Match Officials Candidates

Match Officials Candidates

FIFA has made a preliminary selected of 38 match officials across the continents to be assigned for the next 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Among these names, some you have known commonly, such as Roberto Rosetti, Howard Webb, and Tom Henning Ovrebo. Here are the complete lists.

AFC Zone
1. Khalil al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabia
2. Matthew Breeze, Australia
3. Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbekistan
4. Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, Malaysia
5. Yuichi Nishimura, Japan

CAF Zone
1. Mohamed Benouza, Algeria
2. Coffi Codjia, Benin
3. Koman Coulibaly, Mali
4. Jerome Damon, South Africa
5. Eddy Maillet, Seychelles

CONCACAF Zone
1. Joel Aguilar, El Salvador
2. Benito Archundia, Mexico
3. Carlos Batres, Guatemala
4. Jair Marrufo, United States
5. Marco Rodriguez, Mexico

CONMEBOL Zone
1. Carlos Amarilla, Paraguay
2. Hector Baldassi, Argentina
3. Jorge Larrionda, Uruguay
4. Pablo Pozo, Chile
5. Oscar Ruiz, Colombia
6. Carlos Simon, Brazil
7. Martin Vazquez, Uruguay

OFC Zone
1. Michael Hester, New Zealand
2. Peter O'Leary, New Zealand

UEFA Zone
1. Ivan Bebek, Croasia
2. Olegario Benquerenca, Portugal
3. Massimo Busacca, Switzerland
4. Frank De Bleeckere, Belgium
5. Thomas Einwaller, Austria
6. Grzegorz Gilewski, Poland
7. Martin Hansson, Sweden
8. Viktor Kassai, Hungary
9. Stephane Lannoy, France
10. Tom Henning Ovrebo, Norway
11. Roberto Rosetti, Italy
12. Wolfgang Stark, Germany
13. Alberto Undiano, Spain
14. Howard Webb, England