THE
LIBERO
Version 21
Aug 13, 2013
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Version 21 Changes
• Made corrections to slides 69 - 75, there was
an error in the substitution on the number of
the player going back in.
• Added slide 77-78 to address the 2013-2014
added responsibility for the libero tracker.
During a TO, they are now required to report
the status (in or out of the current set) of each
team’s libero to the R2.
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THE LIBERO
- Pronounced:
lee-bear-o (correct)
Li-bear-o (also correct)
- From the Italian word for
“free”
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RULE 4 SECTION 2 ARTICLE 2,
LEGAL UNIFORM
• The libero must wear a uniform top that is
immediately recognized from all angles as
being in clear contrast to and distinct from
the other members of the team.
• The primary color of the libero’s uniform
top must be different from any color that
appears on more than 25% of the body of
teammates uniform tops.
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TEAM UNIFORM
What is 25 %, it equals one quarter of the shirt.
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FRONT
25 % green
25 % yellow
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BACK
50 % green
So this team jersey is 25 % yellow and 75 % green ?
The libero jersey cannot be green or yellow.
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LIBERO UNIFORM
• In determining the body of the uniforms,
the sleeves and collar should be ignored.
• The libero uniform must have a legal
number.
• The style and trim of the libero’s uniform
TOP may differ from her teammates’ but,
the SHORTS must be like-colored to
teammates.
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LIBERO UNIFORM
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In determining the body
of the uniforms, the
sleeves and collar (in
white) should be
ignored.
Shorts must be likecolored to teammates.
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CONTRASTING COLORS
LEGAL or ILLEGAL
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CONTRASTING COLORS
LEGAL or ILLEGAL
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CONTRASTING COLORS
LEGAL or ILLEGAL
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CONTRASTING COLLORS
LEGAL or ILLEGAL
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CONTRASTING COLORS
LEGAL or ILLEGAL
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This picture shows a libero top (red) that
is CLEARLY contrasting from the teams
uniform tops (white).
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This picture shows a libero top (red) that is
CLEARLY contrasting from the team uniform
tops (black).
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Another libero top (R, W, B) that is CLEARLY
contrasting from the team uniform tops (orange).
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RULE 6.3.2
The libero is a back-row player who is a defensive
specialist . Only one libero may be designated
per set. The libero when used:
a. Must be designated on the lineup sheet prior to
each set.
b. May be the team captain.
c. May be used as an exceptional substitution for an
injured player if no other legal subs are
available.
d. Shall not replace a disqualified teammate.
e. Shall be allowed to serve in only one position in
the serving order.
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RULE 9.5.6
A libero shall not:
a.
Complete an attack from anywhere, if at the
moment of contact, the ball is entirely above the
height of the net, Situations 1 - 3.
b.
Set the ball using overhand finger action while
on or in front of the attack line extended,
resulting in a completed attack above the height
of the net, Situation 4.
c.
Block or attempt to block.
d.
Rotate to the front row.
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LIBERO SITUATION - 1
There is a libero attack and this diagram shows the position of the
ball at the moment of contact, the ball crosses the net untouched.
2
4
3
OK
OK
1
NET
OK
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9.5.6. a.attacks
A libero shall
not legal
complete?
an attack
Which
are
1, 3, 5
from anywhere if, at the moment of contact, the
ball is entirely above the height of the net.
Which attacks are NOT legal ? 2 , 4
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LIBERO SITUATION - 2
The Libero
attacks the
ball to the
other court
from
anywhere
on the court
and she
contacts
the ball
above the
top of the
net .
It DOES NOT matter where
the libero is on the court.
WHISTLE
Here we go
It only matters
WHERE the
libero
contacts the
ball. In this
case the
contact is
above the top
of the net.
LIBERO
LEGAL or
ILLEGAL
SIGNAL # 8
Called when
the ball
completely
crosses the
plane of the
net.
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LIBERO SITUATION - 3
The Libero
attacks the
ball to the
other court
from
anywhere
on the
court and
she
contacts
the ball
below the
top of the
net .
It DOES NOT
matter where
the libero is
on the court.
It only matters
WHERE the
libero contacts
the ball, above
or below the top
of the net.
Here we go
LIBERO
LEGAL or ILLEGAL
PLAY ON
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The libero cannot set the ball with overhand finger action while in
front of the attack line resulting in a completed attack above the
height of the net. One foot on the attack line makes her in the
front zone.
