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SEOUL, May 25 (AFP) - Referees and match officials for the first 36 World Cup matches were named here by football's world governing body FIFA on Saturday:
May 31
France v Senegal
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (Uae)
Linesmen: Ali Al Traifi (Uae) and Jorge Rattalino (Arg)
Fourth official: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mex)
June 1
Ireland v Cameroon
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Jpn)
Linesmen: Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Mas) and Roland Van Nylen (Bel)
Fourth official: Peter Prendergast (Jam)
Uruguay v Denmark
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuw)
Linesmen: Awni Hassouneh (Jor) and Dramane Dante (Mli)
Fourth official: Byron Moreno (Ecu)
Germany v Saudi Arabia
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Par)
Linesmen: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Par) and Michael Ragoonath (Tri)
Fourth official: Rene Ortube (Bol)
June 2
England v Sweden
Referee: Carlos Simon (Bra)
Linesmen: Jorge Oliveira (Bra) and Yuri Dupanov (Blr)
Fourth official: Mark Shield (Aus)
Paraguay v South Africa
Arbitre: Lubos Michel (Svk)
Linesmen: Igor Sramka (Svk) and Curtis Charles (Ant)
Fourth official: Hugh Dallas (Sco)
Argentina v Nigeria
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (Fra)
Linesmen: Frederic Arnault (Fra) and Heiner Muller (Ger)
Fourth official: Markus Merk (Ger)
Spain v Slovenia
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Mar)
Linesmen: Ali Tomusange Ali (Uga) and Egon Bereuter (Aut)
Fourth official: Coffi Codjia (Ben)
June 3
Croatia v Mexico
Referee: LU Jun (Chn)
Linesmen: Komaleeswaran Sankar (Ind) and Taoufik Adjengui (Tun)
Fourth official: Falla Ndoye (Sen)
Brazil v Turkey
Referee: KIM Young Joo (Kor)
Linesmen: Visva Krishnan (Sin) and Vladimir Fernandez (Slo)
Fourth official: Vitor Melo Pereira (Por)
Italy v Ecuador
Referee: Brian Hall
Linesmen: Hector Vergara (Can) and Philip Sharp (Eng)
Fourth official: Terje Hauge (Nor)
June 4
China v Costa Rica
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Gre)
Linesmen: Carlos Matos (Por) and Jaap Pool (Ned)
Fourth official: Anders Frisk (Swe)
Japan v Belgium
Referee: William Mattus (Crc)
Linesmen: Haidar Koleit (Lib) and Yuri Dupanov (Blr)
Fourth official: Graham Poll (Eng)
Korea v Poland
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Col)
Linesmen: Elise Doriri (Van) and Leif Lindberg (Swe)
Fourth official: Angel Sanchez (Arg)
June 5
Russia v Tunisia
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jam)
Linesmen: Michael Ragoonath (Tri) and Paul Smith (Nzl)
Fourth official: Antonio Lopez Nieto (Spa)
United States v Portugal
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecu)
Linesmen: Bomer Fierro (Ecu) and Awni Hassouneh (Jor)
Fourth official: Saad Mane (Kuw)
Germany v Ireland
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
Linesmen: Jens Larsen (Den) and Evzen Amler (Cze)
Fouth official: Mourad Daami (Tun)
June 6
France v Uruguay
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mex)
Linesmen: Vladimir Fernandez (Spa) and Curtis Charles (Ant)
Fourth official: Urs Meier (Swi)
Cameroon v Saudi Arabia
Referee: Terje Hauge (Nor)
Linesmen: Roland Van Nylen (Bel) and Maciej Wierzbowski (Pol)
Fourth official: Carlos Simon (Bra)
Denmark v Senegal
Referee Carlos Batres (Gua)
Linesmen: Ferenc Szekely (Hon) and Visva Krishnan (Sin)
Fourth official: Kim Young-joo (Kor)
June 7
Sweden v Nigeria
Referee: Rene Ortube (Bol)
Linesmen: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Par) and Awang Hamat Mat Lazim (Mal)
Fourth official: Toru Kamikawa (Jpn)
Spain v Paraguay
Referee: Gamal Ghandour (Egy)
Linesmen: Wagih Farag (Egy) and Brighton Mudzamiri (Zim)
Fourth official: Mohamed Guezzaz (Mar)
Argentina v England
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
Linesmen: Hector Vergara (Can) and Mohamed Saeed (Mdv)
