# Penalties

## Overview

For further information about the type of penalties, please see [Sanctions](/table-tennis/live-data-scenarios/during-a-match/sanctions.md#sanctions-overview).\
If a sanction involves any point decrement due to a penalty, then the action has two parts. The first part is always a `Sanction` packet that describes the reason of a sanction (yellow and red card for the 1st time, or for the 2nd time, etc), followed by a [`PenaltyPoint`](#1-penalty-point-s) packet that contains the actual scores of the match, indicating a 1 point or 2 points decrements.

1. **Player** - Yellow Card 🟨
2. ~~**Coach** - Yellow Card~~ 🟨 (Currently not supported)
3. **Player** - Yellow and Red Card (1st) 🟨 🟥
4. **Player** - Yellow and Red Card (2nd) 🟨 🟥

## 1. Player - Yellow Card (Warning) 🟨

Showing a yellow card by the umpire is a warning to the player. If the player repeats the action or do something else wrong they can get a red card and then lose a point (See [Penalty Points](#penalty-points)). A `Sanction` packet, along with the `sanction type` will be emitted. (no penalty points).

```
{
    "eventElementType": "Sanction",
    "id": 0,
    "seqNum": 51,
    "sanctionType": "PlayerYellowCard",
    "team": "TeamA",
    "game": 2,
    "timestamp": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## 1. ~~Coach - Yellow Card~~ 🟨 (Currently not supported)

Showing a yellow card by the umpire is a warning to the coach. A `Sanction` packet, along with the `sanction type` will be emitted. (no penalty points).

```
{
    "eventElementType": "Sanction",
    "id": 0,
    "seqNum": 51,
    "sanctionType": "CoachYellowCard",
    "team": "TeamA",
    "game": 2,
    "timestamp": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## 1. Player - Yellow & Red Card (1st) 🟨 🟥

Showing a yellow and red card together for the 1st time means the player repeated any wrongdoing or did something else wrong and now losing a point (See [Penalty Points](#penalty-points)). After the `Sanction` packet, a [`PenaltyPoint`](#1-penalty-point-s) packet is emitted showing the current state of scores - 1 point decrement is expected.

```
{
    "eventElementType": "Sanction",
    "id": 0,
    "seqNum": 51,
    "sanctionType": "PlayerYellowRedOne",
    "team": "TeamA",
    "game": 2,
    "timestamp": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## 1. Player - Yellow & Red Card (2st) 🟨 🟥

Showing a yellow and red card together for the 2nd time means the player repeated any wrongdoing or did something else wrong and now losing a point (See [Penalty Points](#penalty-points)). After the `Sanction` packet, a [`PenaltyPoint`](#1-penalty-point-s) packet is emitted showing the current state of scores - 2 points decrement is expected.

```
{
    "eventElementType": "Sanction",
    "id": 0,
    "seqNum": 51,
    "sanctionType": "PlayerYellowRedTwo",
    "team": "TeamA",
    "game": 2,
    "timestamp": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## 1. Penalty Point(s)

Showing a yellow and red card together means the player repeated any wrongdoing or did something else wrong, and one or two points are awarded to the opponent for the offence(s). Before a `PenaltyPoint` packet, a `Sanction` is expected to be received (See [Player Yellow and Red 1 Card](#1-player-yellow-and-red-card-1-st) or [Player Yellow and Red 2 Card](#1-player-yellow-and-red-card-2-st)), and the current state of scores is being sent as part of the `PenaltyPoint` packet.

```
{
    "eventElementType": "PenaltyPoint",
    "id": 0,
    "seqNum": 26,
    "team": "TeamA",
    "matchScore": {
        "pointsA": 0,
        "pointsB": 0
    },
    "scores": [
        {
            "pointsA": 0,
            "pointsB": 11
        },
        {
            "pointsA": 5,
            "pointsB": 5
        },
        {
            "pointsA": 0,
            "pointsB": 0
        },
        {
            "pointsA": 0,
            "pointsB": 0
        },
        {
            "pointsA": 0,
            "pointsB": 0
        }
    ],
    "game": 2,
    "timestamp": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```


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