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

SQL soccer Database: Joins Exercise-8 with Solution

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

Sample table: soccer_country
 country_id | country_abbr |    country_name
------------+--------------+---------------------
       1201 | ALB          | Albania
       1202 | AUT          | Austria
       1203 | BEL          | Belgium
       1204 | CRO          | Croatia
       1205 | CZE          | Czech Republic
       1206 | ENG          | England
       1207 | FRA          | France
       1208 | GER          | Germany
       1209 | HUN          | Hungary
       1210 | ISL          | Iceland
       1211 | ITA          | Italy
       1212 | NIR          | Northern Ireland
       1213 | POL          | Poland
       1214 | POR          | Portugal
       1215 | IRL          | Republic of Ireland
       1216 | ROU          | Romania
       1217 | RUS          | Russia
       1218 | SVK          | Slovakia
       1219 | ESP          | Spain
       1220 | SWE          | Sweden
       1221 | SUI          | Switzerland
       1222 | TUR          | Turkey
       1223 | UKR          | Ukraine
       1224 | WAL          | Wales
       1225 | SLO          | Slovenia
       1226 | NED          | Netherlands
       1227 | SRB          | Serbia
       1228 | SCO          | Scotland
       1229 | NOR          | Norway
Sample table: match_mast
 match_no | play_stage | play_date  | results | decided_by | goal_score | venue_id | referee_id | audence | plr_of_match | stop1_sec | stop2_sec
----------+------------+------------+---------+------------+------------+----------+------------+---------+--------------+-----------+-----------
        1 | G          | 2016-06-11 | WIN     | N          | 2-1        |    20008 |      70007 |   75113 |       160154 |       131 |       242
        2 | G          | 2016-06-11 | WIN     | N          | 0-1        |    20002 |      70012 |   33805 |       160476 |        61 |       182
        3 | G          | 2016-06-11 | WIN     | N          | 2-1        |    20001 |      70017 |   37831 |       160540 |        64 |       268
        4 | G          | 2016-06-12 | DRAW    | N          | 1-1        |    20005 |      70011 |   62343 |       160128 |         0 |       185
        5 | G          | 2016-06-12 | WIN     | N          | 0-1        |    20007 |      70006 |   43842 |       160084 |       125 |       325
        6 | G          | 2016-06-12 | WIN     | N          | 1-0        |    20006 |      70014 |   33742 |       160291 |         2 |       246
        7 | G          | 2016-06-13 | WIN     | N          | 2-0        |    20003 |      70002 |   43035 |       160176 |        89 |       188
        8 | G          | 2016-06-13 | WIN     | N          | 1-0        |    20010 |      70009 |   29400 |       160429 |       360 |       182
        9 | G          | 2016-06-13 | DRAW    | N          | 1-1        |    20008 |      70010 |   73419 |       160335 |        67 |       194
       10 | G          | 2016-06-14 | WIN     | N          | 0-2        |    20004 |      70005 |   55408 |       160244 |        63 |       189
       11 | G          | 2016-06-14 | WIN     | N          | 0-2        |    20001 |      70018 |   34424 |       160197 |        61 |       305
       12 | G          | 2016-06-15 | DRAW    | N          | 1-1        |    20009 |      70004 |   38742 |       160320 |        15 |       284
       13 | G          | 2016-06-15 | WIN     | N          | 1-2        |    20003 |      70001 |   38989 |       160405 |        62 |       189
       14 | G          | 2016-06-15 | DRAW    | N          | 1-1        |    20007 |      70015 |   43576 |       160477 |        74 |       206
       15 | G          | 2016-06-16 | WIN     | N          | 2-0        |    20005 |      70013 |   63670 |       160154 |        71 |       374
       16 | G          | 2016-06-16 | WIN     | N          | 2-1        |    20002 |      70003 |   34033 |       160540 |        62 |       212
       17 | G          | 2016-06-16 | WIN     | N          | 0-2        |    20004 |      70016 |   51043 |       160262 |         7 |       411
       18 | G          | 2016-06-17 | DRAW    | N          | 0-0        |    20008 |      70008 |   73648 |       160165 |         6 |       208
       19 | G          | 2016-06-17 | WIN     | N          | 1-0        |    20010 |      70007 |   29600 |       160248 |         2 |       264
       20 | G          | 2016-06-17 | DRAW    | N          | 2-2        |    20009 |      70005 |   38376 |       160086 |        71 |       280
       21 | G          | 2016-06-18 | WIN     | N          | 3-0        |    20006 |      70010 |   33409 |       160429 |        84 |       120
       22 | G          | 2016-06-18 | WIN     | N          | 3-0        |    20001 |      70004 |   39493 |       160064 |        11 |       180
       23 | G          | 2016-06-18 | DRAW    | N          | 1-1        |    20005 |      70015 |   60842 |       160230 |        61 |       280
       24 | G          | 2016-06-19 | DRAW    | N          | 0-0        |    20007 |      70011 |   44291 |       160314 |         3 |       200
       25 | G          | 2016-06-20 | WIN     | N          | 0-1        |    20004 |      70016 |   49752 |       160005 |       125 |       328
       26 | G          | 2016-06-20 | DRAW    | N          | 0-0        |    20003 |      70001 |   45616 |       160463 |        60 |       122
       27 | G          | 2016-06-21 | WIN     | N          | 0-3        |    20010 |      70006 |   28840 |       160544 |        62 |       119
