List of FIFA World Cup referees

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FIFA World Cup referees are FIFA international referees who officiate at the FIFA World Cup matches.

World Cup Final match officials

Year	Referee	Assistant Referees	Reserve Referees and Assistant Referees	Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs
1930 ^[1]	John Langenus	Ulises Saucedo Henri Christophe	Reserve Referees since 1994 Reserve Assistant Referees since 2006	Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs since 2018
1934 ^[2]	Ivan Eklind	Louis Baert Mihály Iváncsics
1938 ^[3]	Georges Capdeville	Hans Wüthrich Augustin Krist
1954 ^[4]	William Ling	Vincenzo Orlandini Sandy Griffiths
1958 ^[5]	Maurice Guigue	Albert Dusch Juan Gardeazábal Garay
1962 ^[6]	Nikolay Latyshev	Leo Horn Bobby Davidson
1966 ^[7]	Gottfried Dienst	Tofiq Bahramov Karol Galba
1970 ^[8]	Rudi Glöckner	Rudolf Scheurer Ángel Coerezza
1974 ^[9]	Jack Taylor	Alfonso González Archundía Ramón Barreto Ruiz
1978 ^[10]	Sergio Gonella	Ramón Barreto Ruiz Erich Linemayr
1982 ^[11]	Arnaldo Cézar Coelho	Abraham Klein Vojtech Christov
1986 ^[12]	Romualdo Arppi Filho	Erik Fredriksson Berny Ulloa Morera
1990 ^[13]	Edgardo Codesal Méndez	Armando Pérez Hoyos Michał Listkiewicz
1994 ^[14]	Sándor Puhl	Venancio Zárate Vázquez Mohammad Fanaei	Francisco Lamolina
1998 ^[15]	Said Belqola	Mark Warren Achmat Salie	Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid
2002 ^[16]	Pierluigi Collina	Leif Lindberg Philip Sharp	Hugh Dallas
2006 ^[17]	Horacio Elizondo	Darío García Rodolfo Otero	Luis Medina Cantalejo Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco
2010 ^[18]	Howard Webb	Darren Cann Michael Mullarkey	Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara
2014 ^[19]	Nicola Rizzoli	Renato Faverani Andrea Stefani	Carlos Vera Rodríguez Christian Lescano Guerrero
2018 ^[20]	Néstor Pitana	Hernán Maidana Juan Pablo Belatti	Björn Kuipers Erwin Zeinstra	Massimiliano Irrati Mauro Vigliano Carlos Astroza Cárdenas Danny Makkelie
2022 ^[21]	Szymon Marciniak	Paweł Sokolnicki Tomasz Listkiewicz	Ismail Elfath Kathryn Nesbitt	Tomasz Kwiatkowski Juan Soto Arévalo Kyle Atkins Fernando Guerrero Ramírez Corey Parker Bastian Dankert

By country

As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final, 33 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA World Cup Final.

Country	Total	Referees	Assistant Referees	Reserve Referees	Reserve Assistant Referees	VARs	Assistant VARs
Argentina	9	2	5	1	0	0	1
England	7	3	4	0	0	0	0
Italy	7	3	3	0	0	1	0
Poland	5	1	3	0	0	1	0
Belgium	4	1	3	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	4	0	1	1	1	0	1
Spain	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
Sweden	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Brazil	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Czechoslovakia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ecuador	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
France	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Japan	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mexico	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Scotland	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Austria	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bolivia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Chile	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
East Germany	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Iran	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Israel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Morocco	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
South Africa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wales	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
West Germany	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals:	75	20	40	7	4	1	3

By confederation

Confederation	Total	Referees	Assistant Referees	Reserve Referees	Reserve Assistant Referees	VARs	Assistant VARs
UEFA	47	14	26	3	2	1	1
CONMEBOL	19	4	10	2	1	0	2
AFC	4	0	1	2	1	0	0
CONCACAF	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
CAF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
OFC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	75	20	40	7	4	1	3

Number of matches

11 matches:

Ravshan Irmatov (2010, 2014, 2018)

9 matches:

Néstor Pitana (2014, 2018)

8 matches:

7 matches:

John Langenus (1930, 1934, 1938)
Sandy Griffiths (1950, 1954, 1958)
Juan Gardeazábal Garay (1958, 1962, 1966)
Ali Bujsaim (1994, 1998, 2002)
Carlos Eugênio Simon (2002, 2006, 2010)
Frank De Bleeckere (2006, 2010)
Marco Antonio Rodríguez (2006, 2010, 2014)
Björn Kuipers (2014, 2018)
César Arturo Ramos (2018, 2022)

6 matches:

References

^ "Match Report Final 1930". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
^ "Match Report Final 1934". Archived from the original on 2009-03-23.
^ "Match Report Final 1938". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21.
^ "Match Report Final 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20.
^ "Match Report Final 1958". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
^ "Match Report Final 1962". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
^ "Match Report Final 1966". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25.
^ "Match Report Final 1970". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25.
^ "Match Report Final 1974". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26.
^ "Match Report Final 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12.
^ "Match Report Final 1982". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
^ "Match Report Final 1986". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.
^ "Match Report Final 1990". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.
^ "Match Report Final 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.
^ "Match Report Final 1998". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
^ "Match Report Final 2002". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
^ "Match Report Final 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07.
^ "Match Report Final 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2015.
^ "Match Report Final 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014.
^ "Tactical Line-up" (PDF).
^ "FIFA Media".

[1] "Match Report Final 1930". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.

[2] "Match Report Final 1934". Archived from the original on 2009-03-23.

[3] "Match Report Final 1938". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21.

[4] "Match Report Final 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20.

[5] "Match Report Final 1958". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.

[6] "Match Report Final 1962". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.

[7] "Match Report Final 1966". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25.

[8] "Match Report Final 1970". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25.

[9] "Match Report Final 1974". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26.

[10] "Match Report Final 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12.

[11] "Match Report Final 1982". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.

[12] "Match Report Final 1986". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.

[13] "Match Report Final 1990". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.

[14] "Match Report Final 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.

[15] "Match Report Final 1998". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.

[16] "Match Report Final 2002". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.

[17] "Match Report Final 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07.

[18] "Match Report Final 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2015.

[19] "Match Report Final 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014.

[20] "Tactical Line-up" (PDF).

[21] "FIFA Media".

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Tournaments	Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea / Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 Canada / Mexico / United States 2026 Morocco / Portugal / Spain 2030¹ Saudi Arabia 2034
Qualification	1930² 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Finals	1930 1934 1938 1950³ 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Squads	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Final draw	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Broadcasters	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Bids	2014 2018 2022 2026 2030 2034
Officials	2010 2014 2018 2022
Team appearances	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA
Overall records	Player records winners top appearances red cards Goalscorer records top finals hat-tricks own goals Manager records winners all appearances Match records opening penalty shoot-outs
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