FIFA 2006 World Cup Referees
 

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Then I found that Italy's De Santis was withdrawn due to the match fixing investigation currently going on in that country.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?
<TABLE width="100%" border=1><TBODY><TR><TD>Referee : </TD><TD>PRENDERGAST</TD><TD>Peter</TD><TD>Jamaica</TD><TD>23.09.1963</TD></TR><TR><TD>Assistants : </TD><TD>GARWOOD</TD><TD>Anthony</TD><TD>Jamaica</TD><TD>15.12.1972</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>TAYLOR </TD><TD>Joseph</TD><TD>Trinidad and Tobago</TD><TD>06.10.1964</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Did yahoo mistakenly leave them off the list?

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.

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)

Good info, now I can watch for the refs I work with during the season.:D