The following is a list of match officials (referees, assistant referees, and video assistant referees) who officiated at the

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Referees and assistant referees

On 29 March 2018, FIFA published the list of 36

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and 63 assistant referees, on the basis of nationality, from all six football confederations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. These were selected from a longlist of 53 trios. Out of these, one referee and one assistant referee were dropped from the list and were not replaced. The two assistant referees associated with the dropped referee also withdrew, but were replaced in the roster. On 12 July 2018,

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announced that Argentine referee

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would take charge of the

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Video assistant referees

On 30 April 2018, FIFA announced 13

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s (VARs) had been appointed. For each World Cup game, there will be one VAR and three AVARs (Assistant Video Assistant Referees), each responsible for different situations. They will be supporting the main referee from the Video Operation Room based at the

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(IBC) in

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Referees withdrawn and replaced

Referee

Fahad Al-Mirdasi Fahad Al-Mirdasi (born 16 August 1985) is a Saudi Arabian football referee who served as a full international for FIFA from 2011 to 2018, when he was banned for life for match fixing. Refereeing career Al-Mirdasi was one of the referees for t ...

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) was withdrawn due to attempted match-fixing at the

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Final. His assistant referees were also withdrawn: *Mohammed Al-Abakry (

) *Abdulah Al-Shalwai (

) No referee was called up to replace Al-Mirdasi, but two assistant referees were called up to complete the referee teams of

Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed ( ar, محمد عبد الله حسن محمد; born 2 December 1978) is an Emirati football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2010. He was one of the referees of the 2015 AFC Asian ...

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) and

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), respectively: *Hasan Al Mahri (

) *Hiroshi Yamauchi (

) Assistant referee

Marwa Range Aden Marwa Range (born 31 January 1977) is a football referee from Kenya. Career Marwa has served as a FIFA referee since 2011. He is the first Kenyan football official to be involved in any FIFA competition, having featured in the 2011 FIFA U-1 ...

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) also withdrew after the

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released an investigation conducted by a Ghanaian journalist which implicated Marwa in a bribery scandal.

References

External links

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of match officials
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* FIFA World Cup-related lists