Front
Team Bench
Front
Scorer’s Table
Team Bench
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LIBERO SITUATION - 4
The Libero
passes the
ball to the
FR setter
using
overhand
finger
action,
she is in
front of
the attack
line, it is a
bad pass.
LIBERO
Green team FR setter
sees the pass is too
close to the net to set,
so she dumps it over,
with contact that is
above the top of the
net.
Here we go
LEGAL
WHISTLE
or
ILLEGAL
ILLEGAL BR
ATTACK on
green
SIGNAL # 8
then point at
the Libero
FRONT
ROW
SETTER
ATTACK LINE
Called when
the ball
completely
crosses the
plane of the
net.
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LIBERO SITUATION - 4
• In the previous situation, when the libero
is in front of the attack line and contacts
the ball with overhand finger action.
• It DOES NOT matter WHERE the Libero
contacts the ball (above or below the top
of the net).
• It only matters HOW they contact the ball,
restrictions ONLY apply if the Libero
contacts the ball using overhead finger
action.
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RULE 10.4 LIBERO REPLACEMENT
ARTICLE 1
a. The libero designated on the lineup for that
game is allowed to replace any player in a
back-row position. The libero may only serve
in one position in the service order.
b. The libero may only be replaced by the player
he/she replaced.
c. One libero replacement may be exercised per
dead ball unless the libero is replacing the
player in the right back position and will
serve next in the rally.
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RULE 10.4 LIBERO REPLACMENT
ARTICLE 1 (Continued)
d.
Libero replacements do not count as substitutions and
are unlimited.
e.
A libero replacement must take place between the
attack line and the end-line in front of that team’s
bench.
f.
A libero replacement must be completed during a dead
ball prior to the whistle and signal for serve.
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ZONES FOR LIBERO
REPLACEMENTS
SUBSTITUTION ZONE
REPLACEMENT ZONE
Team Bench
Scorer’s Table
Team Bench
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RULE 10.4.4
LIBERO
REDESIGNATIONS
AND
DISQUALIFICATIONS
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RULE 10.4.4.a.
INJURY SUBSTITUTION
If the libero is injured and cannot
continue play, she must first be
replaced by the player whom she
replaced . A new libero may then be
redesignated using the following
criteria:
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Rule 10.4.4
LIBERO REDESIGNATIONS
1.
2.
3.
Redesignation does not need to occur immediately
after the injury and replacement, but may occur at the
discretion of the coach(es).
Any substitute may be designated as libero for the
injured libero. The injured libero may not play in the
remainder of that game.
The player redesignated as the libero must wear a
libero uniform and must remain the libero for the
remainder of the game. The redesignated libero’s
uniform must have a unique number (not worn by any
teammate).
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INJURED LIBERO
REDESIGNATION
• The designated libero # 2 gets injured.
• The player she replaced # 12 comes in right away.
• The new libero jersey is # 99, no other player has.
this number and it is not on the roster.
• The coach wants # 51 to be the new libero.
• # 51 can go to the locker room and put on the.
# 99 libero jersey and then enter the match.
• Because this is an injured libero replacement, #
51 can wear a libero jersey with a # different from
her regular jersey #, with no penalty, add # 99.
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INJURED LIBERO
CLARIFICATIONS
• If a team has only 1 libero jersey, it IS NOT
legal for different players to use that same
jersey with the same number from game to
game.
• Again if a team has only 1 libero jersey,
and the libero gets injured, it IS NOT legal
for the libero to swap jerseys with another
player so she can be the new libero.
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RULE 10.4.4.b.
EXCEPTIONAL SUBSTITUTION
The libero may be used as an exceptional
substitution for another injured player if
no other possible substitue exists. When
no longer playing as a libero, that player
must wear the same uniform as the
teammates and the team continues play
with no liibero.
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RULE 10.4.4.c.
DISQUALIFICATION
SUBSTITUTION
The libero may NOT be
used as a substitute for an
expelled or disqualified
teammate.
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Rule 10.4.4.d.
LIBERO DISQUALIFICATION
If the libero is disqualified while
playing, she must be replaced by the
player whom she replaced.
The team continues play with no libero
player.
