Felix Brych and Jonas Eriksson to handle Intercontinental Play-Off 2nd legs

German Felix Brych and Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson have been assigned by FIFA to oversee the second legs of the World Cup Play-Offs between New Zealand and Mexico and Uruguay and Jordan respectively.

After the first leg played in Estadio Azteca that will be controlled by Viktor Kassai, it will be Germany's Felix Brych who will have the honour to take charge of the second leg in Wellington, New Zealand. He will be accompanied by Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp as assistant referees and by Marco Fritz as fourth official. Russian Nikolay Levnikov will be the referee observer.
For the doctor in law from Munich, it will be his second play-off of his career, having handled the match between Ireland and France in Dublin in 2009.

Meanwhile, Eriksson will be assisted by Mathias Klasenius and Daniel Wärnmark on the sidelines, while Stefan Johannesson has been nominated to control the benches as fourth official. Greek Kyros Vassaras will observe and assess the referee team. The match will be kicked-off at 21 November 2013 at midnight of CET.

The first leg will be handled by Norway's Svein Oddvar Moen, so that two Scandinavians have been assigned for this high-profile and potentially intense duel. Massimo Busacca, who made this appointment, knows this stadium in Montevideo best himself: he handled Uruguay's World Cup qualification versus Costa Rica four years ago.

20 November 2013, 07:00 CET
Westpac Stadium, Wellington (NZL)
New Zealand - Mexico
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)
Referee Observer: Nikolay Levnikov (RUS)

21 November 2013, 00:00 CET

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (URU) 

Uruguay - Jordan

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)

Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)

Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)

Fourth Official: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)

Referee Observer: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

source: Árbitro Internacional

Kassai and Moen appointed for Intercontinental Play-Offs

Big honour for Norwegian Svein Oddvar Moen and his pre-selected World Cup team: They have been assigned to handle November's Intercontinental Play-Off between Jordan and Uruguay played in Amman. In addition, Viktor Kassai and company will take charge of the second play-off between Mexico and New Zealand.

Svein Moen will travel to Jordan (c) ZIMBIO

Moen, who has been one of the youngest referees ever promoted to UEFA's highest referee category (Elite), will be accompanied by Kim Thomas Haglund and Frank Andås. Dag Vidar Hafsås completes the all-Norwegian referee quartet. French Bertrand Layec will be present at Amman International Stadium as referee observer.

He has experience with Uruguayan national teams. In 2011, he handled two matches of their U-17 squad, among others their final loss against Mexico in a full Estadio Azteca. Furthermore, Moen handled two matches at last year's Olympic Games. Currently, he is present at U-17 World Cup 2013 and has been appointed to take charge of a quarterfinal (Brazil-Mexico).

Viktor Kassai appointed for Azteca (c) Welt

Additionally, Hungary's Viktor Kassai has been selected to take control over Mexico - New Zealand at Estadio Azteca. In a crowd of almost 100.000, he will be assisted by Gábor Erös, György Ring and István Vad. UEFA Referee Committee member Jozef Marko from Slovakia will assess their performance. 

It is the second time for Kassai to whistle a play-off tie of the "Kiwis": back in 2009, he handled their draw with Bahrain that resulted in their participation in World Cup 2010.

13 November 2013, 16:00 CET (Amman)
Jordan - Uruguay
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Andås (NOR)
Fourth Official: Dag Vidar Hafsås (NOR)
Referee Assessor: Bertrand Layec (FRA)
Blog Referee Observer: Edward (GRE)  

13 November 2013, 20:30 CET (Mexico City)
Mexico - New Zealand
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gábor Erös (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: György Ring (HUN)
Fourth Official: István Vad (HUN)
Referee Assessor: Jozef Marko (SVK)
Blog Referee Observer: Niclas (GER)

World Cup Qualifiers - Referee Appointments for 15 October 2013 (UEFA zone)

This is the second package of referee appointments for next week's FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifiers in UEFA zone played on 15 October. The following ties are the last and therefore vitally decisive matches in the group round. The nine group winners will book their ticket to FIFA World Cup 2014 while the eight best runners-up will face a further qualification round based on a home and away match play-off mode.

