Il presidente Ángel María Villar Llona e la Commissione Arbitri della FIFA hanno selezionato 30 terne arbitrali provenienti da 28 paesi diversi per la prossima Coppa del Mondo 2010 in Sudafrica.
Il gruppo dei 30 direttori di gara selezionati parteciperanno ad un seminario di formazione il mese prossimo.
Questo servirà per valutarne le potenzialità e saggiare la loro condizione di forma fisica.
Riportiamo integralmente l’elenco degli arbitri selezionati nei rispettivi continenti d’appartenenza:
Asia
Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia, referee), Hassan Kamranifar (Iran, assistant), Saleh Mohamed Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates, assistant); Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan, referee), Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan, assistant), Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan, assistant); Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia, referee), Mu Yuxin (China, assistant), Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore, assistant); Yuichi Nishimura (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), Bechir Hassani (Tunisia, assistant)
Concacaf
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador, referee), William Torres, Francisco Zumba (both El Salvador, assistants); Benito Archundia (Mexico, referee), Hector Vergara (Canada, assistant), Marvin Cesar Torrentera Rivera (Mexico, assistant);, assistant Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala, referee), Leonel Leal (Costa Rica), Carlos Pastrana (Honduras, assistant); Marco Rodriquez (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)