2018 Copa Libertadores Final: Boca Juniors - River Plate, second leg (Discussion)

Andrés Cunha from Uruguay has been appointed by CONMEBOL to handle the second leg of 2018 Copa Libertadores final,  River Plate - Boca Juniors. 

Referee of the Year - Alireza Faghani is the best 2018 FIFA WC Performer

The fitfh contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, is over. Alireza Faghani from Iran has been voted as the best 2018 FIFA World Cup performer with  582 points. 

UEFA Referee Categories for the second half of the season 2018/19 (Men, Women, Futsal)

These are the new categories for UEFA referees, valid from 01/01/2019 until 30/06/2019.  

Elite

Aytekin, Bastien, Brych, Çakır, Collum, del Cerro Grande*, Gil Manzano, Hațegan, Karasov, Kassai, Královec, Kuipers, Makkelie, Marciniak, Mateu Lahoz, Mažić, Oliver, Orsato, Rocchi, Sidirópoulos, Soares Dias, Skomina, Taylor, Turpin, Undiano Mallenco, Zwayer.

Category 1

Ağayev, Aranovsʹkyy, Beaton, Bebek, Bezborodov, Blom, Bognár, Boyko, Buquet, Ekberg, Estrada Fernández, Gestranius, Gil, Göçek, Gözübüyük,  Grinfeld, Jovanović, Jug, Kabakov, Kehlet, Kovács, Kružliak, Kulbakou, Lechner, Madden, Mažeika, Massa, Moen, Nijhuis, Özkahya, Pawson, Raczkowski, Schörgenhofer, Siebert, Sousa, Stavrev, Stefański, Stieler, Strömbergsson, Treimanis, Vad, Vinčič, Welz, Yes'kov, Zelinka

Category 2
Abed, Al-Hakim, Ardeleánu, Árnason, Attwell, Avram, Bieri, Boucaut, Brisard, Clancy, Colțescu, Costa Veríssimo, Dabanović, Dallas, Dankert, de Burgos Bengoetxea, Delerue, Di Bello, Dingert, Doveri, Doyle, Fabbri (N), Farkas, Frankowski, Frischer, Fritz, Glova, Guida, Hansen, Harkam, Harvey, Hernández Hernández, Higler, Hunter, Irrati, Ivanov, Jaccottet, Jorgji, Jović, Kalkavan, Kavanagh (N), Klossner, Komínis, Kráľovič, Kristoffersen, Kuchin, Lapochkin, Lardot, Letexier, Levnikov, Lopes Martins, Maae, Mariani (N), Martínez Munuera, Mečkarovski, Meler, Meshkov, Miguel, Millot, Munuera Montero (N), Munukka, Nevalainen, Nilsen, Palabıyık, Pandžić, Papapetrou, Peljto, Petrescu, Popov, Rainville, Reinshreiber, Rumšas, Sánchez Martínez, Sant, Schärer, Schneider, Schüttengruber, Shmuelevitz, Stegemann (N), Stoyanov, Þórarinsson, Tierney, Tohver, Tsynkevich, Tykgaard, Valeri, van Boekel

Category 3

á Høvdanum, Anufrijevs, Apostolov, Atazhanov, Balakin, Baliyan, Banari, Barbeno, Barcelo, Berke (N), Birsan (N), Branco Godinho, Burchardt, Carvalho Nobre (N),  Chinkov, Christofí,  De Gabriele (N), Dimitríou, do Nascimento Teixeira, Diamantopoulos (N), Đokić, Đorđic (N) Durieux, Eskås, Farrugia Cann, Feșnic, Frid, Gishamer (N), Golubevs, Griffith, Grujić, Hagenes, Hämäläinen (N), Hamiti, Həsənov, Hennessy,  Hovhannisyan, Ismuratov (N),  Jabarov (N) Jäger, Jakimovski, Jakubik, Jenkins (N), Jónasson (N), Kajtazovič, Kaluđerović, Karakó, Karlsson, Kasumi, Kennedy, Kjærsgaard, Kopriwa, Kozyk, Kristjánsson, Krogh (N), Kruashvili,, Laforge, Lambrechts, Leibovitz (N), Lukjančukas, Marhefka, Markham-Jones, Marshall, Matyunin, McLaughlin, McNabb, Milačić, Moskalev (N), Muntean, Musiał, Neokleous (N), Nuza, Nyberg, Obrenovič, Očenáš, Orel, Öztürk (N), Pajač, Papadópoulos, Papir, Pechanec (N), Pejin,, Pires Martins, Proske, Robertson, Romanov, Saggi, Sakhi, San, Santos Capela, Schnyder, Šehović, Shcharbakou, Shurman, Silva Pinheiro, Sjöberg (N), Skoulas (N), Sotiriuou (N), Steen, Strukan, Tarajev, Tean, Todorov, Troleis, Tschudi, Tzilos (N), Vadachkoria, Van Driessche (N), Verboomen (N), Viljanen, Visser, Walsh, Weinberger, Xhaja, Zammit, Zebec

* = Re-categorised

N = New on FIFA list 

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MEN
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WOMEN
https://docdro.id/rqNuIOl

FUTSAL
https://docdro.id/1VRKgO6

WOMEN: Ivana Martincic (CRO), Eleni Antoniou (GRE), Rebecca Welch (ENG) and Tess Oloffson (SWE) promoted

The UEFA Referee Committee has approved 4 promotions to the top & elite group for 2019. Huge congratulations and good luck to: Ivana Martincic - Category 1 Elite Eleni Antoniou – Category 2 1 Rebecca Welch – Category 2 1 Tess Oloffson – Category 2 1

*IN UPDATE*

Source:
UEFA

New UEFA referees for 2019

Thank to http://kronikasedziowska.blogspot.com

Referee of the Year - Malang Diedhiou is the best CAF referee of 2018

Here the results of the fourth contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com. Malang Diedhiou from Senegal has been elected as best CAF official in 2018 with 357 points. 

Who will be promoted to UEFA Elite Category?

UEFA Referees Committee will meet in a few days and categories will be updated. Time for predictions, mostly about the new UEFA Elite referees. 

Referee of the Year - Orel Grinfeeld is the best UCL debutant of 2018

The third contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, is over. Among the referees who made their debut in CL Group stage 2018-19,  Orel Grinfeeld from Israel has been elected by our readers as the best performer with 306 points. 

Official: UEFA has confirmed that Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR) will be used in this edition of Champions League starting from Round of 16

The final announcement has been made by UEFA. VAR will be used starting from CL  round of 16 on KO stage.

Referee of the Year - Néstor Pitana is the best CONMEBOL referee of 2018

The second contest of our "Referee of the Year", in cooperation with guesstheref.com, has ended. Néstor Pitana, with 514 points, has been elected as  CONMEBOL best referee of 2018 by our readers.