FIFA World Cup referees

International football referees

FIFA World Cup referees are FIFA international referees who officiate at the FIFA World Cup matches.

## World Cup Final match officials

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Year | Referee | Assistant Referees | Reserve Referees and Assistant Referees | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs

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1930
[1] |
John Langenus |
Ulises Saucedo

Henri Christophe | Reserve Referees
since 1994

Reserve Assistant Referees
since 2006 | Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs
since 2018
1934
[2] |
Ivan Eklind |
Louis Baert

Mihály Iváncsics
1938
[3] |
Georges Capdeville |
Hans Wüthrich

Augustin Krist
1954
[4] |
William Ling |
Vincenzo Orlandini

Sandy Griffiths
1958
[5] |
Maurice Guigue |
Albert Dusch

Juan Gardeazábal Garay
1962
[6] |
Nikolay Latyshev |
Leo Horn

Bobby Davidson
1966
[7] |
Gottfried Dienst |
Tofiq Bahramov

Karol Galba
1970
[8] |
Rudi Glöckner |
Rudolf Scheurer

Ángel Coerezza
1974
[9] |
Jack Taylor |
Alfonso González Archundía

Ramón Barreto Ruiz
1978
[10] |
Sergio Gonella |
Ramón Barreto Ruiz

Erich Linemayr
1982
[11] |
Arnaldo Cézar Coelho |
Abraham Klein

Vojtech Christov
1986
[12] |
Romualdo Arppi Filho |
Erik Fredriksson

Berny Ulloa Morera
1990
[13] |
Edgardo Codesal Méndez |
Armando Pérez Hoyos

Michał Listkiewicz
1994
[14] |
Sándor Puhl |
Venancio Zárate Vázquez

Mohammad Fanaei |
Francisco Lamolina
1998
[15] |
Said Belqola |
Mark Warren

Achmat Salie |
Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid
2002
[16] |
Pierluigi Collina |
Leif Lindberg

Philip Sharp |
Hugh Dallas
2006
[17] |
Horacio Elizondo |
Darío García

Rodolfo Otero |
Luis Medina Cantalejo

Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco
2010
[18] |
Howard Webb |
Darren Cann

Michael Mullarkey |
Yuichi Nishimura

Toru Sagara
2014
[19] |
Nicola Rizzoli |
Renato Faverani

Andrea Stefani |
Carlos Vera Rodríguez

Christian Lescano Guerrero
2018
[20] |
Néstor Pitana |
Hernán Maidana

Juan Pablo Belatti |
Björn Kuipers

Erwin Zeinstra |
Massimiliano Irrati

Mauro Vigliano

Carlos Astroza Cárdenas

Danny Makkelie
2022
[21] |
Szymon Marciniak |
Paweł Sokolnicki

Tomasz Listkiewicz |
Ismail Elfath

Kathryn Nesbitt |
Tomasz Kwiatkowski

Juan Soto Arévalo

Kyle Atkins

Fernando Guerrero Ramírez

Corey Parker

Bastian Dankert

### By country

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As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final, 33 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA World Cup Final.

Country | Total | Referees | Assistant
Referees | Reserve Referees | Reserve Assistant Referees | VARs | Assistant VARs

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Argentina | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
England | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Italy | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
Poland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
Belgium | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1
Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Czechoslovakia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Scotland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Israel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
West Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Totals: | 75 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3

### By confederation

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Confederation | Total | Referees | Assistant
Referees | Reserve Referees | Reserve Assistant Referees | VARs | Assistant VARs

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UEFA | 47 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1
CONMEBOL | 19 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2
AFC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0
CONCACAF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CAF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Totals: | 75 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3

## Number of matches

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11 matches:

* Ravshan Irmatov (2010, 2014, 2018)

9 matches:

* Néstor Pitana (2014, 2018)

8 matches:

* Joël Quiniou (1986, 1990, 1994)
* Benito Archundia (2006, 2010)
* Jorge Larrionda (2006, 2010)

7 matches:

* John Langenus (1930, 1934, 1938)
* Sandy Griffiths (1950, 1954, 1958)
* Juan Gardeazábal Garay (1958, 1962, 1966)
* Ali Bujsaim (1994, 1998, 2002)
* Carlos Eugênio Simon (2002, 2006, 2010)
* Frank De Bleeckere (2006, 2010)
* Marco Antonio Rodríguez (2006, 2010, 2014)
* Björn Kuipers (2014, 2018)
* César Arturo Ramos (2018, 2022)

6 matches:

* Ivan Eklind (1934, 1938, 1950)
* Arthur Edward Ellis (1950, 1954, 1958)
* Nikolay Latyshev (1958, 1962)
* Jamal Al Sharif (1986, 1990, 1994)
* Arturo Brizio Carter (1994, 1998)
* Gamal Al-Ghandour (1998, 2002)
* Óscar Ruiz (2002, 2006, 2010)
* Roberto Rosetti (2006, 2010)
* Howard Webb (2010, 2014)
* Mark Geiger (2014, 2018)
* Sandro Ricci (2014, 2018)
* Cüneyt Çakır (2014, 2018)
* Alireza Faghani (2018, 2022)

## References

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1. ^ "Match Report Final 1930". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
2. ^ "Match Report Final 1934". Archived from the original on 2009-03-23.
3. ^ "Match Report Final 1938". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21.
4. ^ "Match Report Final 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20.
5. ^ "Match Report Final 1958". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
6. ^ "Match Report Final 1962". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
7. ^ "Match Report Final 1966". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25.
8. ^ "Match Report Final 1970". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25.
9. ^ "Match Report Final 1974". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26.
10. ^ "Match Report Final 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12.
11. ^ "Match Report Final 1982". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
12. ^ "Match Report Final 1986". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.
13. ^ "Match Report Final 1990". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.
14. ^ "Match Report Final 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.
15. ^ "Match Report Final 1998". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
16. ^ "Match Report Final 2002". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
17. ^ "Match Report Final 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07.
18. ^ "Match Report Final 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2015.
19. ^ "Match Report Final 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014.
20. ^ "Tactical Line-up" (PDF).
21. ^ "FIFA Media".

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Tournaments|

* Uruguay 1930
* Italy 1934
* France 1938
* Brazil 1950
* Switzerland 1954
* Sweden 1958
* Chile 1962
* England 1966
* Mexico 1970
* West Germany 1974
* Argentina 1978
* Spain 1982
* Mexico 1986
* Italy 1990
* United States 1994
* France 1998
* South Korea / Japan 2002
* Germany 2006
* South Africa 2010
* Brazil 2014
* Russia 2018
* Qatar 2022
* Canada / Mexico / United States 2026
* Morocco / Portugal / Spain 20301
* Saudi Arabia 2034

Qualification|

* 19302
* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
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Finals|

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* 1994
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Squads|

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Final draw|

* 1998
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Broadcasters|

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Bids|

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Officials|

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* 1 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games
* 2 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
* 3 No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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