The men and women in the middle are rarely anyone’s favorite team, but they’ll play a huge part in the action at the 2026 World Cup.
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The governing body named 52 referees, 88 assistants and 30 video assistant referees to oversee its top men’s tournament, working to assure the best of the best from the six confederations around the globe are taking charge of World Cup matches.
“The selected match officials are the very best in the world. They were part of a wider pool of officials that was identified and monitored over the past three years,” Pierluigi Collina, the noted former referee who now serves as FIFA’s Chief Refereeing Officer said in a news release. “They have attended seminars and officiated at FIFA tournaments.In addition, their performances in domestic and international matches were regularly assessed.
“The selected officials have received, and will continue to receive, comprehensive support from our fitness coaches and medical staff, including physiotherapists and a mental specialist. Our goal is to ensure that they’re in optimal physical and mental condition when they arrive in Miami on May 31.”
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Here is the full lists of officials named to impart justice at the World Cup:
NameCountryAbdulrahman Al Jassim AlQATKhalid Al TuraisKSAYusuke ArakiJPNOmar Abdulkadir ArtanSOMPierre AtchoGABIvan BartonSLVDahane BeidaMTNJuan Gabriel BenitezPARJuan CalderonCRCRaphael ClausBRAIsmail ElfathUSAEspen EskasNORAlireza FaghaniAUSYael Falcon PerezARGDrew FischerCANCristian GarayCHIKatia GarciaMEXMustapha GhorbalALGAlejandro HernandezESPDario HerreraARGJalal JayedMARCampbell-Kirk Kawana-WaughNZLIstvan KovacsROUFrancois LetexierFRANing MaCHNAdham MakhadmehJORDanny MakkelieNEDSzymon MarciniakPOLMaurizio MarianiITAHector Said MartinezHONAmin MohamedEGYOshane NationJAMGlenn NybergSWEMichael OliverENGKevin OrtegaPERTori PensoUSAJoao PinheiroPORCesar RamosMEXAndres RojasCOLSandro SchaererSUIIlgiz TantashevUZBAnthony TaylorENGGustavo TejeraURUFacundo TelloARGAbongile TomRSAClement TurpinFRAJesus ValenzuelaVENSlavko VincicSVNFelix ZwayerGERAR NameCountryAmos AbeigneGABMahmoud AbouelregalEGYMostafa AkarkadMARMohammed Al AbakryKSAMohamed Al HammadiUAEMohammad Al KalafJORSaoud Al MaqalehGATTaleb Al MarriQATAhmad Al RoalleJORLyes ArfaCANKyle AtkinsUSACarlos BarreiroURUMicheal BarwegenCANIsaak BashevkinNORAdam KupsikPOLMahbod BeigiSWEJuan Pablo BelattiARGGary BeswickENGDaniele BindoniITAMarco BisguerraMEXZakaria BrinsiMARBruno BoschiliaBRABruno PiresBRAStuart BurtENGEduardo CardozoPARGabriel ChadeARGManis DaniloBRANicolas DanosFRAStephane De AlmeidaSU!Jan De VriesNEDMaximiliano Del YessoARGChristian DietzGERBoris DitsogaGABJan Erik EnganNORRodrigo FigueiredoBRATimur GaynullinUZBMokrane GourariALGAlexander GuzmanCOLAhmed Hossam TahaEGYSantos JersonANGBruno JesusPORRobert KempterGERTomaz KlancnikSVNAndraz KovacicSVNGeorge LakrindisAUSJames LindsayAUSTomasz ListkiewiczPOLWalter LopezHONLuciano MaiaPORJames MainwaringENGMihai MaricaROUBrooke MayoUSAJun MiharaJPNJuan Carlos MoraCRCDavid MoranSLVTulio MorenoVENAlberto MorinMEXCyril MugnierFRAJose Enrique Naranjo PerezESPCristian NavarroARGKathryn NesbittUSAElvis NoupueCMRAdam NunnENGMichael OruePERBenjamin PagesFRACorey ParkerUSAAntonio PupiroNCAAlves RafaelBRAMehdi RahmouniFRAChristian RamirezHONSandra RamirezMEXJose RetamalCHIMiguel RochaCHIFacundo RodriguezARGMilciades SaldivarPARDiego SanchezESPZakhele SiwelaRSAAndreas SoderkvistSWEHessel SteegstraNEDNicolas TaranURUAlberto TegoniITAIsaac TrevisNZLAndrey TsapenkoUZBFerencz TunyogiROUJorge UrregoVENCaleb WalesTRIAbbes Akram ZerhouniALGFei ZhouCHNNameCountryKhamis Al-MarriGATAbdullah AlshehriKSAMahmoud AshourEGYIvan BebekCROJerome BrisardFRABastian DankertGERCarlos Del Cerro GrandeESPMarco Di BelloITAJoe DickersonUSARob DieperinkNEDHamza El FariqMARShaun EvansAUSMing FuCHNNicolas GalloCOLAntonio GarciaURUJarred GillettENGLeodan GonzalezURUTatiana GuzmanNCADennis HiglerNEDTomasz KwiatkowskiPOLJuan LaraCHIHernan MastrangeloARGErick MirandaMEXObaid Khadim MohammedUAEGuillermo PachecoMEXFedayi SanSUIJuan SotoVENRodolpho ToskiBRABram Van DriesscheBELArmando VillarrealUSA