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The FIFA World Cup is a quadrennial international association football tournament organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). World Cup matches are officiated by referees from the FIFA International Referees List.

World Cup Final match officials

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YearRefereeAssistant refereesFourth officialReserve/Fifth officialVideo Assistant Referee (VAR) and Assistant VARs
1930
[1]
 John Langenus (BEL) Ulises Saucedo (BOL)
 Henri Christophe (BEL)
1934
[2]
 Ivan Eklind (SWE) Louis Baert (BEL)
 Mihály Iváncsics (HUN)
1938
[3]
 Georges Capdeville (FRA) Hans Wüthrich (SUI)
 Augustin Krist (BEL)
1954
[4]
 William Ling (ENG) Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
 Sandy Griffiths (WAL)
1958
[5]
 Maurice Guigue (FRA) Albert Dusch (FRG)
 Juan Gardeazábal Garay (ESP)
1962
[6]
 Nikolay Latyshev (URS) Leo Horn (NED)
 Bobby Davidson (SCO)
1966
[7]
 Gottfried Dienst (SUI) Tofiq Bahramov (URS)
 Karol Galba (TCH)
1970
[8]
 Rudi Glöckner (GDR) Rudolf Scheurer (SUI)
 Ángel Coerezza (ARG)
1974
[9]
 Jack Taylor (ENG) Alfonso González Archundía (MEX)
 Ramón Barreto Ruiz (URU)
1978
[10]
 Sergio Gonella (ITA) Ramón Barreto Ruiz (URU)
 Erich Linemayr (AUT)
1982
[11]
 Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (BRA) Abraham Klein (ISR)
 Vojtech Christov (TCH)
1986
[12]
 Romualdo Arppi Filho (BRA) Erik Fredriksson (SWE)
 Berny Ulloa Morera (CRC)
1990
[13]
 Edgardo Codesal Méndez (MEX) Armando Pérez Hoyos (COL)
 Michał Listkiewicz (POL)
1994
[14]
 Sándor Puhl (HUN) Venancio Zárate Vázquez (PAR)
 Mohammad Fanaei (IRN)
 Francisco Lamolina (ARG)
1998
[15]
 Said Belqola (MAR) Mark Warren (ENG)
 Achmat Salie (RSA)
 Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (KSA)
2002
[16]
 Pierluigi Collina (ITA) Leif Lindberg (SWE)
 Philip Sharp (ENG)
 Hugh Dallas (SCO)
2006
[17]
 Horacio Elizondo (ARG) Darío García (ARG)
 Rodolfo Otero (ARG)
 Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP) Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (ESP)
2010
[18]
 Howard Webb (ENG) Darren Cann (ENG)
 Michael Mullarkey (ENG)
 Yuichi Nishimura (JPN) Toru Sagara (JPN)
2014
[19]
 Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) Renato Faverani (ITA)
 Andrea Stefani (ITA)
 Carlos Vera Rodríguez (ECU) Christian Lescano Guerrero (ECU)
2018
[20]
 Néstor Pitana (ARG) Hernán Maidana (ARG)
 Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG)
 Björn Kuipers (NED) Erwin Zeinstra (NED) Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
 Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
 Carlos Astroza Cárdenas (CHI)
 Danny Makkelie (NED)
2022
[21]
 Szymon Marciniak (POL) Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
 Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
 Ismail Elfath (USA) Kathryn Nesbitt (USA) Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
 Juan Soto Arévalo (VEN)
 Kyle Atkins (USA)
 Fernando Guerrero Ramírez (MEX)
 Corey Parker (USA)
 Bastian Dankert (GER)

By country

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As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup final, 36 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA World Cup final.

Country/NFATotalRefereesAssistant refereesFourth officialsReservesVARsAssistant VARs
Argentina Argentina 9 2511
England England 7 34
Italy Italy 7 331
Poland Poland 5 131
Belgium Belgium 4 13
Netherlands Netherlands 4 1111
United States United States 4 112
Mexico Mexico 3 111
Spain Spain 3 111
Sweden Sweden 3 12
Switzerland Switzerland 3 12
Brazil Brazil 2 2
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2 2
Ecuador Ecuador 2 11
France France 2 2
Hungary Hungary 2 11
Japan Japan 2 11
Scotland Scotland 2 11
Soviet Union Soviet Union 2 11
Uruguay Uruguay 2 2
Austria Austria 1 1
Bolivia Bolivia 1 1
Chile Chile 1 1
Colombia Colombia 1 1
Costa Rica Costa Rica 1 1
East Germany East Germany 1 1
Germany Germany 1 1
Iran Iran 1 1
Israel Israel 1 1
Morocco Morocco 1 1
Paraguay Paraguay 1 1
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1 1
South Africa South Africa 1 1
Venezuela Venezuela 1 1
Wales Wales 1 1
West Germany West Germany 1 1
Total8621428528

By confederation

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ConfederationTotalRefereesAssistant
Referees
Reserve RefereesReserve Assistant RefereesVARsAssistant VARs
UEFA4714263211
CONMEBOL194102102
AFC4012100
CONCACAF3120000
CAF2110000
OFC0000000
Totals:7520407413

Number of matches

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11 matches:

9 matches:

8 matches:

7 matches:

6 matches:

References

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  1. "Match Report Final 1930". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  2. "Match Report Final 1934". Archived from the original on 2009-03-23. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  3. "Match Report Final 1938". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21.
  4. "Match Report Final 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20.
  5. "Match Report Final 1958". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
  6. "Match Report Final 1962". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
  7. "Match Report Final 1966". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25.
  8. "Match Report Final 1970". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25.
  9. "Match Report Final 1974". Archived from the original on 2009-01-26.
  10. "Match Report Final 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12.
  11. "Match Report Final 1982". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
  12. "Match Report Final 1986". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.
  13. "Match Report Final 1990". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  14. "Match Report Final 1994". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.
  15. "Match Report Final 1998". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
  16. "Match Report Final 2002". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
  17. "Match Report Final 2006". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  18. "Match Report Final 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2015.
  19. "Match Report Final 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014.
  20. "Tactical Line-up" (PDF).
  21. "FIFA Media".