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FIFA 2006 World Cup Referees
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I also saw that yahoo page a couple of weeks ago. When I did a quick count of the referees, it seemed that a couple were missing since FIFA had announced that 23 were selected along with their ARs, but this list only had 21 Refs. Therefore, I went and did some checking.
Here is FIFA's initial selection list: http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0...116346,00.html Three Referees and their teams were then removed: http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0...117658,00.html 1. Batres from Guatemala could not physically recover from an ACL injury. He was replaced by Mexico's Marco Rodriguez. 2. "Greek referee Kyros Vassaras and his Spanish counterpart Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez had also been due to take part in the FIFA World Cup finals, but as some of their assistants failed to reach the required standards in Frankfurt/Neu-Isenburg, Vassaras and Mejuto Gonzalez have also been taken off the list. They will be replaced by two original members of the support and development group, Italy's Roberto Rosetti and Spain's Luis Medina Cantalejo." 3. The US team headed by Kevin Stott originally did not make the top 30, but were placed onto the support group after the above changes were made. Then I found that Italy's De Santis was withdrawn due to the match fixing investigation currently going on in that country. FIFA chose NOT to replace that team, so the count is down to 22. http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/...ticleid=118061 Finally, I found a press release from today by FIFA which states that their will be media interviews with "all 81 match officials." Well 22 and 44 is 66, and adding the 15 in the support group makes 81. So this seems to be the accurate number. http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0...ticleid=118071 So I have to ask what happened to the team from the Caribbean?
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Answered my own question.
Peter Prendergast out of WC 29 May 2006 - 08:55 (Reuters) Jamaican referee Peter Prendergast and his two assistants, Anthony Garwood (Jamaica) and Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago), will soon be leaving the referees’ 2006 FIFA World Cup™ headquarters, the Kempinski Hotel Gravenbruch in Frankfurt/Neu-Isenburg, and heading home due to a knee injury sustained by Prendergast. In-depth medical examinations have confirmed that the Jamaican will not be able to take charge of any matches during the 2006 World Cup. FIFA will announce their replacements later. Prendergast is the second referee to be withdrawn from the tournament after Italy's Massimo De Santis was pulled out by the Italian Football Federation. De Santis is under investigation in a probe into possible soccer fraud in Italy. On Wednesday the 21 referees and 42 assistant referees who will be in action in Germany will be joined by the support and development group -- five reserve referees and 10 reserve linesmen -- for a final fitness test, which will be conducted at their headquarters in Frankfurt/Neu-Isenburg. |
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First 16 Matches, Referee Assignments
