SQL Exercise: Name and country of referee who managed the final game

SQL soccer Database: Joins Exercise-9 with Solution

9. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find the referee who managed the final match. Return referee name, country name.

Sample table: soccer_country

Sample table: match_mast

Sample table: referee_mast

Sample Solution:

SQL Code:

SELECT b.referee_name, c.country_name 
FROM match_mast a
NATURAL JOIN referee_mast b 
NATURAL JOIN soccer_country c
WHERE play_stage='F';

Sample Output:

   referee_name   | country_name
------------------+--------------
 Mark Clattenburg | England
(1 row)

Code Explanation:

The provided query in SQL that retrieves information about the referee and country for matches in the final stage from the tables match_mast, referee_mast, and soccer_country.
The NATURAL JOIN keyword is used to join the tables based on columns with the same name in the tables match_mast, referee_mast, and soccer_country.
The condition filters the rows only for matches in the final stage, where play_stage is equal to 'F'.

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