FIFA has selected the candidate referees for the 2019-2022 preparation cycle, leading to the World Cup in Qatar. They will attend FIFA Seminars in Doha: CAF, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL officials from 13 to 17 February 2019 and AFC, OFC and UEFA officials from 25 February to 1 March 2019.
Seminar 1 (CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL)
CAF
Referees
1. Mustapha Ghorbal (ALG, 1985)2. Ndala Ngambo (DRC, 1987)
3. Redouane Jiyed (MAR, 1979)
4. Victor Gomes (RSA, 1982, photo)
5. Maguette Ndiaye (SEN, 1986)
6. Sadok Selmi (TUN, 1984)
VARs
1. Ghead Grisha (EGY, 1976)
2. Bamlak Tessema (ETH, 1980)
3. Bakary Gassama (GAM, 1979)
CONCACAF
Referees
1. Mario Escobar (GUA, 1986)
2. Hector Martínez (HON, 1991)
3. Oshane Nation (JAM, 1991)
4. Fernando Guerrero (MEX, 1981)
5. Marco Ortiz (MEX, 1988)
6. Ismail Elfath (USA, 1982)
7. Armando Villarreal (USA, 1986)
VARs
1. Drew Fischer (CAN, 1980)
2. David Gantar (CAN, 1975)
3. Adonai Escobedo (MEX, 1987)
4. Edvin Jurisevic (USA, 1975, former FIFA Referee)
5. Alan Kelly (USA, 1975, former FIFA Referee)
6. Kevin Stott (USA, 1967, former FIFA Referee)
CONMEBOL
Referees
1. Fernando Rapallini (ARG, 1978)
2. Gery Vargas (BOL, 1981)
3. Raphael Claus (BRA, 1979)
4. Roberto Tobar (CHI, 1978)
5. Nicolas Gallo (COL, 1986)
6. Carlos Orbe (ECU, 1982)
7. Mario Díaz de Vivar (PAR, 1983)
8. Diego Haro (PER, 1982)
9. Leodan Gonzalez (URU, 1983)
10. Alexis Herrera (VEN, 1989)
VARs
1. Patricio Loustau (ARG, 1975)
2. Mauro Vigliano (ARG, 1975)
3. Anderson Daronco (BRA, 1981)
4. Wilton Sampaio (BRA, 1981)
5. Julio Bascunan (CHI, 1978)
6. Andres Rojas (COL, 1984)
7. Esteban Ostojich (URU, 1982)
8. Jesus Valenzuela (VEN, 1983)
Seminar 2 (AFC, OFC, UEFA)
AFC
Referees
1. Christopher Beath (AUS, 1984)
2. Ma Ning (CHN, 1979)
3. Adham Makhadmah (JOR, 1986)
4. Ko Hyung-Jin (KOR, 1982)
5. Ahmad Al-Kaf (OMA, 1983)
6. Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT, 1987)
7. Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN, 1986)
VARs
1. Jarred Gillett (AUS, 1986)
2. Fu Ming (CHN, 1983)
3. Hiroyuki Kimura (JPN, 1982)
4. Kim Hee-Gon (KOR, 1985)
5. Khamis Al-Marri (QAT, 1984)
6. Ammar Al-Jneibi (UAE, 1982)
OFC
Referees
1. Nicholas Waldron (NZL, 1982)
2. Abdelkader Zitouni (TAH, 1981)
UEFA
Referees
1. Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR, 1979)
2. Georgi Kabakov (BUL, 1986)
3. Michael Oliver (ENG, 1985)
4. Jesus Gil Manzano (ESP, 1984)
5. Benoît Bastien (FRA, 1983)
6. Daniel Siebert (GER, 1984)
7. Davide Massa (ITA, 1981)
8. Andris Treimanis (LVA, 1985)
9. Srdjan Jovanović (SRB, 1986)
10. Ivan Kružliak (SVK, 1984)
11. Slavko Vinčič (SVN, 1979)
12. Andreas Ekberg (SWE, 1985)
VARs
1. Craig Pawson (ENG, 1979)
2. Paul Tierney (ENG, 1980)
3. Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP, 1976)
4. Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP, 1982)
5. Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP, 1982)
6. Marco Guida (ITA, 1981)
7. Massimiliano Irrati (ITA, 1979)
8. Pol van Boekel (NED, 1975)
9. Serdar Gözübüyük (NED, 1985)
10. Danny Makkelie (NED, 1983)
11. Paweł Gil (POL, 1976)
12. Paweł Raczkowski (POL, 1983)
13. Artur Soares Dias (POR, 1979)
14. Hüseyin Göçek (TUR, 1976)