       28 | G          | 2016-06-21 | DRAW    | N          | 0-0        |    20009 |      70012 |   39051 |       160392 |        62 |       301
       29 | G          | 2016-06-21 | WIN     | N          | 0-1        |    20005 |      70017 |   58874 |       160520 |        29 |       244
       30 | G          | 2016-06-21 | WIN     | N          | 0-1        |    20007 |      70018 |   44125 |       160177 |        21 |       195
       31 | G          | 2016-06-22 | WIN     | N          | 0-2        |    20002 |      70013 |   32836 |       160504 |        60 |       300
       32 | G          | 2016-06-22 | WIN     | N          | 2-1        |    20001 |      70008 |   37245 |       160085 |        70 |       282
       33 | G          | 2016-06-22 | WIN     | N          | 2-1        |    20008 |      70009 |   68714 |       160220 |         7 |       244
       34 | G          | 2016-06-22 | DRAW    | N          | 3-3        |    20004 |      70002 |   55514 |       160322 |        70 |       185
       35 | G          | 2016-06-23 | WIN     | N          | 0-1        |    20003 |      70014 |   44268 |       160333 |        79 |       221
       36 | G          | 2016-06-23 | WIN     | N          | 0-1        |    20006 |      70003 |   34011 |       160062 |        63 |       195
       37 | R          | 2016-06-25 | WIN     | P          | 1-1        |    20009 |      70005 |   38842 |       160476 |       126 |       243
       38 | R          | 2016-06-25 | WIN     | N          | 1-0        |    20007 |      70002 |   44342 |       160547 |         5 |       245
       39 | R          | 2016-06-26 | WIN     | N          | 0-1        |    20002 |      70012 |   33523 |       160316 |        61 |       198
       40 | R          | 2016-06-26 | WIN     | N          | 2-1        |    20004 |      70011 |   56279 |       160160 |       238 |       203
       41 | R          | 2016-06-26 | WIN     | N          | 3-0        |    20003 |      70009 |   44312 |       160173 |        62 |       124
       42 | R          | 2016-06-27 | WIN     | N          | 0-4        |    20010 |      70010 |   28921 |       160062 |         3 |       133
       43 | R          | 2016-06-27 | WIN     | N          | 2-0        |    20008 |      70004 |   76165 |       160235 |        63 |       243
       44 | R          | 2016-06-28 | WIN     | N          | 1-2        |    20006 |      70001 |   33901 |       160217 |         5 |       199
       45 | Q          | 2016-07-01 | WIN     | P          | 1-1        |    20005 |      70003 |   62940 |       160316 |        58 |       181
       46 | Q          | 2016-07-02 | WIN     | N          | 3-1        |    20003 |      70001 |   45936 |       160550 |        14 |       182
       47 | Q          | 2016-07-03 | WIN     | P          | 1-1        |    20001 |      70007 |   38764 |       160163 |        63 |       181
       48 | Q          | 2016-07-04 | WIN     | N          | 5-2        |    20008 |      70008 |   76833 |       160159 |        16 |       125
       49 | S          | 2016-07-07 | WIN     | N          | 2-0        |    20004 |      70006 |   55679 |       160322 |         2 |       181
       50 | S          | 2016-07-08 | WIN     | N          | 2-0        |    20005 |      70011 |   64078 |       160160 |       126 |       275
       51 | F          | 2016-07-11 | WIN     | N          | 1-0        |    20008 |      70005 |   75868 |       160307 |       161 |       181
Sample table: referee_mast
 referee_id |      referee_name       | country_id
------------+-------------------------+------------
      70001 | Damir Skomina           |       1225
      70002 | Martin Atkinson         |       1206
      70003 | Felix Brych             |       1208
      70004 | Cuneyt Cakir            |       1222
      70005 | Mark Clattenburg        |       1206
      70006 | Jonas Eriksson          |       1220
      70007 | Viktor Kassai           |       1209
      70008 | Bjorn Kuipers           |       1226
      70009 | Szymon Marciniak        |       1213
      70010 | Milorad Mazic           |       1227
      70011 | Nicola Rizzoli          |       1211
      70012 | Carlos Velasco Carballo |       1219
      70013 | William Collum          |       1228
      70014 | Ovidiu Hategan          |       1216
      70015 | Sergei Karasev          |       1217
      70016 | Pavel Kralovec          |       1205
      70017 | Svein Oddvar Moen       |       1229
      70018 | Clement Turpin          |       1207

Sample Solution:

SQL Code:

-- Selecting referee_name and country_name
SELECT b.referee_name, c.country_name
-- From clause with NATURAL JOIN between match_mast, referee_mast, and soccer_country
FROM match_mast a
NATURAL JOIN referee_mast b
NATURAL JOIN soccer_country c
-- Filtering the results to include only the match with match_no equal to 1
WHERE match_no = 1;

Sample Output:

 referee_name  | country_name
---------------+--------------
 Viktor Kassai | Hungary
(1 row)

Code Explanation:

The provided query in SQL that retrieves information about the referee and country for the match with match_no equal to 1 from the tables match_mast, referee_mast, and soccer_country.
The NATURAL JOIN keyword is used to join the tables match_mast, referee_mast, and soccer_country based on columns with the same name in each table.
The condition filters only those rows for the match with match_no equal to 1.

Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Expression: Find the name and country of the referee who managed the opening match.

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