[WORLD CUP] Swede Martin Hansson, whose failure to call Thierry Henry‘s handball duringFrance’s World Cup 2010 qualifier against Ireland in November caused one of the greatest controve rsies in modern soccer history, is among the 30 referees FIFA selected for the World Cup finals. No American was among the four Concacaf referees picked.
Mexico and New Zealand were the onlycountries with two referees selected.
Eachreferee has two assistants, in many cases countrymen.
Asia
Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia, referee), HassanKamranifar (Iran, assistant), Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi (UAE, assistant)
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan,referee), Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan, assistant), Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan, assistant)
Subkhiddin MohdSalleh (Malaysia, referee), Mu Yuxin (China, assistant), Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore, assistant)
YuichiNishimura (Japan, referee), Toru Sagara (Japan, assistant), Hae Sang Jeong (South Korea, assistant)
Africa
Mohamed Benouza (Algeria, referee), Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt, assistant), Maamar Chabane (Algeria, assistant)
Koman Coulibaly (Mali, referee), Redouane Achik (Morocco, assistant), Manuel Candido (Angola, assistant)
Jerome Damon (South Africa, referee), Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda, assistant), Enock Molefe (South Africa, assistant)
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles, referee), Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon, assistant uot;text/javascript”> ), Bechir Hassani (Tunisia, assistant)
Joel Aguilar (ElSalvador, referee), William Torres, Francisco Zumba (both El Salvador, assistants)
Benito Archundia (Mexico,referee), Hector Vergara (Canada, assistant), Marvin Cesar Torrentera Rivera (Mexico, assistant)
Carlos AlbertoBatres (Guatemala, referee), Leonel Leal (Costa Rica), Carlos Pastrana (Honduras, assistant)
MarcoRodriquez (Mexico, referee), Jose Luis Camargo Callado, Alberto Morin Mendez (both Mexico, assistants)
Europe
Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal, referee), Jose Manuel Silva, Bertino Miranda (both Portugal, assistants)
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland, referee), Matthias Arnet, Francesco Buragina (both Switzerland, assistants)
Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium, referee), Peter Hermans, Walter Vromans (both Belgium, assistants)
Martin Hansson (Sweden, referee), Henrik Andren, Stefan Wittberg (both Sweden, assistants)
Viktor Kassai (Hungary, referee), Gabor Eros, Tibor Vamos (both Hungary, assistants)
Stephane Lannoy (France, referee), Eric Dansault, Laurent Ugo (both France, assistants)
Roberto Rosetti (Italy, referee), Paolo Calcagno, Stefano Ayroldi (both Italy, assistants)
Wolfgang Stark (Germany, referee), Jan Salver, Mike Pickel (both Germany, assistants)
Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain, referee), Fermin Martinez Ibanez, Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez (both Spain, assistants)
Howard Webb (England, referee), Darren Cann, Michael Mullarkey (both England, assistants)
Oceania
Michael Hester (New Zealand, referee), Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand, assistant), Tevita Makasini (Tonga, assistant)
Peter O’Leary (New Zealand, referee), Brent Best (New Zealand, assistant), Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands, assistant)
South America
Carlos Amarilla Demarqui (Paraguay, referee), Emigdio Ruiz Roa, Nicolas Yegros (both Paraguay, assistants)
Hector Baldassi (Argentina, referee), Ricardo Casas, Hernan Maidana (both Argentina, assistants)
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay, referee), Pablo Fandino, Mauricio Espinosa (both Uruguay, assistants)
Pablo Pozo Quinteros (Chile, referee), Patricio Basualto, Francisco Mondria (both Chile, assistants)
Oscar Ruiz Acosta (Colombia, referee) Abraham Gonzalez, Humberto Clavijo (both Colombia, assistants)
Carlos Simon (Brazil, referee), Altemir Hausmann, Roberto Braatz (both Brazil, assistants)