The FIFA U-20 World Cup is set to start the 24th of September and FIFA has announced the complete list of referees with assistants. The tournament is set in Egypt and starts 24th of September with the final being played the 16th of October.
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
Coffi CODJIA, Benin
Koman COULIBALY, Mali
Eddy MAILLET, SeychellesAssistants
Nasser Sadek ABDEL NABI, Egypt
Redouane ACHIK, Marocco
Alexis FASSINOU, Benin
Desire GAHUNGU, Burundi
Ayuba HARUNA, Ghana
Bechir HASSANI, Tunisia
Evarist MENKOUANDE, Cameroon
Angesom OGBAMARIAM, EritreaAsian zone
Referees
Subkhiddin MOHD SALLEH, Malaysia
Yuichi NISHIMURA, JapanAssistants
Thanom BORIKUT, Thailand
JEONG Hae Sang, Korea
MU Yuxin, China
Toru SAGARA, JapanEuropean zone
Referee teams (Referee, assistant, assistant)
Olegario BENQUERENCA, Bertino MIRANDA, Jose CARDINAL, Portugal
Ivan BEBEK, Tomislav PETROVIC, Tomislav SETKA, Croatia
Frank DE BLEECKERE, Peter HERMANS, Walter VROMANS, Belgium
Thomas EINWALLER, Roland HEIM, Norbert SCHWAB, Austria
Roberto ROSETTI, Stefano AYROLDI, Paolo CALCAGNO, Italy
Alberto UNDIANO, Fermin MARTINEZ, Juan Carlos YUSTE JIMENEZ, SpainNorth, Central and Carribean zone
Referee teams (Referee, assistant, assistant)
Joel AGUILAR, William TORRES, Juan ZUMBA, El Salvador
Marco RODRIGUEZ, Jose Luis CAMARGO, Alberto MORIN, MexicoOceanian zone
Referee teams (Referee, assistant, assistant)
Peter O LEARY, Brent BEST, New Zealand, Matthew TARO, Solomon IslandsSouth American zone
Referee teams (Referee, assistant, assistant)
Hector BALDASSI, Ricardo CASAS, Hernan MAIDANA, Argentina
Jorge LARRIONDA, Mauricio ESPINOSA, Pablo FANDINO, Uruguay
Oscar RUIZ, Humberto CLAVIJO, Abraham GONZALEZ, Colombia
A couple of observations:
- Coffi Codjia, Eddy Maillet and Jorge Larrionda participated in the Confederations Cup earlier this year. Jorge Larrionda refereed the semi-final between Spain and USA.
- All referees are on the preselected list for World Cup 2010
- Roberto Rosetti was selected as the referee for the EURO 2008 final between Germany and Spain
- Frank De Bleeckere refereed the UEFA Super Cup in late August
- Alberto Undiano, Joel Aguilar and Peter O’Leary all participated in the last U-20 World Cup in Canada
- Jorge Larrionda, Coffi Codjia and Oscar Ruiz participated in the 2005 U-20 World Cup in Netherlands
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Why is it always the case that European referees are more that even African, Carribeans, Oceanian and Asian referees combined. Can a concerned observer answer the question?
I believe that the European referees are better than those you mentioned and they get much more experience by refereeing in the world’s top national leagues plus the UEFA Champions League.
Does anyone know why Codjia, although mentioned on the FIFA official list, did not get any single match at the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2009?
The candidates for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final are De Bleeckere (BEL), Nishimura (JPN), Rodriguez (MEX) and Aguilar (SLV).
My options would be:
GHA-BRA De Bleeckere or Rodriguez
GHA-CRC De Bleeckere or Nishimura
HUN-BRA Rodriguez or Aguilar
HUN-CRC Nishimura
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