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Various statistics from Confederations Cup ‘09

by Martin Rødvand on June 28, 2009

No need for introduction. Some statistics from this years Confederations Cup. If you’re interested in none-referee statistics check out FIFA.com.

  • No of yellow cards: 49
  • No of red cards: 4
  • Avg no YCs per match: 3.06
  • Avg no RCs per match: 0.25
  • Avg no cards per match: 3.3
  • Team with most cards: South Africa/Spain (both 10 YC.)
  • Team with fewest cards: Iraq (2 YC.)
  • Referee with most cards: Pablo Pozo (8 YC, 1 RC), Matthew Breeze (10 YC.)
  • Referee with fewest cards: Coffi Codjia (0 cards, 1 match.)
  • Referee with most fouls: Matthew Breeze (66.)
  • Referee with fewest fouls: Michael Hester (21.)
  • Number of penalties: 3 (Pablo Pozo gave two of them.)
  • Of the four red cards USA was on the receiving end of three.
  • Eddy Maillet did not get to take charge of any games.

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Hansson and Breeze gets final glory

by Martin Rødvand on June 28, 2009

FIFA today announced that the 38-year-old Swede Martin Hansson will be the referee of Sunday’s Confederations Cup final while Matthew Breeze from New Zealand will take charge of the third place showdown.

Sunday 28/06/09
Spain vs. South Africa: Matthew Breeze, New Zealand
USA vs. Brazil: Martin Hansson, Sweden

37-year-old Breeze did referee the third place match last Confederations Cup as well, but missed the final cut for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Martin Hansson is no way guaranteed a place in the 2010 World Cup, but a strong performance will only help to keep his place in line for WC participation.

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Last group game appointments

June 19, 2009

After a week with some good, some boring and some very strange decisions we’re now approaching the interesting stages of the tournament. One game round left and we’ll be moving on to the knockout stage.
20/06/09
New Zealand vs. Iraq: Howard Webb, England
Spain vs. South Africa: Pablo Pozo, Chile
21/06/09
Italy vs. Brazil: Benito Archundia, Mexico
Egypt vs. USA: Michael [...]

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Webb and Mullarkey got it right

June 16, 2009

Howard Webb was involved in yesterday’s great match between Brazil and Egypt which ended 4-3 to Brazil after a late penalty.
The Egyptian Football Association contested the decision of sending off the player who handled the ball on grounds of the fourth official (Australian Matthew Breeze) using video replay to communicate the correct decision to Howard [...]

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Second set of appointments for Confederations Cup

June 16, 2009

Straight to it.
17/06/09
Spain vs. Iraq: Matthew Breeze, Australia
South Africa vs. New Zealand: Benito Archundia, Mexico
18/06/09
Egypt vs. Italy: Martin Hansson, Sweden
USA vs. Brazil: Massimo Busacca, Switzerland

Update: Final appointment this round confirmed.
You can read my post about Massimo Busacca here, written before the Champions League final this May.

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First Confederations cup appointments

June 14, 2009

It’s in, we have the first FIFA Confederations Cup appointments. Kicking off today and lasting for two weeks the rehearsal for next year’s World Cup will provide us with some great football.
I’ve previously written about the selected referees.
Sunday 14/06/09
South Africa vs. Iraq: Jorge Larrionda, Uruguay
New Zealand vs. Spain: Coffi Codjia, Benin
Monday 15/06/09
Brazil vs. Egypt: Howard [...]

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Referees forced to withdraw after injuries

June 7, 2009

Two of the ten trios appointed to referee in the FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa this June was forced to withdraw after a fitness test. Carlos Batres from Guatamala and Carlos Amarilla from Paraguay both suffered injuries during the test.
Carlos Batres’ team has been replaced by Benito Archundia from Mexico while Pablo Pozo from [...]

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Referees for FIFA Confederations cup

April 27, 2009

FIFA have announced the referees for this summer’s FIFA Confederations cup in South Africa.
From the European zone we have the following referees with assistants:
Massimo Busacca, Mathias Arnet, Francesco Buragina, Switzerland
Martin Hansson, Henrik Andren, Fredrik Nilsson, Sweden
Howard Webb, Peter Kirkup, Michael Mullarkey, England

From this list we can assume that these three referee teams will most [...]

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