The Italian referee has been assigned to the last act of the competition, the final between Argentina and Morocco.
He will be assisted by his countrymen Daniele Bindoni and Alberto Tegoni, while US referee Joseph Dickerson will be fourth official with Video Support duties.
ARGENTINA - MOROCCO
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Joseph Dickerson USA
Reserve Assistant Referee: Logan Brown USA
The Third Place Final Colombia - France will be officiated by Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, with Saudi fourth official Khalid Al Turais.
18 October 2025, 21:00 CET
COLOMBIA - FRANCE
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan SOM
Assistant Referee 1: Gilbert Cheruiyot KEN
Assistant Referee 2: Abelmiro Montenegro STP
Fourth Official: Khalid Al Turais KSA
Reserve Assistant Referee: Mohammed Al Abakry KSA
COLOMBIA - FRANCE
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan SOM
Assistant Referee 1: Gilbert Cheruiyot KEN
Assistant Referee 2: Abelmiro Montenegro STP
Fourth Official: Khalid Al Turais KSA
Reserve Assistant Referee: Mohammed Al Abakry KSA
Fun fact: Nyberg did ARGNIG in R16 last U-20WC and then he got the final…the same with Mariani this season ;).
ReplyDeleteAnd another fun fact: Tejera and Pinherio were the SF referees last U-17WC in Indonesia (Pinheiro did ARG and Tejera had FRA too) ;)
DeleteItalian referees and Argentina a very long story of officiating.
DeleteAnd if not possible in "major" World Cup, you have this one. :)
Now Mariani has surely the ticket for the US competition, and Guida can be disappointed. He had stated, shortly after EURO, that he wanted to reach the WC as maybe last goal. No chances but maybe now UEFA will find a way to compensate him?
About the third-place final, it's a very classic assignment for a good CAF crew, as we used to see in the past, though it had become a bit rarer in recent times.
Why is that not possible? Wh had Rizzoli in 2014 with Argentina...
DeleteI was not clear, I meant in this case for the quality of Italian referees, not the same of that time, it looks unlikely to have an Italian referee handling Argentina in a big game at "real" WC, so this rather happens now :) But of course, everything is possible, you are right!
DeleteAh, now I understand it and i fully agree with you then.
DeleteHappy for Artan! I hope he delivers
ReplyDeleteAs we expected
ReplyDeleteI think fifa admire the performance of mariani and pinheiro this is indicator that they will be is usa next summer for sure they deserve that
ReplyDeleteDo we expect the final WC list in March? If I’m not wrong, the one for Russia was released in that month (Qatar’s was on May but obviously everything was different)
ReplyDeleteOr maybe Arbitro Internacional will have the “pleasure” to give us the names in December? Like they did with the WWC ;)
Predictions for UEFA referees for World Cup?
ReplyDeleteEskas, Kovacs, Letexier, Makkelie, Marciniak, Mariani, Nyberg, Oliver, Peljto, Sanchez, Schärer, Taylor, Turpin, Vincic, Zwayer
DeleteFirst alternative: Pinheiro
Second alternative: Siebert
Outside chances: Gil Manzano, Meler
Anyone else would be a big surprise at the moment.
I think, 15 is a reasonable number in this extended World Cup (also with bigger travel distances than last time).
My guess would be something like 15 UEFA, 9 CONMEBOL, 3*6 from the other confeds + 1 OFC, so around 43 referees in total.
Arbitro Internacional revealed the number of referees per confederation a long time ago, I can’t remember exactly but I think they said 12 spots for UEFA and 1 reserve.
DeleteBut let me check again.
Croatian league
ReplyDeleteLast matdhday (of course, played the week before last) the refereeing was talked about the most in the match in which one of the competitors in the fight for the title was defeated. Several situations are doubtful, I am interested in this one.
The main referee did not award anything. After a call from the Var room and OFR - a changes the decision to a penalty kick. Is it the right decision or should the goalkeeper have received a yellow card? Are there elements for a red card?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QcEvVVmIwXM