Fourth official: Brian Hall
June 8
South Africa v Slovenia
Referee: Angel Sanchez (Arg)
Linesmen: Jorge Rattalino (Arg) and Ali al Traifi (Uae)
Fourth official: Jan Wegereef (Ned)
Italy v Croatia
Referee: Graham Poll (Eng)
Linesmen: Philip Sharp (Eng) and Jens Larsen (Den)
Fourth official: William Mattus (Crc)
Brazil v China
Referee: Anders Frisk (Swe)
Linesmen: Leif Lindberg (Swe) and Bomer Fierro (Ecu)
Fourth official: Ali Bujsaim (Uae)
June 9
Mexico v Ecuador
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tun)
Linemen: Taoufik Adjengui (Tun) and Haidar Koleit (Lib)
Fourth official: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
Costa Rica v Turkey
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Ben)
Linesmen: Dramane Dante (Mli) and Brighton Mudzamiri (Zim)
Fourth official: Oscar Ruiz (Col)
Japan v Russia
Referee: Markus Merk (Ger)
Linesmen: Heiner Muller (Ger) and Evzen Amler (Cze)
Fourth official: Ubaldo Aquino (Par)
June 10
Korea v United States
Referee: Urs Meier (Swi)
Linesmen: Egon Bereuter (Aut) and Ali Tomusange (Uga)
Fourth official: Gamal Ghandour (Egy)
Tunisia v Belgium
Referee: Mark Shield (Aus)
Linesmen: Paul Smith (Nzl) and Komaleeswaran Sankar (Ind)
Fourth official: Gilles Veissiere (Fra)
Portugal v Poland
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Sco)
Linesmen: Igor Sramka (Svk) and Wagih Farag (Egy)
Fourth official: Carlos Batres (Gua)
June 11
Denmark v France
Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira (Por)
Linesmen: Carlos Matos (Por) and Elise Doriri (Van)
Quatrieme arbitre: Lubos Michel (Svk)
Senegal v Uruguay
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Ned)
Linesmen: Jaap Pool (Ned) and Ferenc Szekely (Hun)
Fourth official: Kyros Vassaras (Gre)
Cameroon v Germany
Referee: Antonio Lopez Nieto (Spa)
Linesmen: Mohamed Saeed (Mdv) and Jorge Oliveira (Bra)
Fourth official: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
Saudi Arabia v Ireland
Referee: Falla NDoye (Sen)
Linesmen: Maciej Wierbowski (Pol) and Frederic Arnault (Fra)
Fourth official: Lu Jun (Chn)
May 31
France v Senegal
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (Uae)
Linesmen: Ali Al Traifi (Uae) and Jorge Rattalino (Arg)
Fourth official: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mex)
June 1
Ireland v Cameroon
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Jpn)
Linesmen: Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Mas) and Roland Van Nylen (Bel)
Fourth official: Peter Prendergast (Jam)
Uruguay v Denmark
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuw)
Linesmen: Awni Hassouneh (Jor) and Dramane Dante (Mli)
Fourth official: Byron Moreno (Ecu)
Germany v Saudi Arabia
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Par)
Linesmen: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Par) and Michael Ragoonath (Tri)
Fourth official: Rene Ortube (Bol)
June 2
England v Sweden
Referee: Carlos Simon (Bra)
Linesmen: Jorge Oliveira (Bra) and Yuri Dupanov (Blr)
Fourth official: Mark Shield (Aus)
Paraguay v South Africa
Arbitre: Lubos Michel (Svk)
Linesmen: Igor Sramka (Svk) and Curtis Charles (Ant)
Fourth official: Hugh Dallas (Sco)
Argentina v Nigeria
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (Fra)
Linesmen: Frederic Arnault (Fra) and Heiner Muller (Ger)
Fourth official: Markus Merk (Ger)
Spain v Slovenia
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Mar)
Linesmen: Ali Tomusange Ali (Uga) and Egon Bereuter (Aut)
Fourth official: Coffi Codjia (Ben)
June 3
Croatia v Mexico
Referee: LU Jun (Chn)
Linesmen: Komaleeswaran Sankar (Ind) and Taoufik Adjengui (Tun)
Fourth official: Falla Ndoye (Sen)
Brazil v Turkey
Referee: KIM Young Joo (Kor)
Linesmen: Visva Krishnan (Sin) and Vladimir Fernandez (Slo)
Fourth official: Vitor Melo Pereira (Por)
Italy v Ecuador
Referee: Brian Hall
Linesmen: Hector Vergara (Can) and Philip Sharp (Eng)
Fourth official: Terje Hauge (Nor)
June 4
China v Costa Rica
