Fifa Releases List Of Referees For 2018 World Cup

FIFA released a short list of 36-men referees that will officiate at the 2018 World Cup Matches in Russia 2018.

The under listed referees are to attend a World Cup seminar in Abu Dhabi, which will begin on 25 to 29 November.
The final list stating specific roles will be announced once the use of video assistant referees (VARs) at the World Cup is
approved by IFAB.

See below the list of the referees ,their countries

UEFA
1. Felix Brych (GER, 1975)
2. Cuneyt Cakir (TUR, 1976)
3. Sergei Karasev (RUS, 1979)
4. Bjorn Kuipers (NED, 1973)
5. Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP, 1977)
6. Szymon Marciniak (POL, 1981)
7. Milorad Mazic (SRB, 1973)
8. Gianluca Rocchi (ITA, 1973)
9. Damir Skomina (SVN, 1976)
10. Clement Turpin (FRA, 1982)

CONMEBOL
1. Julio Bascunan (CHI, 1978)
2. Enrique Caceres (PAR, 1974)
3. Andres Cunha (URU, 1976)
4. Nestor Pitana (ARG, 1975)
5. Sandro Ricci (BRA, 1974)
6. Wilmar Roldan (COL, 1980)

OFC
1. Matthew Conger (NZL, 1978)
2. Norbert Hauata (TAH, 1979)

AFC
1. Fahad Al Mirdasi (KSA, 1985)
2. Alireza Faghani (IRN, 1978)
3. Ravshan Irmatov (UZB, 1977)
4. Abdulla Mohamed (EAU, 1978)
5. Ryuji Sato (JPN, 1977)
6. Nawaf Shukralla (BHR, 1976)

CAF
1. Mehdi Abid Charef (ALG, 1980)
2. Malang Diedhiou (SEN, 1973)
3. Bakary Gassama (GAM, 1979)
4. Ghead Grisha (EGY, 1976)
5. Janny Sikazwe (ZAM, 1979)
6. Bamlak Tessema (ETH, 1980)

CONCACAF
1. Joel Aguilar (SLV, 1975)
2. Mark Geiger (USA, 1974)
3. Jair Marrufo (USA, 1977)
4. Ricardo Montero (CRC, 1986)
5. John Pitti (PAN, 1978)
6. Cesar Ramos (MEX, 1983)

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Italy Fail To Reach 2018 World Cup for First Time Since 1958 (Photo)

It's a pity, that Italy will not be able to be part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia for the first time since 1958 ( 60years) after a goalless draw 0-0 with Sweden in the second leg of their playoff on Monday.

The Swedes qualify with 1-0 on aggregate. With Jakob Johansson's goal in first-leg, which beat Italy's captain Gianluigi Buffon through a deflection, was enough to deny the Azzurri a World cup ticket on Monday evening.

After missing out on the two previous tournaments in 2010 and 2014, the Sweden are now back at the World Cup.
The Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon who plans to retire after next year's World Cup, collected his 175th international cap against the Swedes, which will now probably be his last for Italy.

See more photos from the disappointing knockout below

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