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Referees for FIFA Club World Cup ready

by Martin Rødvand on November 5, 2010

The referees for this year’s FIFA Club World Cup has been announced. The Club World Cup is played every December and consists of the winners of each continent’s Champions League, and one team from the host country. This year the tournament will be held in the United Arab Emirates.

The referees selected for the tournament:

CAF
Daniel Bennett, South Africa
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)

AFC
Yuichi Nishimura, Japan
Toru Sagara
Toshiyuki Nagi
Benjamin Williams, Australia
Rodney Allen
Mohammadreza Abolfazli (Iran)

UEFA
Björn Kuipers, Netherlands
Sander van Roekel
Berry Simons

CONCACAF
Roberto Moreno, Panama
Daniel WIlliamson
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

OFC
Michael Hester, New Zealand
Jan Hendrik Hintz
Tevita Makasini (Toga)

CONMEBOL
Georges Buckley, Peru
Jonny Bossio
Jorge Yupanqui

Update 17/11: Fifa has published the referees on their FIFA Club World Cup site. Benjamin Williams is a new addition to the list.

via @worldreferee

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8/4/10
Liverpool – Benfica
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel, Berry Simons
Additional assistant referees: Bas Nijhuis, Richard Liesveld
Fourth official: Kevin Blom
Uefa delegate: Rainer Koch (GER)
Uefa referee observer: Jozef Marko (SVK)

Atletico – Valencia
Referee: Florian Meyer (GER)
Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Holger Henschel
Additional assistant referees: Babak Rafati, Peter Sippel
Fourth official: Manuel Gräfe
Uefa delegate: Pierino L.G. Lardi (SUI)
Uefa referee observer: Stephen Lodge (ENG)

Standard – Hamburg
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)
Assistant referees: Tiago Trigo, José Ramalho
Additional assistant referees: Bruno Paixão, Manuel De Sousa
Fourth official: Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes
Uefa delegate: William McDougall (SCO)
Uefa referee observer: Zoran Petrović (SRB)

Wolfsburg – Fulham
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant referees: Gabor Erös, Tibor Vámos
Additional assistant referees: Zsolt Szabo, Istvan Vad
Fourth official: Mihaly Fabian
Uefa delegate: Jānis Mežeckis (LVA)
Uefa referee observer: Cosimo Bolognino (ITA)

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Champions League appointments, Tuesday, Round of 16, Leg 1

February 21, 2010

23/02/10 Stuttgart – Barcelona Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (NED) Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel, Berry Simons Fourth official: Bas Nijhuis UEFA delegate: Pierino L.G. Lardi (SUI) UEFA Referee observer: Zdravko Jokic (SRB) Olympiacos – Bordeaux Referee: Howard Webb (ENG) Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey, Darren Cann Fourth official: Mark Clattenburg UEFA delegate: Dennis Cruise (IRL) UEFA Referee [...]

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Kuipers to ref U-21 final

June 28, 2009

36-year-old Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers has been appointed to take charge of the U-21 final between Germany and England in Malmø on Sunday. Kuipers has recently been promoted to the Elite group of UEFA referees and this is his third match in the tournament. UEFA.com writes: “For the supermarket director from the town of Oldenzaal [...]

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