World champs referees- Japan 2006

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17/03/2006
Press Release no. 10: FIBA appoints World Championship Referees
GENEVA (FIBA World Championship) - FIBA, the International Basketball Federation based in Geneva, Switzerland, has announced today the appointment of the referees for the FIBA World Championships 2006 in Japan and Brazil. All games of the FIBA World Championships 2006 will be officiated with 3 referees.
Japan 2006
40 FIBA referees coming from all 5 continents will officiate the 80 games of the FIBA World Championship 2006 from 19 August - 3 September 2006 in Japan.
Referees Group A (in Sendai):
Mr. Michael AYLEN, AUS Mr. Recep ANKARALI, TUR
Mr. Abdellilah CHLIF, MAR Mr. Hak Mo CHUNG, KOR
Mr. Virginijus DOVIDAVICIUS, LTU Mr. Fabio FACCHINI, ITA
Mr. Carl JUNGEBRAND, FIN Mr. Terry Matthew MOORE, USA
Mr. Carlos Renato DOS SANTOS, BRA Mr. Alvaro Dario TRIAS IGLESIAS, URU
Referees Group B (in Hiroshima):
Mr. Abreu MUHIMUA JOAO, MOZ Mr. Ilija BELOSEVIC, SCG
Mr. Jose Anibal CARRION, PUR Mr. Alejandro César CHITI, ARG
Mr. Rabah NOUJAIM, LIB Mr. Lazaros VOREADIS, GRE
Mr. Borys RYZHYK, UKR Mr. Petr SUDEK, SVK
Mr. Eddie VIATOR, FRA Mr. Maogong YANG, CHN
Referees Group C (in Hamamatsu):
Mr. Juan ARTEAGA, ESP Mr. Pablo Alberto ESTEVEZ, ARG
Mr. Mike Amir HOMSY, CAN Mr. Guerrino CEREBUCH, ITA
Mr. Reynaldo Antonio MERCEDES SANCHEZ, DOM Mr. Yosuke MIYATAKE, JPN
Mr. Dubravko MUHVIC, CRO Mr. Sasa PUKL, SLO
Mr. Eddie Fernanzo RUSH, USA Mr. Jorge VAZQUEZ, PUR
Referees Group D (in Sapporo):
Mr. Shmuel BACHAR, ISR Mr. Romualdas BRAZAUSKAS, LTU
Mr. Scott Jason BUTLER, AUS Mr. Daniel Alfredo DELGADO CASADIEGO, VEN
Mr. Yuji HIRAHARA, JPN Mr. Milivoje JOVCIC, SCG
Mr. Cristiano Jesus MARANHO, BRA Mr. Jose MARTIN, ESP
Mr. Domingos Francisco SIMAO, ANG Mr. Nikolaos ZAVLANOS, GRE
Brazil 2006
25 FIBA referees coming from 5 continents will officiate the 62 games of the FIBA Women’s World Championship 2006 from 12 - 23 September 2006 in Brazil.
The list of referees includes a record nine female referees, which represents 36% of the overall referee contingent for the tournament. This is almost double the number of female referees used at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournaments in Athens.
FIBA Sports Director Lubomir Kotleba sees the improved quality of female referees as the main reason for that, "The officiating quality of female referees is constantly improving and these are more and more up to the standards of top FIBA events.
This is a consequence of our Zones and National Federations paying more attention to the formation and training of female referees, but also to the fact that more and more women are interested in a referee's career."
Referees
Mrs. Karolina ANDERSSON, FIN Mr. Heros AVANESSIAN, IRI
Mr. Gabriel Chiel BAUM SPALTER, URU Ms. Susan Elaine BLAUCH, USA
Mr. Matej BOLTAUZER, SLO Ms. Elena CHERNOVA, RUS
Mr. Antonio CONDE, ESP Mrs. Nadine Renée CROWLEY, CAN
Ms. Fatima Aparecida DA SILVA, BRA Mr. Ivo DOLINEK, CZE
Mrs. Nancy ETHIER, CAN Mr. Vitalis Odhiambo GODE, KEN
Mr. Kok Yew HO, MAS Ms. Chantal JULIEN, FRA
Mr. Philippe LEEMANN, SUI Mr. Oscar LEFWERTH, SWE
Mr. Vaughan Charles MAYBERRY, AUS Mr. Sergio de Jesus PACHECO, BRA
Mrs. Ling PENG, CHN Mr. Kestutis PILIPAUSKAS, LTU
Mr. Diego Hernan ROUGIER, ARG Mrs. Gabriela SCHAER ARAYA, CRC
Mr. Roberto Omar SMITH, ARG Mr. Moussa Ismaila TOURE, MLI
Mr. Gens Vadayattu VARGHESE, IND