2026 World Cup referees: Full list of officials
2026 World Cup referees: Full list of officials
Jon Arnold, USA TODAYWed, June 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM UTC
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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.
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.
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"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."
Here is the full lists of officials named to impart justice at the World Cup:
Which referees made the 2026 World Cup?
Name
Country
Abdulrahman Al Jassim Al
Khalid Al Turais
Yusuke Araki
Omar Abdulkadir Artan
Pierre Atcho
Ivan Barton
Dahane Beida
Juan Gabriel Benitez
Juan Calderon
Raphael Claus
Ismail Elfath
Espen Eskas
Alireza Faghani
Yael Falcon Perez
Drew Fischer
Cristian Garay
Katia Garcia
Mustapha Ghorbal
Alejandro Hernandez
Dario Herrera
Jalal Jayed
Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh
Istvan Kovacs
Francois Letexier
Ning Ma
Adham Makhadmeh
Danny Makkelie
Szymon Marciniak
Maurizio Mariani
Hector Said Martinez
Amin Mohamed
Oshane Nation
Glenn Nyberg
Michael Oliver
Kevin Ortega
Tori Penso
Joao Pinheiro
Cesar Ramos
Andres Rojas
Sandro Schaerer
Ilgiz Tantashev
Anthony Taylor
Gustavo Tejera
Facundo Tello
Abongile Tom
Clement Turpin
Jesus Valenzuela
Slavko Vincic
Felix Zwayer
What assistant referees are at the 2026 World Cup?
AR Name
Country
Amos Abeigne
Mahmoud Abouelregal
Mostafa Akarkad
Mohammed Al Abakry
Mohamed Al Hammadi
Mohammad Al Kalaf
Saoud Al Maqaleh
Taleb Al Marri
Ahmad Al Roalle
Lyes Arfa
Kyle Atkins
Carlos Barreiro
Micheal Barwegen
Isaak Bashevkin
Adam Kupsik
Mahbod Beigi
Juan Pablo Belatti
Gary Beswick
Daniele Bindoni
Marco Bisguerra
Zakaria Brinsi
Bruno Boschilia
Bruno Pires
Stuart Burt
Eduardo Cardozo
Gabriel Chade
Manis Danilo
Nicolas Danos
Stephane De Almeida
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Jan De Vries
Maximiliano Del Yesso
Christian Dietz
Boris Ditsoga
Jan Erik Engan
Rodrigo Figueiredo
Timur Gaynullin
Mokrane Gourari
Alexander Guzman
Ahmed Hossam Taha
Santos Jerson
Bruno Jesus
Robert Kempter
Tomaz Klancnik
Andraz Kovacic
George Lakrindis
James Lindsay
Tomasz Listkiewicz
Walter Lopez
Luciano Maia
James Mainwaring
Mihai Marica
Brooke Mayo
Jun Mihara
Juan Carlos Mora
David Moran
Tulio Moreno
Alberto Morin
Cyril Mugnier
Jose Enrique Naranjo Perez
Cristian Navarro
Kathryn Nesbitt
Elvis Noupue
Adam Nunn
Michael Orue
Benjamin Pages
Corey Parker
Antonio Pupiro
Alves Rafael
Mehdi Rahmouni
Christian Ramirez
Sandra Ramirez
Jose Retamal
Miguel Rocha
Facundo Rodriguez
Milciades Saldivar
Diego Sanchez
Zakhele Siwela
Andreas Soderkvist
Hessel Steegstra
Nicolas Taran
Alberto Tegoni
Isaac Trevis
Andrey Tsapenko
Ferencz Tunyogi
Jorge Urrego
Caleb Wales
Abbes Akram Zerhouni
Fei Zhou
What VAR officials are at the 2026 World Cup?
Name
Country
Khamis Al-Marri
Abdullah Alshehri
Mahmoud Ashour
Ivan Bebek
Jerome Brisard
Bastian Dankert
Carlos Del Cerro Grande
Marco Di Bello
Joe Dickerson
Rob Dieperink
Hamza El Fariq
Shaun Evans
Ming Fu
Nicolas Gallo
Antonio Garcia
Jarred Gillett
Leodan Gonzalez
Tatiana Guzman
Dennis Higler
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Juan Lara
Hernan Mastrangelo
Erick Miranda
Obaid Khadim Mohammed
Guillermo Pacheco
Fedayi San
Juan Soto
Rodolpho Toski
Bram Van Driessche
Armando Villarreal
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