The International Skat Court is the highest decision-making body in the sport of Skat. It oversees the observance of the International Skat Order (regulations for the game of Skat), the refereeing regulations and the rules for referees in Skat. The International Skat Court was founded on 1 December 2001 by a merger of the German Skat Court ('' Deutsches Skatgericht''), founded in

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in 1927, with the Rules Commission of the

International Skat Players Association The International Skat Players Association (ISPA) is the worldwide umbrella organisation for all competition Skat players. The ISPA was founded in 1976 by Peter Brand and Martha Prickartz in Aachen, Germany. It initially crossed swords with the wo ...

. (ISPA). It took over on 1 January 2002 and its seat is in the Hotel am Roßplan in the centre of

. Until 1978 the German Skat Court had a three-member panel; from 1978 to 1990 it had five members and from the

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in 1990, seven members. From 1963 to 1990,

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had the Altenburg Skat Court. Today the International Skat Court has nine members of which seven are chosen from the German Skat Congress and two by ISPA. The president of the court from 2002 until 2014 was Peter Luczak.Deutscher Skatverband
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/ref> His successor is Hans Braun. In cases of dispute over the rules of Skat the participants may appeal to the Skat Court who, after hearing the case, make a binding decision.

External links

Agreement on the founding of the International Skat Court
(pdf, 96 kB)
Record of decisions of the Skat Court
(pdf, 514 kB)

References

Skat (card game) Altenburg courts 2001 establishments in Germany Playing card organisations