Reftalk Magazine - WC Edition

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ISSUE 6 June 2014
The Big World Cup
Quiz
Test your knowledge about
the 2014 world cup along with
the history of all the other
world cups.
WORLD CUP SPECIAL

Full Referee Profiles
We profile each and every
referee from around the globe
that will be officiating at the
2014 World Cup.

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Dear Readers,
Were pleased to welcome you to the latest instalment of RefTalk Magazine.
June 2014 only means one thing, the World Cup finals in Brazil. RefTalk are
celebrating the worlds greatest sporting event by creating a special edition of
RefTalk Magazine. In this one off issue, you will be able view a match profile for
every single referee that has been appointed to handle matches in Brazil.
There is also a look back at the 2010 World Cup, including a reminder of which
referees performed especially well and progressed the furthest. We also have a
special World Cup themed quiz for you, and we take a look at a few predictions
for who will get that prestigious last game of the competition the World Cup
final.
As ever, enjoy!
The Editorial Team

CONTENTS
P2: Welcome
P3: World Cup Referee
Profiles (AFC)
P5: Look back at 2010
World Cup
Profiles (CAF)
Profiles (CONCACAF)
P10: The Big World Cup
Quiz
Profiles (CONMEBOL &
OFC)
P17: Predictions
Profiles (UEFA)
P22: Have Your Say
P24: Quiz Answers
P25: Noticeboard

Welcome...
The Editorial Team
Adam (Editor-in-Chief)
Daniel (Editor)
Reece (Editor)
Tom
James C
James A
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25 referees have been sent to Brazil to officiate at the World Cup. Here is a profile for each of these referees. It will
include their assistants, their career highlight to date and some basic information about the referee.
NATIONALITY: Uzbekistan
ASSISTANTS: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov & Bahadyr Kochkarov
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2010 World Cup, 2008/11 FIFA Club World Cup
HOBBIES: Swimming, Tennis and Football
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Irmatov began refereeing in the Uzbek League in 200 and became FIFA listed in
2003. He followed his father footsteps to become a referee as his father was a
referee working in Soviet Union Competitions. His first major FIFA competition
came in 2007 where he refereed some of the group matches in the 2007 U20
World Cup. He has been awarded the best referee in Asia for four consecutive
years from 2008-11. Irmatov also took charge of the opening match in the 2010
World Cup between South Africa and Mexico. He also took charge of a semi-final
between the Netherlands and Uruguay.

NATIONALITY: Bahrain
ASSISTANTS: Yaser Abdulla Tulefat & Ebrahim Mubarak Saleh
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: U17 World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup.
HOBBIES: Fishing
Nawaf is a referee from Bahrain who has been on the FIFA list since 2008. His
first International match was KSA vs Yemen in the Gulf Cup on 8
th
January
2009. In 2011, FIFA called him on duty at the 2011 FIFA U17 World Cup. He
has also officiated at other tournaments, including the AFC Champions
League, the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup and has officiated 2014 FIFA World
Cup qualifiers. In March 2013, FIFA named Shukralla to its list of 52
candidates referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the man from Bahrain
has now made it on to the final list of referees.

Sportsmole
Ravshan IRMATOV
AFC ZONE (4 referee teams & 1 support duo)
Nawaf Abdulla Ghayyath SHUKRALLA
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NATIONALITY: Australia
ASSISTANTS: Matthew Cream & Hakan Anaz

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 Asian Champions League Final
HOBBIES: Family, outdoor activities
Williams is 36 years old and was born Canberra. He made his Australian A-
league debut in 2005 and earned FIFA status soon after in the same year.
Besides being an international referee Ben is also a P.E teacher at a high
school in Canberra. On the domestic front, Ben is the most experienced
official in Australia with over 100 A-league games under his belt. Williams is
not a newcomer to FIFA tournaments. In 2007, he officiated in two group
matches in the Asian cup and also he has been in charge of over 30 Asian
Champions league games including the Final in Korea in 2012. In the same
year he was fourth official for one of the semi-finals in the FIFA Club world
cup and also he was selected to referee at the London Olympic Games.