Group A

20:45 CET, Jagodina (SRB)
Serbia - FYROM
Referee: Richard Trutz (SVK)
Assistant Referee 1: Martin Balko (SVK)
Assistant Referee 2: Radomir Sluk (SVK)
Fourth Official: Peter Kralović (SVK)

21:00 CET, Brussels (BEL)
Belgium - Wales
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Averianov (RUS)
Fourth Official: Vitaly Meshkov (RUS)

21:00 CET, Glasgow
Scotland - Croatia
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (ROU)
Assistant Referee 1: Cristian Nica (ROU)
Assistant Referee 2: Octavian Sovre (ROU)
Fourth Official: Sebastian Coltescu (ROU)

Group B

20:15 CET, Copenhagen (DEN)
Denmark - Malta
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (MKD)
Assistant Referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (MKD)
Assistant Referee 2: Dejan Kostadinov (MKD)
Fourth Official: Dejan Jakimovski (MKD)

20:45 CET, Napoli (ITA)
Italy - Armenia
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Darren England (NOR)
Fourth Official: Andre Marriner (ENG)

20:45 CET, Sofia (BUL)
Bulgaria - Czech Republic
Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: Gábor Erös (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: György Ring (HUN)
Fourth Official: Sandor Szabó (HUN)

Group C

20:45 CET, Solna (SWE)
Sweden - Germany
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: William Conquer (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Cryans (SCO)
Fourth Official: Robert Madden (SCO)

20:45 CET, Dublin (IRL)
Ireland - Kazakhstan
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)
Assistant Referee 1: Haralds Gudermanis (LVA)
Assistant Referee 2: Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs (LVA)
Fourth Official: Andris Treimanis (LVA)

20:45 CET, Torshávn (FRO)
Faroe Islands - Austria
Referee: Liran Liany (ISR)
Assistant Referee 1: Shabtai Nahmias (ISR)
Assistant Referee 2: Oren Bornshtain (ISR)
Fourth Official: Eli Hacmon (ISR)

Group D

20:00 CET, Istanbul (TUR)
Turkey - Netherlands
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo Santos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: João Santos (POR)
Fourth Official: Carlos Taborda Xistra (POR)

20:00 CET, Bucharest (ROU)
Romania - Estonia
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Igor Krmar (CRO)
Fourth Official: Ante Vučemilović-Simunović jr (CRO)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

20:00 CET, Budapest (HUN)
Hungary - Andorra
Referee: Daniel Stefanski (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafal Rostkowski (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Krzysztof Myrmus (POL)
Fourth Official: Marcin Borski (POL)

Group E

18:00 CET, Nicosia (CYP)
Cyprus - Albania
Referee: Ivan Bebek (CRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Tomislav Petrović (CRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Miro Grgić (CRO)
Fourth Official: Domagoj Vučkov (CRO)

20:00 CET, Bern (SUI)
Switzerland - Slovenia
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin E. J. Zeinstra (NED)
Fourth Official: Pol van Boekel (NED)

20:00 CET, Oslo (NOR)
Norway - Iceland
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA)
Fourth Official: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (ITA)

Group F

19:00 CET, Ramat Gan (ISR)
Israel - Northern Ireland
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Eric Dansault (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Laurent Stien (FRA)
Fourth Official: Fredy Fautrel (FRA)

19:00 CET, Baku (AZE)
Azerbaijan - Russia
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (SRB)
Fourth Official: Bosko Jovanetić (SRB)
Referee Observer: Siegfried Kirschen (GER)
FIFA Delegate: Dušan Tittel (SVK)

