CONMEBOL U-17 Championship 2013

Argentina, 2-28 April 2013

Referees

1. Jose Argote (VEN, 1980)

2. Julio Bascunan (CHI, 1978)

3. Pericles Cortez (BRA, 1975, photo)

4. German Delfino (ARG, 1978)

5. Marlon Escalante (VEN, 1974)

6. Fernando Falce (URU, 1976)

7. Diego Haro (PER, 1982)

8. Jose Jordan (BOL, 1978)

9. Ulises Mereles (PAR, 1984)

10. Paulo Oliveira (BRA, 1973)
11. Silvio Trucco (ARG, 1978)
12. Carlos Ulloa (CHI, 1975)
13. Adrian Velez (COL, 1976)
14. Roddy Zambrano (ECU, 1978)

Assistant Referees
1. Wilson Arellano (BOL, 1980)
2. Braulio Cornejo (PER, 1975)
3. Alexander Guzman (COL, 1985)
4. Luis Murillo (VEN, 1976)
5. Raul Orellana (CHI, 1977)
6. Gabriel Popovits (URU, 1977)
7. Gustavo Rossi (ARG, 1973)
8. Luis Vera (ECU, 1980)
9. Fabricio Vilarinho (BRA, 1980)
10. Juan Zorrilla (PAR, 1975)

Referee Observers
1. Carlos Alarcon (PAR)
2. Ernesto Filippi (URU)
3. Abel Gnecco (ARG)

CAF U-20 Championship Final 2013: Abid (ALG)

30 March 2013

Ghana – Egypt
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (ALG, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: El Hadji Samba (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Anouar Hmila (TUN)
Fourth Official: Hudu Munyemana (RWA)

OFC Champions League – Group Stage (Matchday 1)

30 March 2013

Hekari United – Ba

Referee: Peter O’Leary (NZL, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: David Charles (PNG)
Assistant Referee 2: Roger Adams (PNG)
Fourth Official: Hillary Ani (PNG)

Solomon Warriors – Amicale

Referee: Nicholas Waldron (NZL)
Assistant Referee 1: Noel Berry (NZL)
Assistant Referee 2: Erick Niabo (SOL)
Fourth Official: John Saohu (SOL)

Mont Dore – Auckland City
Referee: Jacques Averii (TAH)
Assistant Referee 1: Didier Hmuzo (NCL)
Assistant Referee 2: Eddy Theain-Boanouma (NCL)
Fourth Official: Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (NCL)

Waitakere United – Dragon
Referee: Rakesh Varman (FIJ)
Assistant Referee 1: Glenn Lochrie (NZL)
Assistant Referee 2: Chris Wolken (NZL)
Fourth Official: Mirko Benischke (NZL)

UEFA Women’s Champions League – Quarter-finals

First Leg, 20 March 2013

Arsenal – Torres
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (GER, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Marina Wozniak (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Katrin Rafalski (GER)
Fourth Official: Jane Simms (ENG)

Wolfsburg – Rossiyanka
Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Monica Rigo (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Speranta Popescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Marija Kurtes (GER)

Lyon – Malmo
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Belinda Brem (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Susann Kung (SUI)
Fourth Official: Solenne Bartnik (FRA)

Juvisy – Goteborg

Referee: Christine Baitinger (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Inka Muller (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christina Jaworek (GER)
Fourth Official: Karine Solana (FRA)

Second Leg, 27-28 March 2013

Torres – Arsenal
Referee: Teodora Albon (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Petruta Iugulescu (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mihaela Gomoescu (ROU)
Fourth Official: Eleonora Capello (ITA)

Goteborg – Juvisy
Referee: Silvia Spinelli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Romina Santuari (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Giuliana Guarino (ITA)
Fourth Official: Camilla Stendahl (SWE)

Rossiyanka – Wolfsburg
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (FIN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tonja Paavola (FIN)
Assistant Referee 2: Ifeoma Kulmala (FIN)
Fourth Official: Yana Mazanova (RUS)

Malmo – Lyon
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Natalia Rachynska (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Yana Sashchyna (UKR)
Fourth Official: Malin Johansson (SWE)

Second seminar for prospective referees FIFA World Cup 2014

Following the first seminar for prospective referees and assistant referees for the FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil, held in Zurich, in September 2012, as part of the preparations for the World Cup, the selected match officials are now invited to attend a second seminar. FIFA also confirmed the updated list of prospective referees and assistant referees posted here on 27 February 2013.

The seminars will be held in the confederations and are scheduled as follows:
- CONCACAF in Fort Lauderdale (USA): 4 – 7 April 2013
- CONMEBOL in Asuncion (Paraguay): 9 – 12 April 2013
- UEFA in Zurich (Switzerland): 16 – 19 April 2013
- AFC & OFC in Dubai (UAE): 22 – 25 April 2013
- CAF in Casablanca (Morocco): 27 – 30 April 2013

The seminars will focus on the following:
- Protecting players and the image of the game and fair-play
- Guarantee of decisional consistency and uniformity
- Reading the game (technical/tactical approach)
- Understanding different football mentalities (knowledge of teams).