NATIONALITY: Japan
ASSISTANTS: Toru Sagara & Toshiyuki Nagi

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2010 FIFA World Cup Final (4O)
HOBBIES: Travel
Nishimura has refereed in J. League Division 1, the top domestic league in
his country since 1999 and was chosen as the J. League Referee of the Year
in 2009 and 2010. In 2004 he was awarded his FIFA Badge, and 6 years
later refereed the AFC Champions League Final as well as the 2011 AFC
Asian Cup. Nishimura officiated at the 2010 World Cup where he was the
first referee to produce a red card in the tournament. He also took charge
of the first quarter final between Brazil and Netherlands and was later
appointed 4
th
official to Howard Webb in the final. In 2012, Nishimura was
selected to be one of the referees at the Olympic Games and was named
Best Men's Referee of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation.

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LOOK BACK AT THE 2010 WORLD CUP

This article will take you all the way back to 2010. It will look at how different teams performed during this
competition and which referees got the more prestigious games in the later stages of the competition.
How did the teams do?
The group stages is always the stage where the most teams will leave the competition and here are the teams that left the
competition at the end of the group stages in 2010 and returned home

Group A
- South Africa
- France
Group B
- Greece
- Nigeria
Group C
- Slovenia
- Algeria

Group D
- Australia
- Serbia
Group E
- Denmark
- Cameroon
Group F
- New Zealand
- Italy

Group G
- Ivory Coast
- North Korea
Group H
- Switzerland
- Honduras

We then entered the knockout stages where we start to lose teams at every round, in the Round of 16 we lost 8 more teams
these were
- South Korea
- USA
- Slovakia
- Chile
- Mexico
- England
- Japan
- Spain
We then entered the quarter final stage where we lost another 4 teams. These teams were
- Ghana
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Paraguay

This therefore left 4 teams left which created the semi-finals. The two semi-finals were battled between Uruguay and
Netherlands and Germany took on Spain. Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 to make it through to the final and Spain beat
Germany 1-0 to complete their journey into the final.
Germany then played Uruguay in the third place final to see who came third in the competition and Germany beat Uruguay 3-
2 to be crowned 3
rd
of the World Cup 2010.
The final was a very tough and equal game between Spain and the Netherlands and was goalless by the end of the full 90
mins. The first and only goal was scored in extra time with only 4 minutes to go where Spains Inesta scored the winning goal
to crown them the winners of the 2010 World Cup.

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Referees at the World Cup 2010
FIFA originally planned to send 30 trios of referees to officiate in the world cup 2010, however two set of these trios
were not taken due to their assistant referees no being able to pass the FIFA fitness test, this therefore meant that they
called one replacement trio which meant that in the end they decided to take 29 trios to south Africa to officiate in the
world cup. However there is only six referees from the 2010 world cup that will be returning for this year world cup. Here
is a list of all the referees that were sent to officiate in the world cup 2010 and will be returning for the 2014 world cup.

When the world cup reaches the quarter final stages of the competition, they send a big chunk of the referees home as
they will no longer require their service. This decision will be based on the teams that have got through to this stage of
the competition but it will also go on the match officials performance in the games that they have officiated in so far. In
the 2010 world cup, FIFA sent home 10 trios home, this included the Uruguayan set off officials that controversially
disallowed an England goal when shown in replays that the ball fully crossed the line. Another set of officials that also got
sent home were the Italian set of officials as they allowed a goal where goal scorer Carlos Tevez was shown to be in an
offside position on replays.
One of the main achievements for referees is to be able to officiate one of the biggest matches that happens in the world
cup, these matches include the final, third place final and the semi-final. See below to see which referees was awarded to
which big match-
World Cup Final Howard Webb (England)
Third Place Match - Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Semi Final 1 - Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Semi Final 2 - Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Howard Webb made history in this year to be the first official to referee both the world cup final and the champions
league final in the same year. He also broke a record by giving out the most Yellow Cards in a World Cup Final to date
where he gave out Fourteen Yellow cards throughout the match. A Red Card was also given to Netherlands player John
Heitinga for two bookable offences.
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Marco Rodrguez (Mexico)
Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Howard Webb (England)

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NATIONALITY: Ivory Coast
ASSISTANTS: Songuifolo Yeo & Jean-Claude Birumushahu
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 Best African Referee
HOBBIES: Cinema
Dou became a FIFA referee in 2004 and has been involved in a
number of different FIFA competitions. He has not took part in any
of the major matches in the FIFA competitions but still has been
involved. He refereed matches in the 2010, 2012 2013 African cup of
nations. He has also officiated at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the
2011 CAF Champions League Final, the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup,
and qualifying matches for both the 2010 and the 2014 World Cups.