20:00 CET, Coimbra (POR)
Portugal - Luxembourg
Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serkan Gençerler (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Kemal Yilmaz (TUR)
Fourth Official: Baris Šimšek (TUR)

Group G

19:00 CET, Piraeus (GRE)
Greece - Liechtenstein
Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jiri Molaček (CZE)
Fourth Official: Radek Prihoda (CZE)

20:00 CET, Kaunas (LTU)
Lithuania - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Markus Häcker (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Thorsten Schiffner (GER)
Fourth Official: Christian Dingert (GER)

20:10 CET, Riga (LVA)
Latvia - Slovakia
Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskiy (UKR)
Assistant Referee 1: Serhiy Bekker (UKR)
Assistant Referee 2: Semen Shlonchak (UKR)
Fourth Official: Yaroslav Kozyk (UKR)

Group H

21:00 CET, London (ENG)
England - Poland
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Matej Žunič (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Bojan Ul (SVN)
Fourth Official: Matej Jug (SVN)

21:00 CET, Podgorica (MNE)
Montenegro - Moldova
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Roland Brandner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Roland Braunschmidt (AUT)
Fourth Official: Rene Eisner (AUT)

21:00 CET, Serravalle (SMR)
San Marino - Ukraine
Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
Assistant Referee 1: Alain Hoxha (AUT)
Assistant Referee 2: Maximilian Kolbitsch (AUT)
Fourth Official: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)

Group I

21:00 CET, Albacete (ESP)
Spain - Georgia
Referee: Florian Meyer (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Holger Henschel (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Christoph Bornhorst (GER)
Fourth Official: Marco Fritz (GER)

22:00 CET, Paris (FRA)
France - Finland 
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Saraidaris (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Karsiotis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Athanassios Giachos (GRE)

World Cup Qualifiers - October Appointments in CAF, CONCACAF & CONMEBOL

These are the confirmed referee appointments for all confederations outside of UEFA. In CAF, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL zone, it is the final and therefore vital last qualifier matchday.

CAF (Africa):

12 October 2013, 16:00 LT
Stade du 4 aout, Ouagadougou (BFA)
Burkina Faso - Algeria 
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (ZAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (ANG)
Assistant Referee 2: Arsénio Marengula (MOZ)
Fourth Official: Joshua Bondo (BOT)

12 October 2013, 17:00 LT
Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan (CIV)
Côte d'Ivoire - Senegal
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (MRI)
Assistant Referee 1: Balkrishna Bootun (MRI)
Assistant Referee 2: Vivian Vally (MRI)
Fourth Official: Ganesh Chutooree (MRI)

13 October 2013, 16:00 LT
Addis Abeba Stadium, Addis Abeba (ETH)
Ethiopia - Nigeria
Referee: Néant Alioum (CMR)*
Assistant Referee 1: Evarist Menkouande (CMR)*
Assistant Referee 2: Yanoussa Moussa (CMR)
Fourth Official: Henry Mouandjo (CMR)

13 October 2013, 18:00 LT
Stade Olympique de Radès, Rades (TUN)
Tunisia - Cameroun
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (MLI)
Assistant Referee 1: Balla Diarra (MLI)
Assistant Referee 2: Aboubacar Doumbouya (GUI)
Fourth Official: Ousmane Karembe (MLI)
Referee Observer: Zeli Sinko (CIV)
Match Delegates: Anthony Baffoe (GHA), René Eberle (SUI)

15 October 2013, 16:00 LT
Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi (GHA)
Ghana - Egypt
Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (MAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Yussif Mabrouk (MAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohamed El Ahmady (MAR)
Fourth Official: Redouane Jiyed (MAR)


CONCACAF (North- and Central America and the Caribbeans): 

11 October 2013, 15:00 LT
Estadio Olimpico, San Pedro Sula (HON)
Honduras - Costa Rica
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)*
Assistant Referee 1: Eric Boria (USA)*
Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Morgan (JAM)*
Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo (USA)

