2014 FIFA World Cup officials

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.[1] On 14 January 2014, the FIFA Referees Committee appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 different countries for the tournament.[2][3]

Confederation	Referee	Assistants		Support (referee/assist)
AFC	Ravshan 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)
CAF	Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)	Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast)	Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)	Néant Alioum (Cameroon) / Djibril Camara (Senegal) - ^2/ Aden Marwa (Kenya)
	Bakary Gassama (Gambia)	Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)	Félicien Kabanda (Rwanda)
	Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)	Rédouane Achik (Morocco)	Abdelhalk Etchiali (Algeria)
CONCACAF	Joel 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)
CONMEBOL	Néstor 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)
OFC	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)	Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)	Mark Rule (New Zealand)^1	Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) / -
UEFA	Felix Brych (Germany)	Stefan Lupp (Germany)	Mark Borsch (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.[4]

Matches

Name	Match
Yuichi Nishimura	12 June 2014 17:00 Brazil  3–1  Croatia Report Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo Attendance: 62,103
Ravshan Irmatov	15 June 2014 13:00 Switzerland   2–1  Ecuador Report Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 68,351 23 June 2014 17:00 Croatia  1–3  Mexico Report Arena Pernambuco, Recife Attendance: 41,212 26 June 2014 13:00 United States  0–1  Germany Report Arena Pernambuco, Recife Attendance: 41,876 5 July 2014 17:00 Netherlands  0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 pen.) (a.e.t.)  Costa Rica Report Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 51,179
Nawaf Shukralla	23 June 2014 13:00 Australia  0–3  Spain Report Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance: 39,375 26 June 2014 13:00 Portugal  2–1  Ghana Report Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 67,540
Ben Williams	20 June 2014 19:00 Honduras  1–2  Ecuador Report Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance: 39,224 26 June 2014 17:00 South Korea  0–1  Belgium Report Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo Attendance: 61,397 29 June 2014 17:00 Costa Rica  1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 pen.) (a.e.t.)  Greece Report Arena Pernambuco, Recife Attendance: 41,242
Noumandiez Doué	13 June 2014 19:00 Chile  3–1  Australia Report Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance: 40,275 25 June 2014 17:00 Ecuador  0–0  France Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 73,749
Bakary Gassama	23 June 2014 13:00 Netherlands  2–0  Chile Report Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo Attendance: 62,996
Djamel Haimoudi	18 June 2014 13:00 Australia  2–3  Netherlands Report Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 42,877 24 June 2014 13:00 Costa Rica  0–0  England Report Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,823 1 July 2014 17:00 Belgium  2–1 (a.e.t.)  United States Report Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 51,227 12 July 2014 17:00 Brazil  0–3  Netherlands Report Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 68,034
Joel Aguilar	15 June 2014 19:00 Argentina  2–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 74,738 19 June 2014 19:00 Japan  0–0  Greece Report Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance: 39,485
Mark Geiger	14 June 2014 13:00 Colombia  3–0  Greece Report Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,174 18 June 2014 16:00 Spain  0–2  Chile Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 74,101 30 June 2014 13:00 France  2–0  Nigeria Report Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 67,882
Marco Rodríguez	17 June 2014 13:00 Belgium  2–1  Algeria Report Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 56,800 24 June 2014 13:00 Italy  0–1  Uruguay Report Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance: 39,706 8 July 2014 17:00 Brazil  1–7  Germany Report Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 58,141
Néstor Pitana	17 June 2014 19:00 Russia  1–1  South Korea Report Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance: 37,603 22 June 2014 19:00 United States  2–2  Portugal Report Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 40,123 25 June 2014 17:00 Honduras  0–3   Switzerland Report Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 40,322 4 July 2014 13:00 France  0–1  Germany Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 74,240
Sandro Ricci	15 June 2014 16:00 France  3–0  Honduras Report Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 43,012 21 June 2014 16:00 Germany  2–2  Ghana Report Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 59,621 30 June 2014 17:00 Germany  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Algeria Report Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 43,063
Enrique Osses	14 June 2014 22:00 Ivory Coast  2–1  Japan Report Arena Pernambuco, Recife Attendance: 40,267 20 June 2014 13:00 Italy  0–1  Costa Rica Report Arena Pernambuco, Recife Attendance: 40,285
Wilmar Roldán	13 June 2014 13:00 Mexico  1–0  Cameroon Report Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance: 39,216 22 June 2014 16:00 South Korea  2–4  Algeria Report Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 42,732
Carlos Vera	16 June 2014 16:00 Iran  0–0  Nigeria Report Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance: 39,081 24 June 2014 17:00 Greece  2–1  Ivory Coast Report Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 59,095
Peter O'Leary	21 June 2014 19:00 Nigeria  1–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina Report Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance: 40,499
Felix Brych	14 June 2014 16:00 Uruguay  1–3  Costa Rica Report Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 58,679 22 June 2014 13:00 Belgium  1–0  Russia Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 73,819
Cüneyt Çakır	17 June 2014 16:00 Brazil  0–0  Mexico Report Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 60,342 26 June 2014 17:00 Algeria  1–1  Russia Report Arena da Baixada, Curitiba Attendance: 39,311 9 July 2014 17:00 Netherlands  0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 pen.) (a.e.t.)  Argentina Report Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo Attendance: 63,267
Jonas Eriksson	16 June 2014 19:00 Ghana  1–2  United States Report Arena das Dunas, Natal Attendance: 39,760 23 June 2014 17:00 Cameroon  1–4  Brazil Report Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 69,112 1 July 2014 13:00 Argentina  1–0 (a.e.t.)   Switzerland Report Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo Attendance: 63,255
Björn Kuipers	14 June 2014 19:00 England  1–2  Italy Report Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 39,800 20 June 2014 16:00 Switzerland   2–5  France Report Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 51,003 28 June 2014 17:00 Colombia  2–0  Uruguay Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 73,804
Milorad Mažić	16 June 2014 13:00 Germany  4–0  Portugal Report Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 51,081 21 June 2014 13:00 Argentina  1–0  Iran Report Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,698
Pedro Proença	18 June 2014 18:00 Cameroon  0–4  Croatia Report Arena da Amazônia, Manaus Attendance: 39,982 24 June 2014 16:00 Japan  1–4  Colombia Report Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá Attendance: 40,340 29 June 2014 13:00 Netherlands  2–1  Mexico Report Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 58,817
Nicola Rizzoli	13 June 2014 16:00 Spain  1–5  Netherlands Report Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 48,173 25 June 2014 13:00 Nigeria  2–3  Argentina Report Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre Attendance: 43,285 5 July 2014 13:00 Argentina  1–0  Belgium Report Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 68,551 13 July 2014 16:00 Germany  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 74,738
Carlos Velasco Carballo	19 June 2014 16:00 Uruguay  2–1  England Report Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo Attendance: 62,575 25 June 2014 13:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–1  Iran Report Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 48,011 4 July 2014 17:00 Brazil  2–1  Colombia Report Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza Attendance: 60,342
Howard Webb	19 June 2014 13:00 Colombia  2–1  Ivory Coast Report Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília Attendance: 68,748 28 June 2014 13:00 Brazil  1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 pen.) (a.e.t.)  Chile Report Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte Attendance: 57,714

References

1. "Open list of prospective referees & assistant referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. 7 March 2013.
2. "Referee trios and support duos appointed for 2014 FIFA World Cup". FIFA. 15 January 2014.
3. "Referees & Assistant referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. 14 January 2014.
4. "Referee Bennet out of World Cup". 11 June 2014.