NATIONALITY: The Gambia
ASSISTANTS: Evarist Menkouande & Flicien Kabanda
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 London Olympic Games Final (4O)
HOBBIES: Football
Bakary was born in 1977 and is one of a number of referees to be
refereeing at his first FIFA World Cup finals. He became a FIFA Listed
Referee in 2007 and has refereed numerous matches on the international
stage since. He has refereed a number of 2014 World Cup qualifiers in the
run-up to the tournament.
Bakary headed to London in 2012 as one of the Olympic Games Men's
Football Tournament referees. As well as taking charge of matches in the
competition, he was appointed as Forth Official to Mark Clattenburg in the
Gold Medal final between Brazil and Mexico.
He has also refereed at the African Cup of Nations tournaments.

Noumandiez Desire DOUE
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Bakary Papa GASSAMA
CAF ZONE (3 referee teams & 2 support duos)
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NATIONALITY: Algeria
ASSISTANTS: Redouane Achik & Abdelhak Etchiali
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2013 African Cup of Nations Final
Haimoudi became FIFA listed in 2004 has took charge of many
international matches within Africa. He has taken part in many of the
matches in the African Cup of nations and also has took charge of world
cup qualifiers. He was selected the CAF best referee in 2012 which was
then followed by his appointment to the final of African cup of nations.
The following season he then refereed the third final play off in the
confederations cup. This will be his first world cup competition that he
taken part in.

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NATIONALITY: El Salvador
ASSISTANTS: William Torres & Juan Zumba
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
HOBBIES: Reading, listening to music
Aguilar has been FIFA listed since 2001. He has been involved in a number of
international games including the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2007 FIFA U20
World Cup, 2007 FIFA U17 World Cup, 2007 North American SuperLiga, 2009
CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification, 2010 FIFA World Cup,
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup (including the final), 2011 CONCACAF Champions
League Final, 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014,
FIFA World Cup Qualification. He also refereed in the first leg of the CONCACAF
Champions League Final.

NATIONALITY: Mexico
ASSISTANTS: Marvin Torrentera & Marcos Quintero

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: World Cup 2006 & 2010, Mexican League Final
HOBBIES: Reading the Bible, cycling, swimming
Marco Rodriguez has a reputation as one of the strictest and most controversial
referees in world football. In 77 international matches he has issued 50 red
cards, 338 yellow cards and awarded 29 penalties. However, the fact that
Rodriguez has been selected for 3 consecutive World Cups suggests that FIFA are
very fond of him. His main career talking point was in 2011 when he refereed the
Mexican League Final between UANL Tigers and Santos. He issued 9 yellow cards
and 3 red cards. After the game, Rodriguez was banned for five matches for
failing the responsibilities and task of a referee.

CONCACAF ZONE (3 referee teams & 2 support duos)
Joel Antonio AGUILAR CHICAS
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BIG REFEREE QUIZ: WORLD CUP SPECIAL

By Daniel
This is the ultimate test of your world cup knowledge. The quiz contains 5 challenging rounds, which range from
General Knowledge to True or False statements. The easiest way for you to play is to grab a pen and pad and jot
down your answers for each question. Each round is worth a different number of points, so make sure you check
before you mark your answers what each question is worth. Once youve finished, the answers can be found
towards the end of the magazine. Best of luck and no cheating!
ROUND
1
Name the Ref (Total of 50 points)
See if you can correctly answer the correct ref rom the following clues.. Each question is
worth 10 points.
1) The referee of the 2006 World Cup Final
2) The English Referee who officiated at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany
3) The Hungarian Official who took charge of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Semi-Final between
Germany and Spain in South Africa
4) The Japanese Official was Forth Official to Howard Webb at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final
5) The English Referee who officiated at the 1998 World Cup in France

