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Stephan Studer to ref U-19 final

by Martin Rødvand on July 28, 2010

Swiss referee Stephan Studer has been selected for the U19 final between France and Spain on Friday. Studer has previously refereed two matches in the group stage of the tournament.

The 34-year-old was promoted to the international list in 2009, and he was promoted to category 3 on Uefa’s referee categories previously this year. On August 5th he will take charge of the second leg between Dnipro and Spartak Zlatibor in the third qualification round to the Europa League.

30/7/10
France – Spain
Referee: Stephan Studer, Switzerland
Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner, Germany; Pelikan Ondrej, Czech Republic
Fourth official: Bezborodov Vladislav, Russia
Uefa referee observer: Jozef Marko, Slovakia

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Christina Pedersen dømmer semifinale

by Martin Rødvand on July 27, 2010

Christina Pedersen har blitt tildelt semifinalen i U-20-VM mellom Colombia og Nigeria. U-20-mesterskapet spilles i Tyskland, hvor også VM for kvinner skal spilles neste år.

Pedersen har tidligere i turneringen dømt gruppespillkampene mellom Ghana og Sør-Korea, og Nigeria og Mexico.

29/7/10
Colombia – Nigeria
Referee: Christina Pedersen, Norway
Assistant referee: Hege Steinlund, Norway; Lada Rojc, Croatia
Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus, Germany

Silvia Reyes fra Peru tar hånd om den andre semifinalen, mellom Tyskland og Sør-Korea.

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Norske dommere i Europa League

July 25, 2010

Tre norske dommerteam har blitt tildelt kamper i Europa Leagues tredje kvalifiseringsrunde. Tom Harald Hagen reiser til Polen for kampen Wisla Krakow og Qarabag, Espen Berntsen dømmer Jagiellonia Bislystok mot Aris mens Tommy Skjerven har ansvaret for returkampen mellom Zestafoni og Karpaty. Hagen og Skjerven var tidligere denne måneden i aksjon i Champions Leagues andre [...]

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Moen dømmer Young Boys – Fenerbahçe

July 22, 2010

Svein Oddvar Moen har blitt tildelt kampen mellom Young Boys og Fenerbahçe i tredje kvalifiseringsrunde til Champions League. Kampen spills i Sveits’ hovedstad Bern onsdag 28. juli. Moen er rangert i Uefas Premier development-kategori, hvor dommerne hovedsaklig dømmer oppgjør i Europa League samt kvalifisering til Champions League. 28/7/10 Young Boys – Fenerbahçe Referee: Svein Oddvar [...]

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Ifab approves AAR experiment for Champions League

July 21, 2010

At a meeting of the International Football Association Board on Wednesday, approval was given for a number of competitions to use additional assistant referees. In May, Ifab approved a two-year trial where federations could trial the experiment in competitions of their choice given they followed the guidelines provided by Ifab. Uefa announced soon after that [...]

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Espen Eskås med JET-finale

July 17, 2010

Espen Eskås har blitt tildelt finaleoppdraget i morgendagens avsluttende kamp på juniorturneringen på Hamar. Med seg som assistenter får han Morten Jensen og Jim Andre Dyb mens Arild Tengesdal er fjerdedommer. Semifinalene ble dømt av Jon Ophuus og Sigurd Kringstad. Finale JET 18/07/10 Odd Grenland – Stabæk Referee: Espen Eskås Assistant referees: Morten Jensen, Jim [...]

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Christina Pedersen dømmer Ghana – Sør-Korea

July 14, 2010

Christina Pedersen deltar for tiden i U20-VM for kvinner som arrangeres i Tyskland. Sammen med 12 andre dommere er målet VM i 2011, som også arrangeres i Tyskland. Pedersen er ikke den eneste norske dommeren i U20-VM, hun har fått med seg Tippeliga-assistent Hege Steinlund. Til nå har Pedersen hatt to fjerdedommeroppdrag i kampene Brasil [...]

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Hagen og Skjerven til Europa

July 12, 2010

Tom Harald Hagen og Tommy Skjerven har begge fått tildelt kamper i andre kvalifiseringsrunde til Champions League. Skjerven reiser til Beograd mens Hagen besøker Ungarn. Begge dommerne er rangert i category 2 på Uefas dommerrangering. Norges ferskeste Fifa-dommer Ken Henry Johnsen var i aksjon forrige uke med oppgjøret mellom EB/Streymur og Kalmar på Færøyene i [...]