11 October 2013, 17:36 LT
Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City (USA)
USA - Jamaica
Referee: Elmer Arturo Bonilla (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Hermenerito Leal (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronaldo De La Cruz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Sandy Vasquez (DOM)

11 October 2013, 20:30 LT
Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México (MEX)
Mexico - Panama
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)*
Assistant Referee 1: William Torres Mejía (SLV)*
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Francisco Zumba (SLV)*
Fourth Official: Marlon Mejía (SLV) 

15 October 2013, 19:30 LT
Estadio Nacional, San José (CRC)
Costa Rica - Mexico
Referee: Walter López Castellanos (GUA)* **
Assistant Referee 1: Gersón López Castellanos (GUA)* **
Assistant Referee 2: Philippe Brière (CAN)
Fourth Official: Javier Santos (PUR)

15 October 2013, 20:30 LT
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City (PAN)
Panama - USA
Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Garnet Page (JAM)
Assistant Referee 2: Kedlee Powell (JAM)
Fourth Official: Jeffrey Solis Calderón (CRC)

15 October 2013, 20:30 LT
Independence Park, Kingston (JAM)
Jamaica - Honduras
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)*
Assistant Referee 1: Sean Mark Hurd (USA)*
Assistant Referee 2: Joe Fletcher (CAN)*
Fourth Official: Silviu Petrescu (CAN)

** Walter López replaces Enrico Wijngaarde (SUR), Gersón López replaces Ramon Louisville (SUR)


CONMEBOL (South America):

11 October 2013, 16:00 LT
Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito (ECU)
Ecuador - Uruguay
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)*
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson De Carvalho (BRA)*
Assistant Referee 2: Fabricio Vilarinho Da Silva (BRA)
Fourth Official: Wilton Sampaio (BRA)
Referee Observer: Carlos Coradina (ARG)

11 October 2013, 16:00 LT
Metropolitano Roberto Melendez, Barranquilla (COL)
Colombia - Chile
Referee: Paulo César De Oliveira (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Altemir Hausmann (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kleber Lucio Gil (BRA)
Fourth Official: Wilson Seneme (BRA)
Referee Observer: Ernesto Filippi (URU)

11 October 2013, 16:30 LT
Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristobal (VEN)
Venezuela - Paraguay
Referee: Víctor Carrillo (PER)*
Assistant Referee 1: Jonny Bossio (PER)*
Assistant Referee 2: César Escano (PER)*
Fourth Official: Diego Haro (PER)
Referee Observer: Hebert Aguilera (BOL)

11 October 2013, 20:00 LT
El Monumental, Buenos Aires (ARG)
Argentina - Peru
Referee: Carlos Vera (ECU)*
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU)*
Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)*
Fourth Official: Roddy Zambrano (ECU)
Referee Observer: Gastón Castro (CHI)

15 October 2013, 20:30 LT
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago De Chile (CHI)
Chile - Ecuador
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcio Eustáquio Santiago (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rodrigo Correa (BRA)
Fourth Official: Pericles Cortez (BRA)
Referee Observer: Juan Bernabe (PAR)

15 October 2013, 20:30 LT
Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (PAR)
Paraguay - Colombia
Referee: Diego Abal (ARG)*
Assistant Referee 1: Hernán Maidana (ARG)*
Assistant Referee 2: Ernesto Uziga (ARG)
Fourth Official: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)
Referee Observer: Gilberto Higaldo (PER)

15 October 2013, 21:15 LT
Estadio Nacional, Lima (PER)
Peru - Bolivia
Referee: Enrique Cacéres (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zorilla (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)
Fourth Official: Mario Díaz de Vivar (PAR)
Referee Observer: Adrián Gómez (VEN)

15 October 2013, 21:30 LT
Centenario, Montevideo (URU)
Uruguay - Argentina
Referee: Marcelo Henrique (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Rodrigo Joia Pereira (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabio Pereira (BRA)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Marques (BRA)
Referee Observer: Rogger Zambrano (ECU)


* Pre-selected for World Cup 2014

World Cup Qualifiers - Referee Appointments for 11 October 2013 (UEFA zone)

This is the first package of referee appointments for next week's FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifiers in UEFA zone played on 11 October. The appointments for 15 October will follow in due course.

