees](https://handball.theperfectship.com/chief-of-referees.md)
- [Time-out](https://handball.theperfectship.com/time-out.md)
- [Technical](https://handball.theperfectship.com/technical.md)
- [Singles](https://handball.theperfectship.com/singles.md)
- [Doubles](https://handball.theperfectship.com/doubles.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/3-3.md)

## Relationships

- Player relates to Referee: mentioned together in 30 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 10 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Time-out: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Technical: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Singles: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 13 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Time-out: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Singles relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Chief of referees.
- 17 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2020](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2020-01-26.md)

Source: Four-Wall Rulebook (Wayback capture 20200513210800 of ushandball.org). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).