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Gre)
Linesmen: Carlos Matos (Por) and Jaap Pool (Ned)
Fourth official: Anders Frisk (Swe)
Japan v Belgium
Referee: William Mattus (Crc)
Linesmen: Haidar Koleit (Lib) and Yuri Dupanov (Blr)
Fourth official: Graham Poll (Eng)
Korea v Poland
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Col)
Linesmen: Elise Doriri (Van) and Leif Lindberg (Swe)
Fourth official: Angel Sanchez (Arg)
June 5
Russia v Tunisia
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jam)
Linesmen: Michael Ragoonath (Tri) and Paul Smith (Nzl)
Fourth official: Antonio Lopez Nieto (Spa)
United States v Portugal
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecu)
Linesmen: Bomer Fierro (Ecu) and Awni Hassouneh (Jor)
Fourth official: Saad Mane (Kuw)
Germany v Ireland
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
Linesmen: Jens Larsen (Den) and Evzen Amler (Cze)
Fouth official: Mourad Daami (Tun)
June 6
France v Uruguay
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mex)
Linesmen: Vladimir Fernandez (Spa) and Curtis Charles (Ant)
Fourth official: Urs Meier (Swi)
Cameroon v Saudi Arabia
Referee: Terje Hauge (Nor)
Linesmen: Roland Van Nylen (Bel) and Maciej Wierzbowski (Pol)
Fourth official: Carlos Simon (Bra)
Denmark v Senegal
Referee Carlos Batres (Gua)
Linesmen: Ferenc Szekely (Hon) and Visva Krishnan (Sin)
Fourth official: Kim Young-joo (Kor)
June 7
Sweden v Nigeria
Referee: Rene Ortube (Bol)
Linesmen: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Par) and Awang Hamat Mat Lazim (Mal)
Fourth official: Toru Kamikawa (Jpn)
Spain v Paraguay
Referee: Gamal Ghandour (Egy)
Linesmen: Wagih Farag (Egy) and Brighton Mudzamiri (Zim)
Fourth official: Mohamed Guezzaz (Mar)
Argentina v England
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
Linesmen: Hector Vergara (Can) and Mohamed Saeed (Mdv)
Fourth official: Brian Hall
June 8
South Africa v Slovenia
Referee: Angel Sanchez (Arg)
Linesmen: Jorge Rattalino (Arg) and Ali al Traifi (Uae)
Fourth official: Jan Wegereef (Ned)
Italy v Croatia
Referee: Graham Poll (Eng)
Linesmen: Philip Sharp (Eng) and Jens Larsen (Den)
Fourth official: William Mattus (Crc)
Brazil v China
Referee: Anders Frisk (Swe)
Linesmen: Leif Lindberg (Swe) and Bomer Fierro (Ecu)
Fourth official: Ali Bujsaim (Uae)
June 9
Mexico v Ecuador
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tun)
Linemen: Taoufik Adjengui (Tun) and Haidar Koleit (Lib)
Fourth official: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
Costa Rica v Turkey
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Ben)
Linesmen: Dramane Dante (Mli) and Brighton Mudzamiri (Zim)
Fourth official: Oscar Ruiz (Col)
Japan v Russia
Referee: Markus Merk (Ger)
Linesmen: Heiner Muller (Ger) and Evzen Amler (Cze)
Fourth official: Ubaldo Aquino (Par)
June 10
Korea v United States
Referee: Urs Meier (Swi)
Linesmen: Egon Bereuter (Aut) and Ali Tomusange (Uga)
Fourth official: Gamal Ghandour (Egy)
Tunisia v Belgium
Referee: Mark Shield (Aus)
Linesmen: Paul Smith (Nzl) and Komaleeswaran Sankar (Ind)
Fourth official: Gilles Veissiere (Fra)
Portugal v Poland
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Sco)
Linesmen: Igor Sramka (Svk) and Wagih Farag (Egy)
Fourth official: Carlos Batres (Gua)
June 11
Denmark v France
Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira (Por)
Linesmen: Carlos Matos (Por) and Elise Doriri (Van)
Quatrieme arbitre: Lubos Michel (Svk)
Senegal v Uruguay
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Ned)
Linesmen: Jaap Pool (Ned) and Ferenc Szekely (Hun)
Fourth official: Kyros Vassaras (Gre)
Cameroon v Germany
Referee: Antonio Lopez Nieto (Spa)
Linesmen: Mohamed Saeed (Mdv) and Jorge Oliveira (Bra)
Fourth official: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
Saudi Arabia v Ireland
Referee: Falla NDoye (Sen)
Linesmen: Maciej Wierbowski (Pol) and Frederic Arnault (Fra)
Fourth official: Lu Jun (Chn)