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RULE 10.4.5, A LIBERO
REPLACEMENT IS
ILLEGAL WHEN
a. The libero or the replacement is in the
game without following the required
replacement procedure.
b. The libero or replacement is not listed on
the roster.
c. A libero other than the libero designated
on the lineup for that game replaces a
player on the floor.
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PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL LIBERO
REPLACEMENTS
RULE 10.4, PENALTIES
1. Unnecessary delay is charged to the offending
team when an illegal libero replacement takes
place prior to the whistle/signal for serve. If
identified after whistle/signal for serve, illegal
alignment results (loss of rally/point). In all cases,
the illegal libero must enter legally or be replaced
by a legal player.
2. For the serving team, any points known to have
been scored during a term of service in which an
illegal libero is discovered in the game, shall be
cancelled.
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PPENALTY FOR ILLEGAL
LIBERO REPLACEMENTS
RULE 10.4, PENALTIES
3. For the receiving team prior to the contact of the
serve by the opposing team, all points earned
during the previous term of service by the
violating team while the illegal libero was in the
game, shall be cancelled.
4. After the score has alternated and the first serve
is contacted, there shall be no cancellation of
points.
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PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL LIBERO
REPLACEMENTS
RULE 10.4, PENALTIES
1. Uneccesary delay is charged to the offending
team when an illegal libero replacement takes
place prior to the whistle/signal for serve.
2. Illegal Alignment is charged to the offending
team when an illegal libero replacement takes
place after the whistle/signal for serve.
3. In all cases, the illegal libero must enter legally
or be replaced by a legal player.
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RULE 10.4.6
LIBERO SERVING
a. The libero will be allowed to serve in one
position in the rotation. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
b. When in the game already and moving to
serve, the libero is not required to leave
the playing area or be out of the game
for one rally/dead ball before replacing
the player in the right back position, the
next server. This is called the double
replacement.
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THE DOUBLE REPLACEMENT
In this example the Libero HAS NOT served yet.
HERE WE GO
Net
The
Libero
replaced
# 36
22
36
4
10
8
14
26c
SUB
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AT NORMAL SPEED
THE DOUBLE REPLACEMENT
In this example the Libero HAS NOT served yet.
HERE WE GO, one step at a time
The
Libero
replaced
# 36
36
Net
22
10
14
4
8
26c
SUB
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SAME SITUATION
THE DOUBLE REPLACEMENT
TEAM:
GAME
1
L:
BLUE - C C
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
III
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
2
L
L 36
back
in for
libero.”
Here’s“36
all that
needs
to the
be said
by the time
“The who
Libero
replaces
14 to the
serve.”
keeper
should
be narrating
game.
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LIBERO TRACKING
HELPFUL HINT
• There are usually 2 lines or positions
between the 2 positions where a Libero comes
in, these players are opposites.
• This could be different but it is not very
often.
• This is the most common replacement
procedure for a Libero to keep them in the
game the most time.
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LIBERO TRACKING
TEAM:
GAME
1
L:
BLUE – C C
4
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
1
III
22
2
IV
V
VI
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L
L
36
8
1
26c
2
Notice there are 2 positions between the 2 positions
( I and IV) where the Libero has been in the game 47
THE
LIBERO
TRACKER (LT)
No longer the assistant scorekeeper,
changed in 2008.
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THE LIBERO TRACKER
• An individual other than the scorekeeper
should be provided to track the libero
replacements, this could be the timer if a
3rd person is not available.
• Their first duty is to ensure that once the
libero is replaced, at least one rally (live
ball & dead ball) takes place before the
libero replaces another player. The LT
SHOULD NOT mark 2 “L’s” on the LT
sheet at the same time, w/o a live ball in
between.
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LIBERO TRACKER
• Their second duty is to ensure that, when leaving
the court, the libero is replaced by the same
player that she replaced when she entered the
game.
• The same number SHOULD BE on both sides of
the “L” on the libero tracker sheet.
• If not, the LT should tell the clock operator to hit
the horn or notify the R2.
• Can the Libero come in for more than 2 players ?
• YES, it is possible, but you don’t see it very often.
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The Libero can replace any back row
player (LB, CB, RB).
Net
Net
22
10
14
4
36
LB
8
CB
26c
RB
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LIBERO TRACKING
• At this point in the presentation, get out a
libero tracking sheet and fill it in as each
slide is presented to give you practice in
libero tracking.
