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#Post#: 108637--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: Arbitre anglais
Date: July 7, 2026, 7:33 am
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--- Quote from: adcr85 link ---
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> Following Abdulrahman Al-Jassim in 2022, I wonder if they will
continue a trend of giving the 3rd/4th play off to a host nation
ref, thus Penso may get that appointment
>
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I was going to say this too. A good outside bet - if the OFRs
etc have done for Faghani, (?), the Jordanian has had a very
good tournament. Haven’t seen the USA game but Collina was in
the stand and AFC has never had the final and would be totally
neutral? Would actually be nice to see a ref just getting on
with his job, doing well and being rewarded (Faghani, 2018).
Some big countries are out (Holland, Germany, Brazil) so their
refs will be hoping for something? I rate Makkelie and think he
often gets given the big games due to his quality and then
overlooked for the final? He’s clearly eligible this time. None
of the Brazilians are ahead of many others for me, but politics
…
If concacaf, Barton or Martinez on performance principle, and if
Elfath is there, we’ll know Trump has been on the blower again!
Bigger tournament may justify keeping any of the French /
English they would like to give it to in case?
#Post#: 108640--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: GingerReferee
Date: July 7, 2026, 10:06 am
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Predictions for rest of tournament
France vs Morocco: Cesar Ramos with Ivan Barton
England vs Norway: Slavko Vincic with Joao Pinherio
Spain Vs Belgium: Maurizio Mariani with Anthony Taylor
Qf4: Ramon Abatti with Tori Penso
Sf1: Alireza Faghani with Raphael Claus
Sf1: Syzmon Marcinak with Danny Makkelie
3rd place:outside bet but think he’s had a great tournament
Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh With Katia Garcia
Final with no England
Michael Oliver with Ismail Elfath
Or with England
Vincic with Elfath
#Post#: 108643--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: Vassago
Date: July 7, 2026, 11:13 am
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Facundo Tello got the France v Morocco QF!
#Post#: 108644--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: AFAref
Date: July 7, 2026, 11:19 am
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IMO, the best referee in the World at the moment is Monsieur
Turpin. If France do not make the final then he should be
getting it
#Post#: 108667--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: Jtd508110
Date: July 7, 2026, 2:05 pm
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I'd like Turpin or Taylor to get the final this year if the
results end up in a certain way. I think that they both have
performed consistently well throughout the tournament and have
the authority needed to manage a final.
Outside of them two, I'm not sure who deserves it. Maybe Barton.
#Post#: 108755--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: HChip
Date: July 8, 2026, 3:56 pm
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“For those who are asking: all the referees are still at the
World Cup; between today and tomorrow, those who worked solely
as fourth officials returned home; only after the quarterfinals
will the number of main referees and VAR officials be reduced.”
- ArbitroInternational - ITK Twitter Account regarding referees
The list of Support Officials includes:
Sandro Scharer SUI
Andres Rojas COL
Dario Herrera ARG
Kevin Ortega PER
Ramon Abatti BRA
Juan Calderon CRC
Katia Garcia MEX
Oshane Nation JAM
Yusuke Araki JPN
Ma Ning CHN
Omar Al Ali UAE
Dahane Beida MTN
Abongile Tom RSA
Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh NZL
Those in bold received a centre referee appointment.
This may be a longer list than reality, as we can see a few
supports being used at this stage still, however that’s a rough
guidance.
#Post#: 108771--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: HChip
Date: July 9, 2026, 7:24 am
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The following VAR Officials have returned home:
Shaun Evans 🇦🇺
Fu Ming 🇨🇳
Hamza El Fariq 🇲🇦
Erick Miranda 🇲🇽
Rodolpho Toski 🇧🇷
Fedayi San 🇨🇭
#Post#: 108787--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: dtrv2
Date: July 9, 2026, 3:11 pm
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--- Quote from: HChip link ---
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> The following VAR Officials have returned home:
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> Shaun Evans 🇦🇺
> Fu Ming 🇨🇳
> Hamza El Fariq 🇲🇦
> Erick Miranda 🇲🇽
> Rodolpho Toski 🇧🇷
> Fedayi San 🇨🇭
>
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Am I right in thinking Evans and San got no further than AVAR?
Obviously there was the issue with Evans early on, but seems odd
to only take them to be support VARs.
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Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: HChip
Date: July 9, 2026, 3:25 pm
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--- Quote from: dtrv2 link ---
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> [quote author=HChip link=topic=8204.msg108771#msg108771
date=1783599856]
> The following VAR Officials have returned home:
>
> Shaun Evans 🇦🇺
> Fu Ming 🇨🇳
> Hamza El Fariq 🇲🇦
> Erick Miranda 🇲🇽
> Rodolpho Toski 🇧🇷
> Fedayi San 🇨🇭
>
--- End Quote ---
Am I right in thinking Evans and San got no further than AVAR?
Obviously there was the issue with Evans early on, but seems odd
to only take them to be support VARs.
[/quote]
Fedayi was VAR for Istvan once in MD2, no idea how many in
total. Shaun didn’t get to be main VAR at all, and one can only
assume it was because of the controversy. No other reason seems
valid considering the amount of VAR officials compared to games!
#Post#: 108801--------------------------------------------------
Re: QF 'cull"?
DIR By: PhiltheRef
Date: July 9, 2026, 6:17 pm
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Just out of general interest, why are you so certain that, were
an English Referee to receive that appointment, it would
definitely be Mr Oliver?
Mr Collina will, I feel certain, appoint the most appropriate
officials to any and all remaining games.
An Italian partner of a former colleague of mine, suggests from
media articles in Iraly that he is not as 'swayed' by VAR
interventions as we are in England, particularly if it's in any
way a debatable call.
His priority is, allowing for the above caveat, how the game has
been managed
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