Group A

18:00 CET, Maksimir, Zagreb (CRO)
Croatia - Belgium
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)*
Assistant Referee 1: Michael Mullarkey (ENG)*
Assistant Referee 2: Darren Cann (ENG)*
Fourth Official: Mike Leslie Dean (ENG)

19:45 CET, City Stadium, Cardiff (WAL)
Wales - FYROM
Referee: Suren Baliyan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 1: Mesrop Ghazaryan (ARM)
Assistant Referee 2: Vanik Simonyan (ARM)
Fourth Official: George Vadachkoria (GEO)


Group B

19:00 CET, Republican Stadium, Yerevan (ARM)
Armenia - Bulgaria
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)*
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)*
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)*
Fourth Official: Tobias Welz (GER)

19:30 CET,  Ta'Qali National Stadium, Ta'Qali (MLT)
Malta - Czech Republic
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Primož Arhar (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Marko Stančin (SVN)
Fourth Official: Mitja Žganeč (SVN)
Referee Observer: Athanassios Briakos (GRE)

20:15 CET, Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (DEN)
Denmark - Italy
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)*
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA)*
Assistant Referee 2: Michaël Annonier (FRA)*
Fourth Official: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)


Group C

18:00 CET, Torsvollur, Torshavn (FRO)
Faroe Islands - Kazakhstan
Referee: Dumitru Muntean (MDA)
Assistant Referee 1: Oleg Molceanov (MDA)
Assistant Referee 2: Vitalii Gorbatov (MDA)
Fourth Official: Sergiu Derenov (MDA)

20:45 CET, Rhein-Energie Stadion, Köln (GER)
Germany - Ireland
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Bleyen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristof Meers (BEL)
Fourth Official: Luc Wouters (BEL)

20:45 CET, Friends Arena, Solna (SWE)
Sweden - Austria
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)*
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)*
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)*
Fourth Official: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)


Group D

20:30 CET, Amsterdam ArenA (NED)
Netherlands - Hungary
Referee: Martin Atkinson (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Peter Kirkup (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Jake Collin (ENG)
Fourth Official: Andre Marriner (ENG)

20:30 CET,  Estadio Comunal de Aixovall, Andorra La Vella (AND)
Andorra - Romania
Referee: Stephan Klossner (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Johannes Vogel (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Remy Zgraggen (SUI)
Fourth Official: Nikolaj Hänni (SUI)

21:30 CET,  A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (EST)
Estonia - Turkey
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)*
Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Stefani (ITA)*
Assistant Referee 2: Renato Faverani (ITA)*
Fourth Official: Luca Banti (ITA)


Group E

18:45 CET, Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik (ISL)
Iceland - Cyprus
Referee: István Vad (HUN)
Assistant Referee 1: István Albert (HUN)
Assistant Referee 2: Zsolt Attila Szpisjak (HUN)
Fourth Official: Tamás Bognar (HUN)

20:30 CET,  Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana (ALB)
Albania - Switzerland
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)*
Assistant Referee 1: Bertino Miranda (POR)*
Assistant Referee 2: Tiago Trigo (POR)*
Fourth Official: Duarte Gomes (POR)

20:45 CET,  Ljudski VRT, Maribor (SVN)
Slovenia - Norway
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)*
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)*
Assistant Referee 2: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Fourth Official: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)


