In March 2013, FIFA published a list of 52 prospective referees, each paired, on the basis of nationality, with two assistant referees, from all six football confederations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament. On 14 January 2014, the FIFA Referees Committee appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 countries for the tournament.
ConfederationRefereeAssistantsSupport (referee/assist)AFCRavshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)Alireza Faghani (Iran) / Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)Toru Sagara (Japan)Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Ebrahim Saleh (Bahrain)Ben Williams (Australia)Matthew Cream (Australia) Hakan Anaz (Australia)CAFNoumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast) Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)Néant Alioum (Cameroon) / Djibril Camara (Senegal)- / Aden Marwa (Kenya)Bakary Gassama (Gambia)Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)Félicien Kabanda (Rwanda)Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)Redouane Achik (Morocco)Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)CONCACAFJoel Aguilar (El Salvador)William Torres (El Salvador)Juan Zumba (El Salvador)Roberto Moreno (Panama) / Eric Boria (United States)Walter López (Guatemala) / Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)Mark Geiger (United States)Mark Hurd (United States)Joe Fletcher (Canada)Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Marcos Quintero (Mexico)CONMEBOLNéstor Pitana (Argentina)Hernán Maidana (Argentina)Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) / Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)Sandro Ricci (Brazil)Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)Enrique Osses (Chile)Carlos Astroza (Chile)Sergio Román (Chile)Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)Carlos Vera (Ecuador)Christian Lescano (Ecuador)Byron Romero (Ecuador)OFCPeter O'Leary (New Zealand)Jan Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)Mark Rule (New Zealand)Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) / -UEFAFelix Brych (Germany)Mark Borsch (Germany)Stefan Lupp (Germany)Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway)Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)Bahattin Duran (Turkey)Tarık Ongun (Turkey)Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)Mathias Klasenius (Sweden)Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden)Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)Milorad Mažić (Serbia)Milovan Ristić (Serbia)Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia)Pedro Proença (Portugal)Bertino Miranda (Portugal)Tiago Trigo (Portugal)Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)Renato Faverani (Italy)Andrea Stefani (Italy)Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Howard Webb (England)Michael Mullarkey (England)Darren Cann (England)
1.Replaced assistant Referee Ravinesh Kumar, who missed the World Cup due to an injury. 2.Daniel Bennett missed the World Cup due to an injury.
Matches
Name Match Yuichi Nishimura Ravshan Irmatov Nawaf Shukralla Ben Williams Noumandiez Doué Bakary Gassama Djamel Haimoudi Joel Aguilar Mark Geiger Marco Rodríguez Néstor Pitana Sandro Ricci Enrique Osses Wilmar Roldán Carlos Vera Peter O'Leary Felix Brych Cüneyt Çakır Jonas Eriksson Björn Kuipers Milorad Mažić Pedro Proença Nicola Rizzoli Carlos Velasco Carballo Howard Webb
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