World Cup 2026

[bracco75]

Apro il topic dove si posteranno e discuteranno, con le stesse regole di sempre, le designazioni arbitrali dell'imminente Campionato del Mondo.

FIFA announced on Monday evening the match officials for the opening four fixtures of the 2026 World Cup, with Brazilian referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio appointed to take charge of the tournament's curtain-raiser.

The 44-year-old will be assisted by fellow Brazilians Bruno Pires and Bruno Boschilia, while Paraguay's Juan Gabriel Benítez has been named as the fourth official.
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The VAR team for the opening match will be led by Colombian official Nicolás Gallo, with Chile's Juan Lara serving as assistant VAR.

FIFA also confirmed the officials for three other opening-round matches. Egyptian referee Amin Mohamed will oversee the clash between South Korea and Czechia, while Argentina's Facundo Tello has been appointed for Canada's meeting with Bosnia.

Meanwhile, Dutch referee Danny Makkelie will take charge of the fixture between the United States and Paraguay.

The appointments mark the first referee selections announced for the 2026 World Cup, which gets under way on 11 June.

Dunque al brasiliano espertissimo Sampaio il match inaugurale, ed a seguire l'egiziano Mohamed, l'argentino Tello e l'olandese Makkelie.

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Match #1
Group A
11 June 2026, 21:00 CET
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
MEXICO - SOUTH AFRICA
Referee: WILTON SAMPAIO (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: BRUNO PIRES (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: BRUNO BOSCHILIA (BRA)
Fourth Official: BENITEZ Juan Gabriel (PAR)
Reserve AR : CARDOZO Eduardo (PAR)
Vidéo Assistant Referee: GALLO Nicolas (COL)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : LARA Juan (CHI)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : BRISARD Jerome (FRA)

Match #2
Group A
12 June 2026, 04:00 CET
Estadio Akron, Zapopan
SOUTH KOREA - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: MOHAMED Amin (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: ABOUELREGAL Mahmoud (EGY)
Assistant Referee 2: HOSSAM TAHA Ahmed (EGY)
Fourth Official: CALDERON Juan (CRC)
Reserve AR : MORA Juan Carlos (CRC)
Vidéo Assistant Referee: ASHOUR Mahmoud (EGY)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : DICKERSON Joe (USA)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : DI BELLO Marco (ITA)

Match #3
Group B
12 June 2026, 21:00 CET
BMO Field, Toronto
CANADA - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: TELLO Facundo (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: BELATTI Juan Pablo (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: CHADE Gabriel (ARG)
Fourth Official: AL TURAIS Khalid (KSA)
Reserve AR : AL ABAKRY Mohammed (KSA)
Vidéo Assistant Referee: MASTRANGELO Hernan (ARG)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : GARCIA Antonio (URU)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : GUZMAN Tatiana (NCA)

Match 4
Group D
13 June 2026, 03:00 CET
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
USA - PARAGUAY
Referee: MAKKELIE Danny (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: STEEGSTRA Hessel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: DE VRIES Jan (NED)
Fourth Official: ARAKI Yusuke (JPN)
Reserve AR : MIHARA Jun (JPN)
Vidéo Assistant Referee: DEL CERRO GRANDE Carlos (ESP)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : HIGLER Dennis (NED)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : AL-MARRI Khamis (QAT)

Subito Sampaio nel match di esordio, ottimo segnale di stima verso il brasiliano. A seguire argentino Tello, l'olandese Makkelie e l'egiziano Mohamed. Da segnalare i IV: il paraguaiano Benitez, il giapponese Araki, il saudita Al Turais ed il costaricense Calderon.

[emiro1965]

Brasile - Marocco è gara top per Vincic.

