<P> On 29 March 2018, FIFA published the list of 36 referees and 63 assistant referees, on the basis of nationality, from all six football confederations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup . These were selected from a longlist of 53 trios . </P> <P> Out of these, one referee and one assistant referee were dropped from the list and were not replaced . The two assistant referees associated with the dropped referee also withdrew, but were replaced in the roster . </P> <P> On 12 July 2018, FIFA announced that Argentine referee Néstor Pitana would take charge of the final . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Confederation </Th> <Th> Referee </Th> <Th> Assistant referees </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> Alireza Faghani (Iran) </Td> <Td> Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) </Td> <Td> Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) </Td> <Td> Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Hasan Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ryuji Sato (Japan) </Td> <Td> Toru Sagara (Japan) Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) </Td> <Td> Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Taleb Al Maari (Qatar) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CAF </Td> <Td> Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) </Td> <Td> Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) </Td> <Td> Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Samba (Senegal) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bakary Gassama (Gambia) </Td> <Td> Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gehad Grisha (Egypt) </Td> <Td> Redouane Achik (Morocco) Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) </Td> <Td> Jerson Dos Santos (Angola) Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CONCACAF </Td> <Td> Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) </Td> <Td> Juan Zumba (El Salvador) Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mark Geiger (United States) </Td> <Td> Frank Anderson (United States) Joe Fletcher (Canada) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jair Marrufo (United States) </Td> <Td> Corey Rockwell (United States) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Pitti (Panama) </Td> <Td> Gabriel Victoria (Panama) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> César Arturo Ramos (Mexico) </Td> <Td> Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Miguel Hernández (Mexico) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CONMEBOL </Td> <Td> Julio Bascuñán (Chile) </Td> <Td> Carlos Astroza (Chile) Christian Schiemann (Chile) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay) </Td> <Td> Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) </Td> <Td> Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay) Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Néstor Pitana (Argentina) </Td> <Td> Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sandro Ricci (Brazil) </Td> <Td> Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) </Td> <Td> Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) Cristian de la Cruz (Colombia) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> OFC </Td> <Td> Matthew Conger (New Zealand) </Td> <Td> Simon Lount (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) </Td> <Td> Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> Felix Brych (Germany) </Td> <Td> Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) </Td> <Td> Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sergei Karasev (Russia) </Td> <Td> Anton Averianov (Russia) Tikhon Kalugin (Russia) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) </Td> <Td> Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Szymon Marciniak (Poland) </Td> <Td> Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) </Td> <Td> Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Milorad Mažić (Serbia) </Td> <Td> Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) </Td> <Td> Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Mauro Tonolini (Italy) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Damir Skomina (Slovenia) </Td> <Td> Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Robert Vukan (Slovenia) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clément Turpin (France) </Td> <Td> Cyril Gringore (France) Nicolas Danos (France) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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