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Uefa referee categories for first half of 2010-2011 season

July 9, 2010

Ahead of each new season Uefa releases a list containing different referee categories and referees. This list will be the list from which Uefa chooses referees for Champions League, Europa League and various youth competitions. The referees on the Elite category will mainly be in charge of Champions League games, the Premier/Premier Development/Cat 2 will [...]

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Roberto Rosetti retires from refereeing

July 8, 2010

Forty-two-year-old Roberto Rosetti has decided to end his career as a referee after eight years on the international list. The accomplished Italian refereed the final between Spain and Germany in Euro 2008, and has participated in the last two World Cups. Having refereed numerous matches in Champions League, and handled 13 seasons of Serie A [...]

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Howard Webb to referee the World Cup final

July 8, 2010

Howard Webb will referee the World Cup final on Sunday between Netherlands and Spain in Soccer City. Webb will be assisted by his fellow countrymen Darren Cann and Mike Mullarkey. This will be Webb’s fourth match in the tournament. He has previously refereed Spain – Switzerland, Slovakia – Italy, and Brazil – Chile. Fourth official [...]

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Dommere til JET 2010 klare

July 6, 2010

Juniorturneringen som arrangeres hvert år på Hamar er ikke bare god trening for norske juniorspillere, men også utmerket trening for kommende toppdommere. Dommere som utmerker seg i turneringen har tidligere fått sjansen i Adeccoligaen meget raskt etter turneringens avslutning. Turneringen spilles over en uke, og dommerne får vurdert kampene sine av observatører med lang fartstid [...]

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10 refereeing teams retained for final days

July 6, 2010

Fifa has cut nine refereeing teams from the 19 remaining teams after the quarter-finals. With the semi-finals announced yesterday, the number of games left to referee has shrunk to two, the final and third-place playoff. The announcement of these two games are expected after the semi-finals. The retained referees are: Benito Archundia, Mexico Jerome Damon, [...]

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Irmatov and Kassai with deciding games

July 5, 2010

Uzbek referee Ravshan irmatov has been appointed to his fifth match of the World Cup. The 32-year-old will take charge of the semi-final between Netherlands and Uruguay on Tuesday in Cape Town. Irmatov will equal the top number of games refereed in one tournament. Horacio Elizondo and Benito Archundia both took charge of five games [...]

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Asian dominance in quarter-finals

July 1, 2010

Yuichi Nishimura from Japan has been appointed to the quarter-final between Netherlands and Brazil on Friday. This will be Nishimura’s fourth appearance in this World Cup, having previously refereed Uruguay – France, Spain – Honduras and Paraguay – New Zealand. The second Asian official in action in the quarter-finals is Uzbek referee Ravshan Irmatov. Having [...]

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Busacca, Rosetti and Larrionda cut from World Cup

June 30, 2010

Fifa has announced that ten of the twenty-nine officiating teams will be sent home from the tournament, including Roberto Rosetti, Jorge Larrionda and Massimo Busacca. Roberto Rosetti and Jorge Larrionda were expected to be sent home after Sunday’s refereeing mistakes. Mistakes Fifa president Sepp Blatter apologised for on Tuesday. In addition to the five refereeing [...]

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Blatter with apology for refereeing errors

June 29, 2010

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has issued an apology to Mexico and England after Sunday’s refereeing mistakes. In a round table discussion he also talked about re-opening the question about using technology to assist referees. The Ifab, with Fifa spearheading it, said a definite no to technology earlier this year. Neither the Uruguayan nor the Italian [...]

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Howard Webb with South American clash

June 26, 2010

Enlgish referee Howard Webb has been appointed to the CONMEBOL clash between Brazil and Chile on Monday. Hector Baldassi from Argentina will be in charge of the clash between Spain and Portugal on Tuesday. This set of appointments concludes the first 56 matches. After these final round of 16 appointments, Fifa is set to announce a [...]

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Referees ready for first round of 16 matches

June 24, 2010

Fifa has announced that Wolfgang Stark will be in charge of the first match in the round of 16 on Saturday. He will handle the match between Uruguay and South Korea, only three days after taking charge of Slovenia – England. Jorge Larrionda will be in charge of his fourth match in this World Cup [...]

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Baldassi and Nishimura en route to final sixteen

June 22, 2010

Hector Baldassi and Yuichi Nishimura have both been appointed to their third match of the tournament in the final group appointments published by Fifa today. This duo, together with Uzbek referee Irmatov and Jorge Larrionda, are favourites to be included in the final set of referees who get to handle matches in the knockout stage. [...]

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