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Match 5
Group C
14 June 2026, 03:00 CET
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
HAITI - SCOTLAND
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal ALG
Assistant Referee 1: Mokrane Gourari ALG
Assistant Referee 2: Abbes Akram Zerhouni ALG
Fourth Official: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP
Reserve AR : José Enrique Naranjo Pérez ESP
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 6
Group D
14 June 2026, 06:00 CET
BC Place, Vancouver
AUSTRALIA - TÜRKIYE
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela VEN
Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Urrego VEN
Assistant Referee 2: Tulio Moreno VEN
Fourth Official: Kevin Ortega PER
Reserve AR : Michael Orue PER
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 7
Group C
14 June 2026, 00:00 CET
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
BRAZIL - MOROCCO
Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN
Fourth Official: Sandro Schärer SUI
Reserve AR : Stéphane De Almeida SUI
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 8
Group B
13 June 2026, 21:00 CET
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
QATAR - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Saíd Martínez HON
Assistant Referee 1: Walter López HON
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez HON
Fourth Official: Oshane Nation JAM
Reserve AR : Caleb Wales TRI
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Mancano i Var. Designati come IV Hernandez Hernandez, Scharer, Ortega e Nation: penso che tutti i IV sono arbitri di riserva, vediamo se otterranno una gara anche loro o saranno solo di supporto.



Match 9
Group E
15 June 2026, 21:00 CET
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
IVORY COAST - ECUADOR
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Khalid Saleh Al-Turais KSA
Reserve AR : Mohammed Al-Bakry KSA
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 10
Group E
14 June 2026, 19:00 CET
NRG Stadium, Houston
GERMANY - CURAÇAO
Referee: Jalal Jayed MAR
Assistant Referee 1: Zakaria Brinsi MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Mostafa Akarkad MAR
Fourth Official: Abongile Tom RSA
Reserve AR : Zakhele Thusi Granville Siwela RSA
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 11
Group F
14 June 2026, 22:00 CET
AT&T Stadium, Arlington
NETHERLANDS - JAPAN
Referee: Ismail Elfath USA
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kyle Atkins USA
Fourth Official: Katia Garcia MEX
Reserve AR : Sandra Ramirez MEX
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 12
Group F
15 June 2026, 04:00 CET
Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe
SWEDEN - TUNISIA
Referee: Yael Falcon ARG
Assistant Referee 1: Maximiliano Del Yesso ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Facundo Rodriguez ARG
Fourth Official: Juan Calderon CRC
Reserve AR : Juan Carlos Mora CRC
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

[UW54]

Non so se si potrà usare questo thread per la discussione di alcuni episodi di casistica, immagino non ci sarà molto interesse per il mondiale sia per l’assenza dell’Italia che per gli orari scomodi per noi europei.
Sampaio dirige abbastanza bene, ma il modo in cui fischia compulsivamente lo trovo onestamente fastidioso e trovo anche strano che un arbitro a questo livello abbia questo “vizio”. OFR per un rosso per un colpo in faccia, ci può anche stare non averlo visto in campo ma l’annuncio è stato davvero imbarazzante, inglese a dir poco maccheronico.

[bracco75]

https://www.arbitri.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27666

Qui la casistica

[ATAF]

Ben sapendo che in Fifa si effettuano i test in inglese...trattasi secondo me di pura e semplice " tensione emotiva " che ti annebbia il cervello. Solidarizzo con Sampaio perché mi ricorda il sottoscritto..alla sua prima co visionatura OTN ..... tra un po balbettavo e mi ci sono voluti 5 minuti di pausa per riprendermi.

[aladar]

Piccolo off topic: trovo le divise dei Mondiali deliziose! Peccato solo per la patch. Preferivo quella vecchia con il mondo disegnato. Ma ormai è cambiata da anni.

[emiro1965]

la nera è top per me .

