Referees, 1998 only.

Match officials who worked the 1998 World Cup. Click any row for their full career history across every WC they officiated.

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Referees in 1998

Matches officiated

in 1998

3+ World Cups

career veterans (all-time)

Countries represented

in 1998

1998 referees

35 referees

Name containsCountryStage

#	Referee	Country	Matches	WCs	Span	Knockout matches
1	Ali Bujsaim	United Arab Emirates	7	3	1994–2002	3rdSFR16
2	Arturo Brizio Carter	Mexico	6	2	1994–1998	QFR16
3	Gamal Al-Ghandour	Egypt	6	2	1998–2002	QF ×2
4	Kim Milton Nielsen	Denmark	5	2	1998–2002	SFR16
5	Mario van der Ende	Netherlands	5	2	1994–1998	R16
6	Pierluigi Collina	Italy	5	2	1998–2002	FR16
7	Hugh Dallas	Scotland	4	2	1998–2002	QF ×2
8	Urs Meier	Switzerland	4	2	1998–2002	SFR16
9	Vítor Melo Pereira	Portugal	4	2	1998–2002	R16 ×2
10	Epifanio González	Paraguay	3	1	1998	3rd
11	José María García-Aranda	Spain	3	1	1998	SFR16
12	Said Belqola	Morocco	3	1	1998	F
13	Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid	Saudi Arabia	2	1	1998	none
14	Bernd Heynemann	Germany	2	1	1998	R16
15	Eddie Lennie	Australia	2	1	1998	none
16	Esfandiar Baharmast	United States	2	1	1998	none
17	Günter Benkö	Austria	2	1	1998	none
18	Javier Castrilli	Argentina	2	1	1998	R16
19	László Vágner	Hungary	2	1	1998	none
20	Lim Kee Chong	Mauritius	2	2	1994–1998	none
21	Marc Batta	France	2	1	1998	R16
22	Márcio Rezende de Freitas	Brazil	2	1	1998	none
23	Pirom Un-Prasert	Thailand	2	1	1998	none
24	Rune Pedersen	Norway	2	1	1998	QF
25	Alberto Tejada	Peru	1	1	1998	none
26	Ian McLeod	South Africa	1	1	1998	none
27	John Toro Rendón	Colombia	1	1	1998	none
28	Lucien Bouchardeau	Niger	1	1	1998	none
29	Mario Sánchez	Chile	1	1	1998	none
30	Mario Sánchez Yantén	Chile	1	1	1998	none
31	Masayoshi Okada	Japan	1	1	1998	none
32	Nikolai Levnikov	Russia	1	1	1998	none
33	Paul Durkin	England	1	1	1998	none
34	Ramesh Ramdhan	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	1998	none
35	Ryszard Wójcik	Poland	1	1	1998	none

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