The Preselected Referees For The South Africa World Cup 2010
From FIFA:
The FIFA Referees Committee, chaired by FIFA Vice-President Ángel María Villar Llona, selected on 22 October 2008 a group of 38 referees from which the definitive list of referees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ will be chosen.
So, here come the 38 shortlisted Referees grouped by Confederation Cup Nations:
North, Central America, Caribbean - CONCACAF
- Joel Aguilar Chicas, El Salvador
- Benito Archundia Tellez, Mexico
- Carlos Batres Gonzalez, Guatemala
- Jair Marrufo, United States
- Marco Rodriguez Moreno, Mexico
South America - CONMEBOL
- Carlos Amarilla Demarqui, Paraguay
- Hector Baldassi, Argentina
- Jorge Larrionda, Uruguay
- Pablo Pozo Quinteros, Chile
- Oscar Ruiz Acosta, Colombia
- Carlos Simon, Brazil
- Martin Vazquez Broquetas, Uruguay
Africa - CAF
- Mohamed Benouza, Algeria
- Coffi Codjia, Benin
- Koman Coulibaly, Mali
- Jerome Damon, South Africa
- Eddy Maillet, Seychelles
Europe - UEFA
- Olegario Bartolo F. Benquerenca, Portugal
- Ivan Bebek, Croatia
- Massimo Busacca, Switzerland
- Frank De Bleekere, Belgium
- Thomas Einwaller, Austria
- Grzegorz Gilewski, Poland
- Martin Hansson, Sweden
- Viktor Kassai, Hungary
- Stephane Lannoy, France
- Tom Ovrebo, Norway
- Roberto Rosetti, Italy
- Wolfgang Stark, Germany
- Alberto Undiano Mallenco, Spain
- Howard Webb, England
Asia - AFC
- Khalil Al Ghamdi, Saudi Arabia
- Matthew Breeze, Australia
- Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbekistan
- Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, Malaysia
- Yuichi Nishimura, Japan
Australia and South Pacific - OFC
- Michael Hester, New Zealand
- Peter O’Leary, New Zealand
=> You can read more about the 6 FIFA Confederation Cup Nations
=> What Are The Criteria For Selecting Referees For World Cup 2010
=> You can also download the PDF file of full details of prospective FIFA referees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa from FIFA - Click here!
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