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World Cup 2014 referee appointments for first matches

Fifa made the World Cup 2014 referee appointments for first football matches Brazil.

Opening match: Brazil – Croatia
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Assistant referees: Toru Sagara and Toshiyuki Nagi.

Read the profile “Yuichi Nishimura can bring Asian refereeing to new heights”

Match: Mexico – Cameroon
Referee: Wilmar Roldan (Colombia)
Assistant referees: Humberto Clavijo and Eduardo Diaz

Match: Spain – Netherlands
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Assistant referees: Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani

Match: Chile – Australia
Referee: Noumandiez Doue (Ivory Coast)
Assistant referees: Songuifolo Yeo and Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)

Download pdf with full appointments including 4th official and reserve assistant.

referee-appointments-world-cup

Further appointments will most of the time be published first on The 3rd Team.

11 Comments

  • Peter

    Referee with game Negeria Bosnia was the worst so far. He was extremely biased towards Bosnia, should have given red few times but did not even give yellow

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