Referee assignements for matches 1-36

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Referees assignments for matches 1 to 36 of the 2002 World Cup released by FIFA on Saturday:

France vs. Senegal, Group A, May 31, Seoul, South Korea.
    Referee: Ali Bujsaim, United Arab Emirates.
    Assistant Referee 1: Ali Traifi, Saudi Arabia.
    Assistant Referee 2: Jorge Rattalino, Argentina.
    Fourth Official: Felipe Ramos Rizo, Mexico.
    
Ireland vs. Cameroon, Group E, June 1, Niigata, Japan.
    Referee: Toru Kamikawa, Japan.
    Assistant Referee: Mat Lazim Awang Hamat,
    Assistant Referee 2: Roland Van Nylen, Belgium.
    Fourth Official: Peter Prendergast, Japan.
    
Uruguay vs. Denmark, Group A, June 1, Ulsan, South Korea.
    Referee: Saad Mane, Kuwait.
    Assistant Referee 1: Awni Hassouneh, Jordan.
    Assistant Referee 2: Dramane Dante, Mali.
    Fourth Official: Byron Moreno, Ecuador.
    
Germany vs. Saudi Arabia, Group E, June 1, Sapporo, Japan.
    Referee Ubaldo Aquino, Paraguay.
    Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Giacomuzzi, Paraguay.
    Assistant Referee 2: Michael Ragoonath, Trinidad and Tobago.
    Fourth Official: Rene Ortube, Bolivia.
    
England vs. Sweden, Group F, June 2, Saitama, Japan.
    Referee: Carlos Simon, Brazil.
    Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Oliveira, Brazil.
    Assistant Referee 2: Yuri Dupanov, Belarus.
    Fourth Official: Mark Shield, Australia.
    
Paraguay vs. South Africa, Group B, June 2, Busan, South Korea.
    Referee: Lubos Michel, Slovakia.
    Assistant Referee 1: Igor Sramka, Slovakia.
    Assistant Referee 2: Curtis Charles, Antigua and Barbuda.
    Fourth Official: Hugh Dallas, Scotland.
    
Argentina vs. Nigeria, Group F, June 2, Ibaraki, Japan.
    Referee: Gilles Veissiere, France.
    Assistant Referee: Frederic Arnault, France.
    Assistant Referee 2: Heiner Muller, Germany.
    Fourth Official: Markus Merk, Germany.
    
Spain vs. Slovenia, Group B, June 2, Gwangju, South Korea.
    Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz, Morocco.
    Assistant Referee 1: Ali Tomusange, Uganda.
    Assistant Referee 2: Egon Bereuter, Austria.
    Fourth Official: Coffi Codjia, Benin.
    
Croatia vs. Mexico, Group G, June 3, Niigata, Japan.
    Referee: Lu Jun, China.
    Assistant Referee 1: Komaleeswaran Sankar, India.
    Assistant Referee 2: Taoufik Adjengui, Tunisia.
    Fourth Official: Falla Ndoye, Senegal.
    
Brazil vs. Turkey, Group C, June 3, Ulsan, South Korea.
    Referee: Kim Young-joo, South Korea.
    Assistant Referee 1: Visva Krishnan, Singapore.
    Assistant Referee 2: Vladimir Fernandez, Slovenia.
    Fourth Official: Vitor Melo Pereira, Portugal.
    
Italy vs. Ecuador, Group G, June 3, Sapporo, Japan.
    Referee: Brian Hall, United States.
    Assistant Referee 1: Hector Vergara, Canada.
    Assistant Referee 2: Philip Sharp, England.
    Fourth Official: Terje Hauge, Norway.
    
China vs. Costa Rica, Group C, June 4, Gwangju, South Korea.
    Referee: Kyros Vassaras, Greece.
    Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Matos, Portugal.
    Assistant Referee 2: Jap Pool, Netherlands.
    Fourth Official: Anders Frisk, Sweden.
    
Japan vs. Belgium, Group H, June 4, Saitama, Japan.
    Referee William Mattus, Costa Rica.
    Assistant Referee 1: Haidar Koleit, Liberia.
    Assistant Referee 2: Yuri Dupanov, Belarus.
    Fourth Official: Graham Poll, England.
    
South Korea vs. Poland, Group D, June 4, Busan, South Korea.
    Referee: Oscar Ruiz, Colombia.
    Assistant Referee 1: Elise Doriri, Vanuatu.
    Assistant Referee 2: Leif Lindberg, Sweden.
    Fourth Official: Angel Sanchez, Argentina.
    
Russia vs. Tunisia, Group H, June 5, Kobe, Japan.
    Referee: Peter Prendergast, Jamaica.
    Assistant Referee 1: Michael Ragoonath, Trinidad and Tobago.
    Assistant Referee 2: Paul Smith, New Zealand.
    Fourth Official: Antonio Lopez Nieto, Spain.
    
United States vs. Portugal, Group D, June 5, Suwon, South Korea.
    Referee: Byron Moreno, Ecuador.
    Assistant Referee 1: Bomer Fierro, Ecuador.
    Assistant Referee 2: Awni Hassouneh, Jordan.
    Fourth Official: Saad Mane, Kuwait.
    
Germany vs. Ireland, Group E, June 5, Ibaraki, Japan.
    Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen, Denmark.
    Assistant Referee 1: Jens Larsen, Denmark.
    Assistant Referee 2: Evzen Amler, Czech Republic.
    Fourth Official: Mourad Daami, Tunisia.
    
France vs. Uruguay, Group A, June 6, Busan, South Korea.
    Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo, Mexico.
    Assistant Referee 1: Vladimir Fernandez, Slovakia.
    Assistant Referee 2: Curtis Charles, Antigua.
    Fourth Official: Urs Meier, Switzerland.
    
