With Qatar final pedigree: who is the referee for semi-final v England

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·13 July 2026

With Qatar final pedigree: who is the referee for semi-final v England

FIFA confirmed that American referee Ismail Elfath will be in charge of officiating the semifinal against England, accompanied by his fellow Americans Corey Parker and Kyle Atkins as assistants. The fourth official will be Italian referee Maurizio Mariani.

In this World Cup, the 43-year-old referee has already overseen three matches. He also has experience from Qatar 2022, where he officiated three matches and served as the fourth official in the final against France.

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The red card shown to Canobbio by Elfath. World Cup 2026: Uruguay 0–1 Spain.

Matches officiated at the 2026 World Cup

In the current World Cup, Elfath was in charge of 3 matches before the semifinal.

Netherlands 2–2 Japan (Group Stage): He showed 3 yellow cards. Uruguay 0–1 Spain (Group Stage): He booked 4 players and showed his only red card of the tournament to Uruguay’s Agustín Canobbio. Brazil 1–2 Norway (Round of 16)

Matches officiated at Qatar 2022

In his first World Cup experience as the main referee, he was also in charge of 3 matches.

Portugal 3–2 Ghana (Group Stage). Cameroon 1–0 Brazil (Group Stage): A historic match because of the result, in which he showed 7 yellow cards, his record for cautions in a single World Cup match. Japan 1 (1)–1 (3) Croatia (Round of 16): His first knockout-stage match at a World Cup.

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