The FIFA World Cup is a quadrennial international association football tournament organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). World Cup matches are officiated by referees from the FIFA International Referees List.
World Cup Final match officials YearRefereeAssistant refereesFourth officialReserve/Fifth officialVideo Assistant Referee (VAR) and Assistant VARs1930———193419381954195819621966197019741978198219861990199419982002200620102014201820222026
By country As of the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, 39 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA World Cup final.
Country/ Total Referees Assistant referees Fourth officials Reserves VARs Assistant VARs 9 2 5 1 1 7 3 4 7 3 3 1 5 1 3 1 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 94 22 44 9 6 3 10
By confederation ConfederationTotalRefereesAssistantRefereesReserve RefereesReserve Assistant RefereesVARsAssistant VARsUEFA5115283221CONMEBOL204102103AFC7013201CONCACAF3120000CAF2110000OFC0000000Totals:8321428525
Number of matches 11 matches:
Ravshan Irmatov (2010, 2014, 2018)
9 matches:
Néstor Pitana (2014, 2018) César Ramos Palazuelos (2018, 2022, 2026) Alireza Faghani (2018, 2022, 2026) Clément Turpin (2018, 2022, 2026)
8 matches:
Joël Quiniou (1986, 1990, 1994) Benito Archundia Téllez (2006, 2010) Jorge Larrionda Pietrafesa (2006, 2010)
7 matches:
John Langenus (1930, 1934, 1938) Sandy Griffiths (1950, 1954, 1958) Juan Gardeazábal Garay (1958, 1962, 1966) Ali Bujsaim (1994, 1998, 2002) Carlos Eugênio Simon (2002, 2006, 2010) Frank De Bleeckere (2006, 2010) Marco Rodríguez Moreno (2006, 2010, 2014) Björn Kuipers (2014, 2018) Szymon Marciniak (2018, 2022, 2026) Wilton Sampaio (2022, 2026)
6 matches:
Ivan Eklind (1934, 1938, 1950) Arthur Edward Ellis (1950, 1954, 1958) Nikolay Latyshev (1958, 1962) Jamal Al Sharif (1986, 1990, 1994) Arturo Brizio Carter (1994, 1998) Gamal Al-Ghandour (1998, 2002) Óscar Ruiz Acosta (2002, 2006, 2010) Roberto Rosetti (2006, 2010) Howard Webb (2010, 2014) Mark Geiger (2014, 2018) Sandro Meira Ricci (2014, 2018) Cüneyt Çakır (2014, 2018)
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