Cameroon vs. Saudia Arabia, Group E, June 6, Saitama, Japan.
    Referee: Terje Hauge, Norway.
    Assistant Referee 1: Roland Van Nylen, Belgium.
    Assistant Referee 2: Maciej Wierzbowski, Poland.
    Fourth Official: Carlos Simon, Brazil.
    
Denmark vs. Senegal, Group A, June 6, Daegu, South Korea.
    Referee: Carlos Batres, Guatemala.
    Assistant Referee 1: Ferenc Szekely, Hungary.
    Assistant Referee 2: Visva Krishnan, Singapore.
    Fourth Official: Kim Young-joo, South Korea.
    
Sweden vs. Nigeria, Group F, June 7, Kobe, Japan.
    Referee: Rene Ortube, Bolivia.
    Assistant Referee 1: Miguel Giacomuzzi, Paraguay.
    Assistant Referee 2: Mat Lazim Awang Hamat, Malaysia.
    Fourth Official: Toru Kamikawa, Japan.
    
Spain vs. Paraguay, Group B, June 7, Jeonju, South Korea.
    Referee Gamal Ghandour, Egypt.
    Assistant Referee 1: Wagih Farag, Egypt.
    Assistant Referee 2: Brighton Mudzamiri, Zimbabwe.
    Fourth Official: Mohamed Guezzaz, Morocco.
    
Argentina vs. England, Group F, June 7, Sapporo, Japan.
    Referee: Pierluigi Collina, Italy.
    Assistant Referee 1: Hector Vergara, Canada.
    Assistant Referee 2: Mohamed Saeed, Maldives.
    Fourth Official: Brian Hall, United States.
    
South Africa vs. Slovenia, Group B, June 8, Daegu, South Korea.
    Referee: Angel Sanchez, Argentina.
    Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Rattalino, Argentina.
    Assistant Referee 2: Ali Traifi, Saudi Arabia.
    Fourth Official: Jan Wegereef, Netherlands.
    
Italy vs. Croatia, Group G, June 8, Ibaraki, Japan.
    Referee: Graham Poll, England.
    Assistant Referee 1: Philip Sharp, England.
    Assistant Referee 2: Jens Larsen, Denmark.
    Fourth Official: William Mattus, Costa Rica.
    
Brazil vs. China, Group C, June 8, Seogwipu, South Korea.
    Referee: Anders Frisk, Sweden.
    Assistant Referee 1: Leif Lindberg, Sweden.
    Assistant Referee 2: Bomer Fierro, Ecuador.
    Fourth Official: Ali Bujsaim, United Arab Emirates.
    
Mexico vs. Ecuador, Group G, June 9, Miyagi, Japan.
    Referee: Mourad Daami, Tunisia.
    Assistant Referee 1: Taoufik Adjengui, Tunisia.
    Assistant Referee 2: Haidar Koleit, Liberia.
    Fourth Official: Kim Milton Nielsen, Denmark.
    
Costa Rica vs. Turkey, Group C, June 9, Incheon, South Korea.
    Referee: Coffi Codjia, Benin.
    Assistant Referee 1: Dramane Dante, Mali.
    Assistant Referee 2: Brighton Mudzamiri, Zimbabwe.
    Fourth Official: Oscar Ruiz, Colombia.
    
Japan vs. Russia, Group H, June 9, Yokohama, Japan.
    Referee: Markus Merk, Germany.
    Assistant Referee 1: Heiner Muller, Germany.
    Assistant Referee 2: Evzen Amler, Czech Republic.
    Fourth Official: Ubaldo Aquina, Paraguay.
    
South Korea vs. United States, Group D, June 10, Daegu, South
Korea.
    Referee: Urs Meier, Switzerland.
    Assistant Referee 1: Egon Bereuter, Austria.
    Assistant Referee 2: Ali Tomusange, Uganda.
    Fourth Official: Gamal Ghandour, Egypt.
    
Tunisia vs. Belgium, Group H, June 10, Oita, Japan.
    Referee: Mark Shield, Australia.
    Assistant Referee 1: Paul Smith, New Zealand.
    Assistant Referee 2: Komaleeswaram, India.
    Fourth Official: Gilles Veissiere, France.
    
Portugal vs. Poland, Group D, June 10, Jeonju, South Korea.
    Referee: Hugh Dallas, Scotland.
    Assistant Referee 1: Igor Sramka, Slovakia.
    Assistant Referee 2: Wagih Farag, Egypt.
    Fourth Official: Carlos Batres, Guatemala.
    
Denmark vs. France, Group A, June 11, Incheon, South Korea.
    Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira, Portugal.
    Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Matos, Portugal.
    Assistant Referee 2: Elise Doriri, Vanuatu.
    Fourth Official: Lubos Michel, Slovakia.
    
Senegal vs. Uruguay, Group A, June 11, Suwon, South Korea.
    Referee: Jan Wegereef, Netherlands.
    Assistant Referee 1: Jaap Pool, Netherlands.
    Assistant Referee 2: Ferenc Szekely, Hungary.
    Fourth Official: Kyros Vassaras, Greece.
    
Cameroon vs. Germany, Group E, June 11, Shizuoka, Japan.
    Referee: Antonio Lopez Nieto, Spain.
    Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Saeed, Maldives.
    Assistant Referee 2: Jorge Oliveira, Brazil.
    Fourth Official: Pierluigi Collina, Italy.
    
Saudi Arabia vs. Ireland, Group E, June 11, Yokohama, Japan.
    Referee: Falla Ndoye, Senegal.
    Assistant Referee 1: Maciej Wierzbowski, Poland.
    Assistant Referee 2: Frederic Arnault, France.
    Fourth Official: Lu Jun, China.

 

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