Worcester City Researcher Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 FIFA's Referee Committee have announced the referee designations for matches 17-24 of the FIFA World Cup™.Switzerland's Massimo Busacca will take care of South Africa's next game against Uruguay in Tshwane/Pretoria, Italian referee Roberto Rosetti will officiate in the game between Ghana and Australia, while Ravshan Irmatov, who took care of the Opening Match on 11 June, takes charge of England's next game against Algeria in Cape Town. With an international career dating back to 2003, Irmatov is the only Uzbek referee to have officiated in the finals of a FIFA tournament to date. He is currently rated as AFC Referee of the Year and he received this award for the two prior years, 2009 and 2008. He has appeared three times at the FIFA U-17 World Cup (2003, 2007 and 2009), once at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and also at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008, where he not only handled the quarter-final meeting of Al Ahly and Pachuca, but also took charge of the Liga de Quito-Manchester United Final. His record in the top Asian tournaments includes a debut in the AFC Champions League in 2003 and in 2007 he officiated the Final of this tournament held in Japan, one of his biggest achievements to date. He was also selected for the AFC Asian Cup in 2004 and directed eight Asian preliminary matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. 16.06.2010 Group A South Africa - Uruguay Referee: BUSACCA Massimo (Switzerland) Assistant Referee 1: ARNET Matthias (Switzerland) Assistant Referee 2: BURAGINA Francesco (Switzerland) Fourth Official: STARK Wolfgang (Germany) Reserve Assistant Referee: SALVER Jan-Hendrik (Germany) 17.06.2010 Group A France - Mexico Referee: AL GHAMDI Khalil (Saudi Arabia) Assistant Referee 1: KAMRANIFAR Hassan (Iran) Assistant Referee 2: AL MARZOUQI Saleh (United Arab Emirates) Fourth Official: O LEARY Peter (New Zealand) Reserve Assistant Referee: TARO Matthew (Solomon Islands) Group B Greece - Nigeria Referee: RUIZ Oscar (Colombia) Assistant Referee 1: GONZALEZ Abraham (Colombia) Assistant Referee 2: CLAVIJO Humberto (Colombia) Fourth Official: AGUILAR Joel (El Salvador) Reserve Assistant Referee: TORRES William (El Salvador) Argentina - South Korea Referee: DE BLEECKERE Frank (Belgium) Assistant Referee 1: HERMANS Peter (Belgium) Assistant Referee 2: VROMANS Walter (Belgium) Fourth Official: DAMON Jerome (South Africa) Reserve Assistant Referee: NTAGUNGIRA Celestin (Rwanda) 18.06.2010 Germany - Serbia Referee: UNDIANO Alberto (Spain) Assistant Referee 1: MARTINEZ Fermin (Spain) Assistant Referee 2: YUSTE JIMENEZ Juan Carlos (Spain) Fourth Official: VAZQUEZ Martin (Uruguay) Reserve Assistant Referee: PASTORINO Carlos (Uruguay) Slovenia - USA Referee: COULIBALY Koman (Mali) Assistant Referee 1: ACHIK Redouane (Morocco) Assistant Referee 2: CANDIDO Inacio (Angola) Fourth Official: MOHD SALLEH Subkhiddin (Malaysia) Reserve Assistant Referee: GEK PHENG Jeffrey (Singapore) England - Algeria Referee: IRMATOV Ravshan (Uzbekistan) Assistant Referee 1: ILYASOV Rafael (Uzbekistan) Assistant Referee 2: KOCHKAROV Bakhadyr (Kyrgyzstan) Fourth Official: HESTER Michael (New Zealand) Reserve Assistant Referee: HINTZ Jan Hendrik (New Zealand) 19.06.2010 Ghana - Australia Referee: ROSETTI Roberto (Italy) Assistant Referee 1: CALCAGNO Paolo (Italy) Assistant Referee 2: AYROLDI Stefano (Italy) Fourth Official: SIMON Carlos (Brazil) Reserve Assistant Referee: HAUSMANN Altemir (Brazil) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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