Group F

20:30 CET,  Josy-Barthel, Luxembourg (LUX)
Luxembourg - Russia
Referee: Stephan Studer (SUI)
Assistant Referee 1: Sandro Pozzi (SUI)
Assistant Referee 2: Sladan Josipović (SUI)
Fourth Official: Alain Bieri (SUI)
Referee Observer: Costas Kapitanis (CYP)

20:45 CET,  José Alvalade, Lisbon (POR)
Portugal - Israel
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Dag-Roger Nebben (NOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Fourth Official: Dag Vidar Hafsås (NOR)

21:00 CET, Bakcell Arena, Baku (AZE)
Azerbaijan - Northern Ireland
Referee: Andrea De Marco (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Fourth Official: Mauro Bergonzi (ITA)
Referee Observer: Adrian Casha (MLT)


Group G

18:30 CET, LFF Stadium, Vilnius (LTU)
Lithuania - Latvia
Referee: Petur Reinert (FRO)
Assistant Referee 1: Regin Egholm (FRO)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan A Lidarenda (FRO)
Fourth Official: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (ISL)

20:00 CET, Bilino Polje, Zenica (BIH)
Bosnia-Herzegovina - Liechtenstein
Referee: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Berry Simons (NED)
Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

21:45 CET,  Georgios Karaisakis Stadium, Piraeus (GRE)
Greece - Slovakia
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Häcker (GER)
Fourth Official: Florian Meyer (GER)


Group H

19:00 CET, Zimbru, Chisinau (MDA)
Moldova - San Marino
Referee: Ignasi Villamayor Rozados (AND)
Assistant Referee 1: Laudino López (AND)
Assistant Referee 2: Rui Miquel Maciel (AND)
Fourth Official: Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU)
Referee Observer: Ferenc Székely (HUN)

20:00 CET, Wembley Stadium, London (ENG)
England - Montenegro
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)*
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)*
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar (ESP)*
Fourth Official: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)

21:00 CET, Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv (UKR)
Ukraine - Poland
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)*
Assistant Referee 1: Mathias Klasenius (SWE)*
Assistant Referee 2: Daniel Wärnmark (SWE)*
Fourth Official: Stefan Johannesson (SWE)


Group I

22:00 CET, Son Moix, Palma De Mallorca (ESP)
Spain - Belarus
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles John Schaap (NED)
Fourth Official: Danny Makkelie (NED)


* Pre-selected for World Cup 2014

World Cup Qualifier Referee Appointments are unfolding

This October, the world of football will face the decisive qualifying phase for FIFA World Cup 2014. Within every confederation, some national teams have already qualified while others are still striving for the highly coveted remaining places for the competition to be played in Brazil. Some referee appointments for this vital qualifier round have been revealed by diverse forms of press and will be collected during the next days.

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CAF (Africa): 

Tunisia - Cameroun (13 October)
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (MLI)
Assistant Referee 1: Balla Diarra (MLI)
Assistant Referee 2: Aboubacar Doumbouya (MLI)
Fourth Official: Ousmane Karembe (MLI)
Referee Observer: Zeli Sinko (CIV)
Match Delegates: Anthony Baffoe (GHA), Rene Eberle (SUI)

Burkina Faso - Algeria (11 October)
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (ZAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (ANG)
Assistant Referee 2: Arsénio Marengula (MOZ)
Fourth Official: Joshua Bondo (BOT)

Senegal - Côte d'Ivoire (11 October)
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (MRI)

Ghana - Egypt
Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (MAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Yussif Mabrouk (MAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohamed El Ahmady (MAR)


Cameroun - Tunisia
Referee: Daniel Bennett (RSA)

CONCACAF (North- and Central America and the Caribbeans): 

Honduras - Costa Rica (11 October)
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Eric Boria (USA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Morgan (JAM)
Fourth Official: Baldomero Toledo (USA)

Mexico - Panama (11 October)
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: William Torres Mejia (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Francisco Zumba (SLV)
Fourth Official: Marlon Mejia (SLV)