The Guardian
NATIONALITY: USA
ASSISTANTS: Mark Hurd & Joe Fletcher
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: FIFA U20 World Cup Final 2011
Geiger took up refereeing in 1988 and progressed to the A League by 2002. In
2003 he became a United States Federation Referee and a year later was
refereeing in the MLS, the highest domestic division. In 2008, Geiger became a
FIFA Listed referee and a range of notable continental and international
appointments have since followed. Amongst these was the 2011 U20 FIFA
World Cup. During the tournament in Colombia he refereed two group-stage
matches, a round of 16 match and the Final which was between Brazil and
Portugal. In 2012, Mark was selected to be part of the refereeing team for the
Olympic Games in London.

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ROUND
2
Can you identify these 5 world cup player? Each player is worth 10 points. If you
only get the surname, you still get the full points. If you only get the first name, you
dont get any points.

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Name the World Cup Players (Total of 50 points)

ROUND
3
Multiple Choice (Total of 50 Points)
See if you can correctly answer these questions related to refereeing.
Each question is worth 10 points.
Q1) Which of these English Assistant Referees has not performed this role in
a FIFA World Cup Final?
A) P. Sharpe B) D. Cann C) G. Turner
Q2) Which of these referees took charge of a Semi Final at the last World
Cup?
A) R. Irmatov B) P. OLeary C) B. Williams

Metro
Guardian
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True or False (Total of 50 points)
See whether you know whether the following statements are true or false.
1) Howard Webb refereed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London
2) German Referee Felix Brych is officiating at his first FIFA World Cup finals this summer
3) Portuguese Referee Pedro Proenca refereed the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final
4) Dutch Referee Bjorn Kuipers took charge of the 2013 Confederations Final
5) Ricardo Salazar refereed England's warm up match against Ecuador

ROUND
4
ROUND
5
Round 5: World Cup History (50 Points)
Can you answer the following 5 questions that are about the history of the world
cup?

1) Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, but how many times have they lifted
the trophy?

Q3) Which of these UEFA Referees for 2014 World Cup did not officiate at last years Confederation Cup in Brazil?
A) H. Webb B) F. Brych C) J. Eriksson
Q4) Which of these 2014 World Cup Referees officiated at the 2012 Olympic Games?
A) M. Geiger B) C. akr C) N. Rizzoli
Q5) What nationality is former World Cup Final referee Horacio Elizondo?
A) Argentina B) Uruguay C) Brazil

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2) Where was the 1944 FIFA World Cup held?
3) True or False: The former Liverpool and Manchester City midfielder Dietmar Hamann has played in a World Cup Final
4) Who won the first ever FIFA World Cup?
5) Who won the 1986 FIFA World Cup?
ROUND
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Round 6: World Cup Stadiums (90 Points)
Can you name the stadiums pictured below that have been used in world cup
competitions? 10 points awarded for the name of the stadium, 10 points awarded for
the country of the stadium and 10 points for which world cup the stadium was used
in.

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NATIONALITY: Argentina
ASSISTANTS: Hernn Maidana & Juan Pablo Belatti
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: World Cup Finals 2014 Selection
HOBBIES: Fitness
Pitana became FIFA listed in late 2010 and has not had much experience
as an International referee. A former player, Pitana decided to take up the
whistle and enjoyed it. He also teaches the referee course over in
Argentina and is a keen basketball player. He operates in the top
Argentinian division which will give him his insight into top level football.
The World Cup will be his first major international competition, but he is a
very promising referee and FIFA feel he has what it takes to referee at the
world biggest sporting event.

NATIONALITY: Ecuador
ASSISTANTS: Christian Lescano & Byron Romero
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: U20 World Cup
Vera became FIFA listed in late 2006. He has officiated matches in the Copa
Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the South
American Youth Championship. He has also taken charge of games in the
2012 Club World Cup. Vera has not officiated at a World Cup, so this will be
a new experience for him, although he has taken charge of some of the
qualifiers for this summers tournament and also took part in the later
stages of the U20 World Cup last year.

