Referees, 2002 only.

Match officials who worked the 2002 World Cup. Click any row for their full career history across every WC they officiated.

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Referees in 2002

109

Matches officiated

in 2002

3+ World Cups

career veterans (all-time)

Countries represented

in 2002

2002 referees

37 referees

Name containsCountryStage

#	Referee	Country	Matches	WCs	Span	Knockout matches
1	Ali Bujsaim	United Arab Emirates	7	3	1994–2002	3rdSFR16
2	Carlos Simon	Brazil	6	3	2002–2010	none
3	Gamal Al-Ghandour	Egypt	6	2	1998–2002	QF ×2
4	Óscar Ruiz	Colombia	6	3	2002–2010	QF
5	Kim Milton Nielsen	Denmark	5	2	1998–2002	SFR16
6	Ľuboš Micheľ	Slovakia	5	2	2002–2006	QFR16
7	Markus Merk	Germany	5	2	2002–2006	R16
8	Pierluigi Collina	Italy	5	2	1998–2002	FR16
9	Carlos Batres	Guatemala	4	2	2002–2010	QF
10	Graham Poll	England	4	2	2002–2006	none
11	Hugh Dallas	Scotland	4	2	1998–2002	QF ×2
12	Toru Kamikawa	Japan	4	2	2002–2006	3rd
13	Urs Meier	Switzerland	4	2	1998–2002	SFR16
14	Vítor Melo Pereira	Portugal	4	2	1998–2002	R16 ×2
15	Coffi Codjia	Benin	3	2	2002–2006	none
16	Felipe Ramos	Mexico	3	1	2002	QF
17	Mark Shield	Australia	3	2	2002–2006	none
18	Saad Mane	Kuwait	3	1	2002	3rd
19	Anders Frisk	Sweden	2	1	2002	R16
20	Ángel Sánchez	Argentina	2	1	2002	none
21	Brian Hall	United States	2	1	2002	none
22	Byron Moreno	Ecuador	2	1	2002	R16
23	Gilles Veissière	France	2	1	2002	none
24	Lu Jun	China	2	1	2002	none
25	Peter Prendergast	Jamaica	2	1	2002	R16
26	Ubaldo Aquino	Paraguay	2	1	2002	R16
27	William Mattus	Costa Rica	2	1	2002	none
28	Antonio López Nieto	Spain	1	1	2002	none
29	Carlos Alberto Batres	Guatemala	1	1	2002	R16
30	Falla N'Doye	Senegal	1	1	2002	none
31	Jan Wegereef	Netherlands	1	1	2002	none
32	Kim Young-joo	South Korea	1	1	2002	none
33	Kyros Vassaras	Greece	1	1	2002	none
34	Mohamed Guezzaz	Morocco	1	1	2002	none
35	Mourad Daami	Tunisia	1	1	2002	none
36	René Ortubé	Bolivia	1	1	2002	none
37	Terje Hauge	Norway	1	1	2002	none

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