The 30 Referees for World Cup 2010
by ddemmin on Feb.10, 2010, under Uncategorized
Fifa selected 30 of the best referees in the world for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Guess how many Americans made the list?
Europe
Olegario Benquerenca, Portugal
Massimo Busacca, Switzerland
Frank De Bleekere, Belgium
Martin Hansson, Sweden
Viktor Kassai, Hungary
Stephane Lannoy, France
Roberto Rosetti, Italy
Wolfgang Stark, Germany
Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Howard Webb, England
South America
Carlos Amarilla, Paraguay
Hector Baldassi, Argentina
Jorge LarriondaUruguay,
Pablo Pozo, Chile
Oscar Ruiz, Colombia
Carlos Simon, Brazil
Asia
Khalil Al Ghamdi, Saudi Arabia
Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbekistan
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, Malaysia
Yuichi Nishimura, Japan
Africa
Mohamed Benouza, Algeria
Koman Coulibaly, Mali
Jerome Damon, South Africa
Eddy Maillet, Seychelles
North, Central America and Caribbean
Joel Aguilar, El Salvador
Benito Archundia, Mexico
Carlos Batres, Guatemala
Marco Rodriguez, Mexico
Australia and South Pacific
Michael Hester, New Zealand
Peter O’Leary, New Zealand
Source: Yahoo AP
February 11th, 2010 on 9:15 am
You mean someone from Uzbekistan made it and not one guy from the U.S.! Are they saying our guys are that bad or are they trying to tell us something else?
July 2nd, 2010 on 11:52 am
Yes, Netherlands won over Brazil! Astonishing! Who will be the champion? May be Germany?