Nestor PITANA
CONMEBOL ZONE (5 referee teams & 1 support duo)
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NATIONALITY: Chile
ASSISTANTS: Carlos Alexis Astroza & Sergio Mauricio Roman Retamal
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: FIFA 2013 Confederations Cup Semi-Final
The 40 Year Old Chilean heads to his first World Cup having been a FIFA Listed
Referee since 2004. Osses was present at the 2013 Confederations Cup where
he enjoyed arguably the highlight of his career so far as he refereed a Semi-
Final match between Brazil and Uruguay. During the game he issued five
cautions. He also officiated during the Group Stage of the completion. Osses
has officiated international matches which include the 2011 Copa Amrica,
Copa Sudamericana, Copa Libertadores, 2010 and 2014 South American World
Cup qualifiers and the 2009 South American Youth Championship.

NATIONALITY: Brazil
ASSISTANTS: Emerson De Carvalho & Marcelo Van Gasse
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifiers
HOBBIES: Movies, reading, running
Ricci became FIFA listed in 2011 and has refereed qualifiers leading
up to this competition. Ricci will also feel at home with the
competition taking part in his home country. This will be his first
major FIFA competition that he has taken part in which will show his
true potential of a referee at international level. His hobbies include
reading, watching movies and running which will help him keep fit
for when he is refereeing.

Enrique Roberto OSSES ZENCOVICH
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NATIONALITY: Colombia
ASSISTANTS: Humberto Clavijo Prieto & Eduardo Diaz Barrero
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 Olympic quarter final
HOBBIES: Reading, Xbox
Roldn began refereeing at a very early age of 14 where he did local park football in
Colombia. He refereed his first domestic league game in and then he was one of the
youngest referees to take part in the Copa America tournament in 2011 where he
officiated two group matches and the 3
rd
place final which was one of his main
highlights of his career to date. Another good achievement that he has gained is
when he refereed one of the London 2012 quarter finals in the Olympics which
featured team Great Britain.

NATIONALITY: New Zealand
ASSISTANTS: Jan Hintz & Mark Rule
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: FIFA World Club Cup (2007)
HOBBIES: Fishing & Hiking
OLeary first took up refereeing in 1994. He officiated in many Oceania Football
Confederation tournaments since becoming a FIFA referee in 2003, notably the OFC
Nations Cup in 2004 and the Oceania Club Championship in 2006. In 2007, he was
selected to officiate at the FIFA Under 20 World Cup in Canada during June and July
of that Year. OLeary has had a taste of the English Premier League football. During
the tie between Aston Villa and Sunderland, as a guest of former English referee
Steve Bennett. OLeary was summoned from the stands to assume Bennetts role on
the touchline as 4
th
official for the second half of the match. OLeary officiated at the
FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, as the referee for the fifth place playoff between
Adelaide United and Al Ahly. He also officiated at the 2009 FIFA U20 World Cup in
Egypt, refereeing group games between Italy and Trinidad and Tobago and between
Hungary and the United Arab Emirates. He also officiated one game at the 2009 FIFA
Club World Cup in United Arab Emirates.

Wilmar Alexander ROLDAN PEREZ
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ADMIN TEAM PREDICTIONS

Chairman Vice
Chairman
Reece
World Cup
Final
Yuichi
Nishimura
Ravshan
Irmatov
Felix Brych
Third Place
Match
Pedro
Proenca
Felix Brych Pedro
Proenca
Semi Final
Referees
Felix Brych &
Enrique Osses
Howard
Webb &
Yuichi
Nishimura

Ben Williams
&
Yuichi
Nishimura

Surprise
Package(Which
referee will go
further than
you expect)
Wilmar
Roldan
Bakary
Gassama

Milorad
Mai
Star Referee
(Peform the
best)
Yuichi
Nishimura
Felix Brych Yuichi
Nishimura

James Anderson:
In the event of a mass confrontation I would ask both assistants to
enter the field of play and gain a credible position. I am not
necessarily fussed about whether we are in a triangle or not, so as
long as they have a good angle then that is good enough for me.
Also, I am not bothered about the benches, if they want to run on
then they can, one person is not going to stop a lot of people. Once
the situation has calmed down I would ask both assistants to come
in and we would talk. Its better I think if both assistants come in so
nobody can tell who has said what. I would ask both assistants what
they saw and what punishment they think I should hand out.

