Umpire Registry

Each tenant configures its own grade ladder rather than inheriting a hardcoded scheme. Sweden runs a three-grade ladder (distrikts, nationell, internationell), Germany a four-grade ladder (Landesverband, DPV, CEP, FIPJP), and France a five-grade ladder (club, departemental, regional, national, international). The grade list lives in TenantConfig and drives every downstream rule: required grade per competition level, exam prerequisites, promotion windows, and progression gates.

An umpire profile aggregates the official's photograph, grade history, language proficiencies, specialisations, and exam results. CEP and FIPJP certifications are stored alongside national grades so a single official can hold multiple stacked credentials at once, with CEP often acting as a stepping stone toward FIPJP. Candidacy periods (Anwaerterjahr in Germany) are tracked as time-based gates that must elapse before a candidate is eligible for the next exam. Annual licence renewal flips the umpire between active and lapsed status, which downstream assignment logic respects.

Certification exam management captures sittings, candidate lists, results, and pass/fail outcomes, including the FIPJP rules of two candidates per nation per year, age sixty cap, and exams held at the World Championships. The availability calendar feeds the assignment engine, while the playing-umpire flag governs whether an active official may also compete (Sweden permits this at local events only, several federations forbid it entirely). The directory exposes a searchable view by grade, district, language, and availability, and every umpire receives a digital ID card containing live credential state, grade badges, and a verification QR linking back to the registry. Match, competition, and incident counters refresh automatically as the official's name appears on jury sheets and incident reports.