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
by Martin Rødvand on April 6, 2010
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)