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NATIONALITY: Germany
ASSISTANTS: Stefan Lupp & Mark Borsch
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2014 Europa League Final
HOBBIES: Music
Brych is one of the most recognized referees selected to officiate at this
summer's World Cup and regularly takes charge of high profile UEFA
Champions League matches, including a semi-final in 2012 and the crucial
Champions League tie at the Nou Camp between Barcelona and Atletico
Madrid earlier this season. After three successful years of top flight German
refereeing, Felix was rewarded his FIFA badge in 2007. As well as the array of
aforementioned high profile Champions League matches he has taken charge
of there have also been many other significant moments in his international
career. He also was amongst the referees at the 2013 Confederations Cup in
Brazil where he was fourth official in the Final to Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers.

NATIONALITY: Portugal
ASSISTANTS: Bertino Miranda & Tiago Trigo

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: UEFA EURO 2012 Final
The Portuguese Official heads out to Brazil in high contention to take
charge of the Final itself after becoming the first referee to take charge
of both finals of the main European competitions for clubs and national
teams in the same year in 2012 when he refereed the UEFA Champions
League Final and 2012 European Championship Final. Pedro has been
FIFA Listed since 2003, taking charge of his first UEFA Champions
League group stage match in September 2007. As well as the Euro 2012
Final, Pedro also took charge of the Quarter Final between England and
Italy and two other group stage games during the competition including
the eventual winners of the competition Spain's encounter with
Republic of Ireland. He been a FIFA Elite Referee since 2009.

Felix BRYCH
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Pedro Proenca OLIVEIRA ALVES GARCIA
UEFA ZONE (9 referee teams & 1 support duo)
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NATIONALITY: Turkey
ASSISTANTS: Bahattin Duran & Tarik Ongun
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 Club World Cup Final
akr became FIFA listed in 2006 and has refereed many important matches since
becoming FIFA listed. His first FIFA match came when he was the fourth official on
a Champions league first qualifying game. Since this he has officiated many games
in both the Champions league and the Europa League. He refereed the semi-final
in the 2011 club world cup, then the following year went an officiated the
champions league semi-final between Barcelona and Chelsea. akr also went to
the Euro 2012 where he refereed some of the group games an also went to
officiate in the semi-final between Spain and Italy. He is famous in England for
dismissing Manchester Uniteds Nani for a high boot against Real Madrid.

NATIONALITY: Serbia
ASSISTANTS: Milovan Ristic & Dalibor Djurdjevic
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2014 Europa League Semi Final
Mai became FIFA listed in 2009. The 2014 World Cup will be the first major
FIFA competition that Mai has took part in involving national teams. He has
been part of the Champions League and the Europa cup since becoming FIFA
listed. He has officiated qualifying games for the Champions league and also
took part in some of the group games such as Dortmund vs Manchester City.
He has taken part in two semi-finals in the Europa League.

Cuneyt CAKIR
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Milorad MAZIC
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Carlos VELASCO CARBALLO
NATIONALITY: Spain
ASSISTANTS: Roberto Alonso Fernandez & Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 Europa League Final
Carballo became FIFA listed in 2008 and he been part of different matches in
both the Champions League and the Europa League. He took charge of a
Champions League Semi-final in 2011 and then a couple of weeks later was
appointed to the 2011 Europa League final. His First major FIFA competition
came in 2012 when he was part of the European Championships.

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NATIONALITY: Netherlands
ASSISTANTS: Sander Van Roekel & Erwin Zeinstra
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2014 Champions League Final & 2013 Europa
League Final
HOBBIES: Mountain biking
Kuipers has been appointed to referee in big tournaments, including the
Confederations Cup, European Championships, Champions League at Europa
League. Kuipers refereed the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final between Brazil
and Spain which Brazil won 3-0. Kuipers booked 2 of Spains players and then
sent of Gerard Pique of Spain. In 2013, Kuipers also refereed the Champions
League Semi Final 1
st
Leg between Dortmund and Real Madrid and this year was
appointed to referee the final of the competition.

