The FIFA U-17 World Cup is set to start the 24th of October and FIFA has announced the complete list of referees with assistants. The tournament is set in Nigeria and starts 24th of October with the final being played the 15th of November.
A good performance in a tournament like this will almost certainly secure you a place in the South Africa finals next year.
African zone
Referees
Mohamed BENOUZA, Algerie
Koman COULIBALY, Mali
Jerome DAMON, South Africa
Eddy MAILLET, SeychellesAssistants
Nasser Sadek ABDEL NABI, Egypt
Redouane ACHIK, Marocco
Mamar CHABANE, Algerie
Kenneth CHICHENGA, Zambia
Jason DAMOO, Seychelles
Inacio MANUEL CANDIDO, Angola
Evarist MENKOUANDE, Cameroon
Enock MOLEFE, South AfricaAsian zone
Referees
Ravshan IRMATOV, Uzbekistan
Subkhiddin MOHD SALLEH, MalaysiaAssistants
Rafael ILYASOV, Uzbekistan
Bahadyr KOCHKOROV, KyrgyzstanEuropean zone
Referee teams (Referee, assistant, assistant)
Massimo BUSACCA, Matthias ARNET, Manuel NAVARRO, Switzerland
Viktor KASSAI, Gabor EROS, Tibor VAMOS, Switzerland
Stephane LANNOY, Eric DANSAULT, Laurent UGO, France
Tom Henning ØVREBØ, Geir Åge HOLEN, Dag Roger NEBBEN, Norway
Wolfgang STARK, Jan-Hendrik SALVER, Volker WEZEL, Germany
Howard WEBB, Darren CANN, Michael MULLARKEY, EnglandNorth, Central and Carribean zone
Referee teams (Referee, assistant, assistant)
Carlos BATRES, Guatamala, Leonel LEAL, Costa Rica, Carlos PASTRANA, Honduras
Jair MARRUFO, USA, Charles MORGANTE, USA, Ricardo MORGAN, JamaicaOceanian zone
Referees
Michael HESTER, New Zealand
Peter OLEARY, New ZealandAssistants
Jan-Hendrik HINTZ, New Zealand
Tevita MAKASINI, TongaSouth American zone
Referee teams (Referee, assistant, assistant)
Carlos AMARILLA, Emigdio RUIZ, Nicolas YEGROS, Paraguay
Pablo POZO, Patricio BASUALTO, Francisco MONDRIA, Chile
Martin VAZQUEZ, Miguel NIEVAS, Carlos PASTORINO, Uruguay
A couple of observations:
- Busacca, Webb, Hester, Pozo and Maillet all participated in the recent Confederations Cup
- Mohd Salleh, Benouza, Coulibaly, Maillet and O’Leary also participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
- Coulibaly and Maillet participated in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
- Mohd Salleh is the only referee from this selection who participated in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
(Thanks for the updates, Dan)
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Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) and O’Leary (New Zealand) will only be reserve referees for the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2009.
Thanks for the comment Dan.
It’s a bit annoying that the FIFA website’s representation doesn’t separate between referees and reserve referees.
Mohd Salleh and O’Leary are the only referees on the official list without assistans.
Is Ricardo Morgan (JAM) the third AR in the Jair Marrufo’s team, along with Morgante and Quisenberry, or did he replace another US assistant referee?
Ricardo Morgan did assist Jair Marrufo in the 2008 Olympics, but I’m not all that familiar with the referees outside of Europe.
There’s a discussion thread over on RateTheRef where some of these questions are discussed.
In that case, Marrufo is working with Morgante (USA), Quisenberry (USA) and Morgan (JAM). Anyway, it is a shame for USSF that they could not get a third US AR for Marrufo.
The CONCACAF trios:
Carlos BATRES, Guatamala, Leonel LEAL, Costa Rica, Carlos PASTRANA, Honduras
Jair MARRUFO, USA, Charles MORGANTE, USA, Ricardo MORGAN, Jamaica
The CONMEBOL trios:
Carlos AMARILLA, Emigdio RUIZ, Nicolas YEGROS, Paraguay
Pablo POZO, Patricio BASUALTO, Francisco MONDRIA, Chile
Martin VAZQUEZ, Miguel NIEVAS, Carlos PASTORINO, Uruguay
The South American trios:
Carlos AMARILLA, Emigdio RUIZ, Nicolas YEGROS, Paraguay
Pablo POZO, Patricio BASUALTO, Francisco MONDRIA, Chile
Martin VAZQUEZ, Miguel NIEVAS, Carlos PASTORINO, Uruguay