🚨 Only one German involved! These refs are at the World Cup | OneFootball

FIFA officially announced this morning the list of all 52 referees who will officiate at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

Among the nominated head referees, there is only one German. Here’s the full list.

Michael Oliver (England)

Anthony Taylor (England)

François Letexier (France)

Clément Turpin (France)

Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Espen Eskas (Norway)

Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Joao Pinheiro (Portugal)

Istvan Kovacs (Romania)

Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)

Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

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Sandro Schaerer (Switzerland)

Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Ning Ma (China)

Alireza Faghani (Australia)

Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar)

Khalid Al Turais (Saudi Arabia)

Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Amin Mohammed (Egypt)

Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

Abongile Tom (South Africa)

Drew Fischer (Canada)

Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)

Said Martinez (Honduras)

Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Cesar Ramos (Mexico)

Katia Garcia (Mexico)

Ivan Barton (El Salvador)

Ismail Elfath (USA)

Tori Penso (USA)

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Yael Falcon Perez (Argentina)

Dario Herrera (Argentina)

Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Cristian Garay (Chile)

Andres Rojas (Colombia)

Juan Gabriel Benitez (Paraguay)

Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Jesus Valenzuela (Venezuela)

With Katia García (Mexico) and Tori Penso (USA), only two women made the official list. At the 2022 finals in Qatar, there were still three.

Who’s missing for you, and what do you find surprising? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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