NATIONALITY: Italy
ASSISTANTS: Renato Faverani & Andrea Stefani

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2013 Champions League Final
Rizzoli refereed his first UEFA Champions League qualifying match in August
2007. At international level, Rizzoli served as a referee at UEFA Euro 2012,
and has officiated in qualifiers for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. In Euro
2012, Rizzoli refereed the France vs England game and Portugal vs
Netherlands game throughout the group matches. He also refereed the
quarter final between Spain and France where he issued 3 yellow cards.
However, in May 2013, Rizzoli had his biggest achievement yet of refereeing
when he was selected by UEFA to referee the 2013 Champions League Final
at Wembley. Rizzoli issued 3 yellows card. 1 to Borussia Dortmund and 2 to
Bayern Munich.

Bjorn KUIPERS
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GOOD CHANCE
Nicola RIZZOLI
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GOOD CHANCE
@RefTalkForum
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NATIONALITY: England
ASSISTANTS: Darren Cann & Michael Mullarkey
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2010 World Cup Final & Champions League Final
Webb has been FIFA Listed since 2005. His first major International Tournament
was UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. A year later he took charge of
two games during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament in South
Africa. In 2010, he was appointed to the UEFA Champions League Final
between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Madrid. Following this he returned
to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Webb oversaw two Group Stage
matches and a Round of 16 match. On 8th July FIFA announced that Webb had
been chosen to referee the World Cup Final between Spain and the Netherlands.
Webb cautioned fourteen players during the match including two yellow cards
resulting in a dismissal of John Heitinga. In 2012, Webb was selected to be one
of twelve referees for UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine and was in the
middle for two Group Stage games and a Quarter Final between Czech Republic
and Portugal. He also officiated in the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil. Webb
has refereed three World Cup Qualifiers in the run up to the tournament.

NATIONALITY: Sweden
ASSISTANTS: Mathias Klasenius & Daniel Waernmark
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2014 Champions League Semi-Final
HOBBIES: Travel, skiing
Eriksson became FIFA listed in 2002 which means that he is amongst one
of the longest serving FIFA officials that will features in this world
competition this year. However he only moved up slowly which means
that he may not be the most experienced when it comes to the big
competitions. Eriksson took part in the Euro 2012 where he officiated two
matches one in the group stage and the other in the second round. He
took a major part in the Champions League in the past season where he
officiated in the Semi-final between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea.

Howard WEBB
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Brazil 2014 promises to be a true spectacle and on
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your toes with daily trivia and informing as
well as entertaining with World Cup facts!
* RefTalk Mentor- A new member exclusive area that contains
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So come visit us and join in the discussion now at reftalk.co.nr
2014 World Cup Discussion
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BIG WORLD CUP QUIZ: ANSWERS

Round 1
1) Pierluigi Collina
2) Graham Poll
3) Viktor Kassai
4) Yuichi Nishimura
5) Paul Durkin
Round 2
1) Lorenzo Insigne
2) Jack Wilshire
3) Thiago Silva
4) Michael Essien
5) Cesc Fabregas
Round 3
1) C
2) A
3) C
4) A
5) A
Round 4
1) FALSE
2) TRUE
3) TRUE
4) TRUE
5) FALSE
Round 5
1) Olympiastadion, Germany, 2006 World Cup
2) Estadio do Maracan, Brazil, 2014 World Cup
3) Soccer City, South Africa, 2010 World Cup

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NOTICEBOARD

Martin took charge of
a Europe League
Semi-Final between
Athletic Bilbao and
Sporting Lisbon in this
year.
By Vice Chairman
I hope you have enjoyed all of the article
in this world cup edition of the RefTalk
magazine. We have a superb editing
team that put in a lot of hard work and
dedication to get this publication out to
everyone. The planning stages are
already in place for the next issue, but
until then we hope to see you on our
forum.
Thanks for reading!
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