• It is an R2 responsibility to supervise the
LT during a match and new for 2009, the
R2 has the responsibility to manage illegal
libero replacements.
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LIBERO TRACKING
• How does the R2 MANAGE illegal
replacements ?
• By watching for them and calling them if
a violation occurs.
–
–
–
–
Watch for Libero movement.
Depend on your Libero tracker.
Mark where the Libero serves.
Pause and tell the table “Double
Replacement.”
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ENTERING PLAYERS
NUMBERS
The libero tracker enters the players
numbers in service order (I, II, III, IV,
V, VI) on the libero tracking sheet
from the lineup turned in by the
coach and then checks this is the
same order the scorekeeper has
written on the official scoresheet.
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LIBERO TRACKING
BLUE – C. COVE
TEAM:
GAME
1
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
III
L:
4
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
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Blue has just served and lost the
rally, the Libero replaces # 26
Net
22
10
36
8
14
4
26c
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LIBERO TRACKING
TEAM:
GAME
1
BLUE - C. COVE
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
III
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
L:
4
L
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The Libero rotates to middle
back.
Net
36
22
10
26
8
4
14
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The Libero rotates to left back.
Net
8
36
22
26
4
14
10
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The Libero must now be replaced
before she rotates to the front row.
The Net
8
36
22
14
10
26
4
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LIBERO TRACKING
TEAM:
GAME
1
BLUE - C. COVE
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
III
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
L:
4
L 26
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After 1 rally (dead ball + live ball) the Libero can
now replace another back row player such as # 22.
The Net
4
26
8
14
10
36
22
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Here’s another example of a Libero replacement;
#12 substitutes for # 22 to serve.
26
8
36
Net
12
4
14
10
22
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Substitutes must be tracked on
the libero tracking sheet.
TEAM:
GAME
1
BLUE – C. COVE
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
III
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
L:
4
12
L 26
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After #12 serves, the libero replaces her.
The Net
26
8
14
10
36
22
12
4
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12 is slashed out and an L (for
libero) is entered next to #12.
BLUE – C. COVE
TEAM:
GAME
1
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
III
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
12
L:
4
L
L 26
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The libero now rotates through the back row.
The Net
26
8
14
10
36
22
12
4
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The libero now rotates through the back row.
Net
14
26
8
4
36
22
12
10
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It is now time for the libero to come out but
the coach wants # 22 back on the front row.
10
14
4
36
26
Net
22
12
8
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First the libero must be replaced by the
player she replaced, # 12.
The Net
10
14
26
22
12
4
36
8
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The L is slashed and then #12 is entered on
the sheet, in the same position in the
service order (III) after the L.
TEAM:
GAME
1
L:
BLUE - C. COVE
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
III
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
12
L
4
12
L 26
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Now the coach subs # 22 for # 12.
The Net
22
4
12
36
10
8
14
26
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Once again the substitute is written in, just
like on the scoresheet, 12 is lashed and the
subs # (22) is written in after it.
TEAM:
GAME
1
BLUE - C. COVE
SO
SP
I
14
II
10
III
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
L:
4
12 L 12 22
L 26
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Now the libero comes in to serve for # 26
The Net
22
10
14
12
4
36
8
26
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When the libero serves, draw a triangle
around the position she is serving in,
not the players #
TEAM:
GAME
1
L:
BLUE - C. COVE
SO
SP
I
II
14
10
III
22
IV
36
V
8
VI
26c
12 L
L
4
12 22
26 L
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LIBERO SERVING
• Once the Libero has served in one
position that is the only position she can
serve in. If she tries to serve in a 2nd
position, that is an illegal server.
• She can play in any back row position but
can only serve in one position in the
service order.
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LIBERO TRACKERS ADDED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 2013-2014
• Rule Book, Instructions for Libero
Trackers, pg 54.
• During The Match
e. At the beginning of a TO, the LT will
report the status (in or out of the current
set) of each team’s libero to the R2.
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LIBERO TRACKERS ADDED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR 2013-2014
• The reason for this is; if the LT tells the R2 that
both libero’s are out of the set when the TO
was taken and when the teams come back on
the floor a libero is in the set. Then there has
been an illegal libero replacement during the
TO that could be penalized with Unnecessary
Delay.
• Rule 10-4, article 4, a. and Penalites !, pg 42
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QUESTIONS
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