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1st Round Referees


FIFA has announced the 36 Referees and 36 Assistant Referees for the Finals. These appointments are based on their performance during the qualifying tournament.

Following this announcement, Jorge Larrionda from Uruguay has been dropped from the list after being found guilty of corruption by his national federation. He has now been replaced by Rene Ortube from Bolivia.

 
Referees

ConfederationNameCountry1st Round Allocation
AFCAli BujsaimU.A.E.Korea
 Toru KamikawaJapanJapan
 Young Joo KimKoreaKorea
 Jun LuChinaJapan
 Saad Kamel ManeKuwaitKorea
    
CAFCoffi CodjiaBeninKorea
 Mourad DaamiTunisiaJapan
 Falla NdoyeSenegalJapan
 Gamal GhandourEgyptKorea
 Mohamed GuezzazMoroccoKorea
    
CONCACAFCarlos BatresGuatemalaKorea
 Brian HallUnited StatesJapan
 William Vega MattusCosta RicaJapan
 Peter PrendergastJamaicaJapan
 Felipe Ramos RizoMexicoKorea
    
CONMEBOLUbaldo AquinoParaguayJapan
 Byron MorenoEcuadorKorea
 Rene OrtubeBoliviaJapan
 Oscar RuizColombiaKorea
 Angel SanchezArgentinaKorea
 Carlos Eugenio SimonBrazilJapan
    
OFCMark Alexander ShieldAustraliaJapan
    
UEFAPierluigi CollinaItalyJapan
 Hugh DallasScotlandKorea
 Anders FriskSwedenKorea
 Terje HaugeNorwayJapan
 Antonio Lopez NietoSpainJapan
 Lubos MichelSlovakiaKorea
 Markus MerkGermanyJapan
 Urs MeierSwitzerlandKorea
 Vitor Melo PereiraPortugalKorea
 Kim Milton NielsenDenmarkJapan
 Graham PollEnglandJapan
 Kyros VassarasGreeceKorea
 Gilles VeissiereFranceJapan
 Jan WegereefNetherlandsKorea

 
Assistant Referees

ConfederationNameCountry1st Round Allocation
AFCAli Al-TraifiSaudi ArabiaKorea
 Mat Lazim Awang HamatMalaysiaJapan
 Haidar KoleitLebanonJapan
 Visva Nathan KrishnanSingaporeKorea
 Awni HassounehJordanKorea
 Mahamed SaeedMaldivesJapan
 Komaleeswaran SankarIndiaJapan
    
CAFTaoufik AdjenguiTunisiaJapan
 Dramane DanteMaliKorea
 Wagih FaragEgyptKorea
 Brighton MudzamiriZimbabweKorea
 Ali TomusangeUgandaKorea
    
CONCACAFCurtis CharlesAntigua and BarbudaKorea
 Vladimir FernandezEl SalvadorKorea
 Michael RagoonathTrinidad and TobagoJapan
 Hector VergaraCanadaJapan
    
CONMEBOLBomer FierroEcuadorKorea
 Miguel GiacomuzziParaguayJapan
 Jorge P. OliveiraBrazilJapan
 Jorge RattalinoArgentinaKorea
    
OFCElise DoririVanuatuKorea
 Paul SmithNew ZealandJapan
    
UEFAEvzen AmlerCzech RepublicJapan
 Frederic ArnaultFranceJapan
 Egon BereuterAustriaKorea
 Yury DupanauBelarusJapan
 Carlos Ferreira De MatosPortugalKorea
 Jens LarsenDenmarkJapan
 Leif LindbergSwedenKorea
 Heiner MullerGermanyJapan
 Jaap PoolNetherlandsKorea
 Philip SharpEnglandJapan
 Igor SramkaSlovakiaKorea
 Ferenc SzekelyHungaryKorea
 Roland Van NylenBelgiumJapan
 Maciej WierzbowskyPolandJapan