04 Jun 2006 - 11:20 Argentinian referee Horacio Elizondo will take charge of the opening match of the 18th FIFA World Cup™ between Germany and Costa Rica in Munich on 9 June. His appointment was determined by the FIFA Referees Committee at its meeting on 1 June in Munich as were the identities of the referees for the subsequent 15 group matches of the World Cup in Germany. Referee Schedule for the First 16 games are: GER - CRC 09.06.2006 MUNICH (GER) Referee ELIZONDO Horacio (ARG) Assistant Referee 1 GARCIA Dario (ARG) Assistant Referee 2 OTERO Rodolfo (ARG) Fourth Official CHANDIA Carlos (CHI) Fifth Official JULIO Cristian (CHI) POL - ECU 09.06.2006 GELSENKIRCHEN (GER) Referee KAMIKAWA Toru (JPN) Assistant Referee 1 HIROSHIMA Yoshikazu (JPN) Assistant Referee 2 KIM Dae Young (KOR) Fourth Official MICHEL Lubos (SVK) Fifth Official SLYSKO Roman (SVK) ENG - PAR 10.06.2006 FRANKFURT/MAIN (GER) Referee RODRIGUEZ Marco (MEX) Assistant Referee 1 CAMARGO Jose Luis (MEX) Assistant Referee 2 LEAL Leonel (CRC) Fourth Official CODJIA Coffi (BEN) Fifth Official NTAGUNGIRA Celestin (RWA) TRI - SWE 10.06.2006 DORTMUND (GER) Referee MAIDIN Shamsul (SIN) Assistant Referee 1 PERMPANICH Prachya (THA) Assistant Referee 2 GHULOUM Eisa (UAE) Fourth Official RUIZ Oscar (COL) Fifth Official TAMAYO Fernando (ECU) ARG - CIV 10.06.2006 HAMBURG (GER) Referee DE BLEECKERE Frank (BEL) Assistant Referee 1 HERMANS Peter (BEL) Assistant Referee 2 VROMANS Walter (BEL) Fourth Official POULAT Eric (FRA) Fifth Official TEXIER Vincent (FRA) SCG - NED 11.06.2006 LEIPZIG (GER) Referee MERK Markus (GER) Assistant Referee 1 SCHRAER Christian (GER) Assistant Referee 2 SALVER Jan-Hendrik (GER) Fourth Official GUEZZAZ Mohamed (MAR) Fifth Official DJEZZAR Brahim (ALG) MEX - IRN 11.06.2006 NUREMBERG (GER) Referee ROSETTI Roberto (ITA) Assistant Referee 1 COPELLI Cristiano (ITA) Assistant Referee 2 STAGNOLI Alessandro (ITA) Fourth Official DAMON Jerome (RSA) Fifth Official MOLEFE Enock (RSA) ANG - POR 11.06.2006 COLOGNE (GER) Referee LARRIONDA Jorge (URU) Assistant Referee 1 RIAL Walter (URU) Assistant Referee 2 FANDINO Pablo (URU) Fourth Official STOTT Kevin (USA) Fifth Official STRICKLAND Chris (USA) ITA - GHA 12.06.2006 HANOVER (GER) Referee SIMON Carlos (BRA) Assistant Referee 1 TAVARES Aristeu (BRA) Assistant Referee 2 CORONA Ednilson (BRA) Fourth Official AL GHAMDI Khalil (KSA) Fifth Official AL KADRI Hamdi (SYR) USA - CZE 12.06.2006 GELSENKIRCHEN (GER) Referee AMARILLA Carlos (PAR) Assistant Referee 1 ANDINO Amelio (PAR) Assistant Referee 2 BERNAL Manuel (PAR) Fourth Official CHANDIA Carlos (CHI) Fifth Official GONZALEZ Rodrigo (CHI) BRA - CRO 13.06.2006 BERLIN (GER) Referee ARCHUNDIA Benito (MEX) Assistant Referee 1 RAMIREZ Jose (MEX) Assistant Referee 2 VERGARA Hector (CAN) Fourth Official GUEZZAZ Mohamed (MAR) Fifth Official DJEZZAR Brahim (ALG) AUS - JPN 12.06.2006 KAISERSLAUTERN (GER) Referee ABD EL FATAH Essam (EGY) Assistant Referee 1 DANTE Dramane (MLI) Assistant Referee 2 NDOYE Mamadou (SEN) Fourth Official POULAT Eric (FRA) Fifth Official TEXIER Vincent (FRA) FRA - SUI 13.06.2006 STUTTGART (GER) Referee IVANOV Valentin (RUS) Assistant Referee 1 GOLUBEV Nikolay (RUS) Assistant Referee 2 VOLNIN Evgueni (RUS) Fourth Official STOTT Kevin (USA) Fifth Official BARKEY Gregory (USA) KOR - TOG 13.06.2006 FRANKFURT/MAIN (GER) Referee POLL Graham (ENG) Assistant Referee 1 SHARP Philip (ENG) Assistant Referee 2 TURNER Glenn (ENG) Fourth Official DAMON Jerome (RSA) Fifth Official YEBOAH Justice (GHA) ESP - UKR 14.06.2006 LEIPZIG (GER) Referee BUSACCA Massimo (SUI) Assistant Referee 1 BURAGINA Francesco (SUI) Assistant Referee 2 ARNET Matthias (SUI) Fourth Official ROSETTI Roberto (ITA) Fifth Official COPELLI Cristiano (ITA) TUN - KSA 14.06.2006 MUNICH (GER) Referee SHIELD Mark (AUS) Assistant Referee 1 GIBSON Nathan (AUS) Assistant Referee 2 WILSON Ben (AUS) Fourth Official CHANDIA Carlos (CHI) Fifth Official JULIO Cristian (CHI) |
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Good info, now I can watch for the refs I work with during the season.
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