United States - Jamaica (11 October)
Referee: Elmer Arturo Bonilla (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: Hermenerito Leal (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Ronaldo De La Cruz (GUA)
Fourth Official: Sandy Vazquez (DOM)


Jamaica - Honduras (15 October)
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA, TBC)


CONMEBOL (South America):

Ecuador - Uruguay (11 October)
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson De Carvalho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabricio Vilarinho Da Silva (BRA)
Fourth Official: Wilton Sampaio (BRA)

Colombia - Chile (11 October)
Referee: Paulo César De Oliveira (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Altemir Hausmann (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Kleber Lucio Gil (BRA)
Fourth Official: Wilson Seneme (BRA)

Venezuela - Paraguay (11 October)
Referee: Víctor Carrillo (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jonny Bossio (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: César Escano (PER)
Fourth Official: Diego Haro (PER)

Argentina - Peru (11 October)
Referee: Carlos Vera (ECU)
Assistant Referee 1: Christian Lescano (ECU)
Assistant Referee 2: Byron Romero (ECU)
Fourth Official: Roddy Zambrano (ECU)

Chile - Ecuador (15 October)
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Marcio Eustáquio Santiago (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rodrigo Correa (BRA)
Fourth Official: Pericles Cortez (BRA)

Uruguay - Argentina (15 October)
Referee: Marcelo Henrique (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Rodrigo Joia Pereira (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Fabio Pereira (BRA)
Fourth Official: Ricardo Marques (BRA)

Paraguay - Colombia (15 October)
Referee: Diego Abal (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Hernán Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Ernesto Uziga (ARG)
Fourth Official: Mauro Vigliano (ARG)

Peru - Bolivia (15 October)
Referee: Enrique Cacéres (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Juan Zorilla (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)
Fourth Official: Mario Díaz de Vivar (PAR)

UEFA (Europe):

Denmark - Italy (Group B, 11 October)
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Frédéric Cano (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Annonier (FRA)
Fourth Official: Ruddy Buquet (FRA)

Sweden - Austria (Group C, 11 October)
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Hüseyin Göçek (TUR)

Germany - Ireland (Group C, 11 October)
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: Frank Bleyen (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: Kristof Meers (BEL)
Fourth Official: Luc Wouters (BEL)

Estonia - Turkey (Group D, 11 October)
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Renato Faverani (ITA)
Fourth Official: Luca Banti (ITA)

Albania - Switzerland (Group E, 11 October)
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)

Bosnia Herzegovina - Liechtenstein (Group G, 11 October)
Referee: Richard Liesveld (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Angelo Boonman (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Berry Simons (NED)
Fourth Official: Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)

Greece - Slovakia (Group G, 11 October)
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Guido Kleve (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Markus Häcker (GER)
Fourth Official: Florian Meyer (GER)

England - Montenegro (Group H, 11 October)
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar (ESP)
Fourth Official: Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP)
Referee Observer: Vaclav Krondl (CZE)
Match Delegate: Martin Sturkenbroom (NED)

Spain - Belarus (Group I, 11 October)
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Rob van de Ven (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Charles Schaap (NED)
Fourth Official: Danny Makkelie (NED)


Sweden - Germany (Group C, 15 October)
Referee: William Collum (SCO)
Assistant Referee 1: William Conquer (SCO)
Assistant Referee 2: Martin Cryans (SCO)
Fourth Official: Robert Madden (SCO)

Greece - Liechtenstein (Group G, 15 October)
Referee: Libor Kovarik (CZE)
Assistant Referee 1: Krystof Mencl (CZE)
Assistant Referee 2: Jiri Molacek (CZE)
Fourth Official: Radek Prihoda (CZE)
Referee Observer: Raymond Ellingham (WAL)
FIFA Delegate: Scott Struthers (SCO)

France - Finland (Group I, 15 October)
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Saraidaris (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael Karsiotis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Athanassios Giachos (GRE)