After these seminars, FIFA will appoint referees for the 2013 selection tournaments: Confederations Cup, U-20 World Cup, U-17 World Cup and Club World Cup.

Source: FIFA

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – UEFA

26 March 2013

France – Spain

Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Gabor Eros (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Gyorgy Ring (HUN)
Fourth Official: Tamas Bognar (HUN)

Wales – Croatia
Referee: Luca Banti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicola Nicoletti (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Fourth Official: Mauro Bergonzi (ITA)

Serbia – Scotland
Referee: Istvan Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Istvan Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Vencel Toth (HUN)
Fourth Official: Sandor Ando-Szabo (HUN)

Belgium – Macedonia
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Joao Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Venancio Tome (POR)
Fourth Official: Hugo Ferreira (POR)

Armenia – Czech Republic
Referee: Cristian Balaj (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Nica (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
Fourth Official: Alexandru Tudor (ROU)

Denmark – Bulgaria
Referee: Firat Aydinus (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Ok (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleks Tascioglu (TUR)
Fourth Official: Huseyin Gocek (TUR)

Malta – Italy
Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Charles Schaap (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Richard Liesveld (NED)

Ireland – Austria
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Goran Pataki (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ante Vucemilovic-Simunovic (CRO)

Germany – Kazakhstan
Referee: Halis Ozkahya (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Cem Satman (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Volkan Narinc (TUR)
Fourth Official: Mete Kalkavan (TUR)

Estonia – Andorra
Referee: Jan Valasek (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Miroslav Benko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomas Vorel (SVK)
Fourth Official: Vladimir Vnuk (SVK)

Turkey – Hungary
Referee: Milorad Mazic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristic (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjevic (SRB)
Fourth Official: Milenko Vukadinovic (SRB)

Netherlands – Romania
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Beck (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Child (ENG)
Fourth Official: Lee Probert (ENG)

N. Ireland – Israel
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (EST)
Assistant Referee 1: Jaanus Mutli (EST)
Assistant Referee 2: Hannes Reinvald (EST)
Fourth Official: Kristo Tohver (EST)

Azerbaijan – Portugal
Referee: Andre Marriner (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Fourth Official: Anthony Taylor (ENG)

Poland – San Marino
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Svein Inge Wiken (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR)
Fourth Official: Tore Hansen (NOR)

Montenegro – England
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Warnmark (SWE)
Fourth Official: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)

Ukraine – Moldova
Referee: Kenn Hansen (DEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Lars Rix (DEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jacob Bille (DEN)
Fourth Official: Jakob Kehlet (DEN)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CONMEBOL

26 March 2013

Bolivia – Argentina
Referee: Enrique Osses (CHI, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Francisco Mondria (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Fourth Official: Julio Bascunan (CHI)
Referee Observer: Jorge Larrionda (URU)

Ecuador – Paraguay
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson Carvalho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Rocha (BRA)
Fourth Official: Paulo Oliveira (BRA)
Referee Observer: Oscar Ruiz (COL)

Venezuela – Colombia
Referee: Antonio Arias (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Rodney Aquino (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Dario Gaona (PAR)
Fourth Official: Enrique Caceres (PAR)
Referee Observer: Alberto Tejada (PER)

Chile – Uruguay
Referee: Nestor Pitana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Diego Bonfa (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Gustavo Rossi (ARG)
Fourth Official: Saul Laverni (ARG)
Referee Observer: Carlos Alarcon (PAR)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CONCACAF

26 March 2013

Mexico – USA

Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA, photo)

Assistant Referee 1: Gerson Lopez (GUA)

Assistant Referee 2: Hermenerito Leal (GUA)

Fourth Official: Oscar Reyna (GUA)

Panama – Honduras
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Eric Boria (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Morgante (USA)
Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo (USA)

Costa Rica – Jamaica
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (SUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ramon Louisville (SUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Egberth Paesch (ARU)
Fourth Official: Rudolph Angela (ARU)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – OFC

26 March 2013

New Caledonia – Tahiti
Referee: Rakesh Varman (FIJ, photo)
Assistant referee: Noel Berry (SOL)
Assistant referee: Terry Piri (COK)
Fourth official: John Saohu (SOL)

Solomon Islands – New Zealand
Referee: Averii Jacques (TAH)
Assistant referee: Paul Ahupu (TAH)
Assistant referee: Kaloata Chilia (VAN)
Fourth official: Robinson Banga (VAN)

FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers – CAF

26 March 2013

Egypt – Zimbabwe

Referee: Badara Diatta (SEN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: Serigne Toure (SEN)
Fourth Official: Daouda Gueye (SEN)

Algeria – Benin

Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (MRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Vivian Vally (MRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Akhtar Rossaye (MRI)
Fourth Official: Parmendra Nunkoo (MRI)