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Match #1
Group A
11 June 2026, 21:00 CET
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
MEXICO - SOUTH AFRICA
Referee: WILTON SAMPAIO (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: BRUNO PIRES (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: BRUNO BOSCHILIA (BRA)
Fourth Official: BENITEZ Juan Gabriel (PAR)
Reserve AR : CARDOZO Eduardo (PAR)
Vidéo Assistant Referee: GALLO Nicolas (COL)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : LARA Juan (CHI)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : BRISARD Jerome (FRA)

Match #2
Group A
12 June 2026, 04:00 CET
Estadio Akron, Zapopan
SOUTH KOREA - CZECH REPUBLIC
Referee: MOHAMED Amin (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: ABOUELREGAL Mahmoud (EGY)
Assistant Referee 2: HOSSAM TAHA Ahmed (EGY)
Fourth Official: CALDERON Juan (CRC)
Reserve AR : MORA Juan Carlos (CRC)
Vidéo Assistant Referee: ASHOUR Mahmoud (EGY)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : DICKERSON Joe (USA)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : DI BELLO Marco (ITA)

Match #3
Group B
12 June 2026, 21:00 CET
BMO Field, Toronto
CANADA - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Referee: TELLO Facundo (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: BELATTI Juan Pablo (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: CHADE Gabriel (ARG)
Fourth Official: AL TURAIS Khalid (KSA)
Reserve AR : AL ABAKRY Mohammed (KSA)
Vidéo Assistant Referee: MASTRANGELO Hernan (ARG)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : GARCIA Antonio (URU)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : GUZMAN Tatiana (NCA)

Match 4
Group D
13 June 2026, 03:00 CET
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
USA - PARAGUAY
Referee: MAKKELIE Danny (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: STEEGSTRA Hessel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: DE VRIES Jan (NED)
Fourth Official: ARAKI Yusuke (JPN)
Reserve AR : MIHARA Jun (JPN)
Vidéo Assistant Referee: DEL CERRO GRANDE Carlos (ESP)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : HIGLER Dennis (NED)
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : AL-MARRI Khamis (QAT)

Match 5
Group C
14 June 2026, 03:00 CET
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
HAITI - SCOTLAND
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal ALG
Assistant Referee 1: Mokrane Gourari ALG
Assistant Referee 2: Abbes Akram Zerhouni ALG
Fourth Official: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández ESP
Reserve AR : José Enrique Naranjo Pérez ESP
Vidéo Assistant Referee: Abdullah Alshehri KSA
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : Mohammed Obaid Khadim UAE
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : Fedayi San SUI

Match 6
Group D
14 June 2026, 06:00 CET
BC Place, Vancouver
AUSTRALIA - TÜRKIYE
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela VEN
Assistant Referee 1: Jorge Urrego VEN
Assistant Referee 2: Tulio Moreno VEN
Fourth Official: Kevin Ortega PER
Reserve AR : Michael Orue PER
Vidéo Assistant Referee: Tatiana Guzman NCA
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : Juan Soto VEN
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : Fu Ming CHN

Match 7
Group C
14 June 2026, 00:00 CET
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
BRAZIL - MOROCCO
Referee: Slavko Vinčić SVN
Assistant Referee 1: Tomaž Klančnik SVN
Assistant Referee 2: Andraž Kovačič SVN
Fourth Official: Sandro Schärer SUI
Reserve AR : Stéphane De Almeida SUI
Vidéo Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert GER
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : Willy Delajod FRA
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : Ivan Bebek CRO

Match 8
Group B
13 June 2026, 21:00 CET
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
QATAR - SWITZERLAND
Referee: Saíd Martínez HON
Assistant Referee 1: Walter López HON
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Ramirez HON
Fourth Official: Oshane Nation JAM
Reserve AR : Caleb Wales TRI
Vidéo Assistant Referee: Guillermo Pacheco MEX
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 : Erick Miranda MEX
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 : Leodán González URU

Match 9
Group E
15 June 2026, 01:00 CET
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
IVORY COAST - ECUADOR
Referee: Michael Oliver ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt ENG
Assistant Referee 2: James Mainwaring ENG
Fourth Official: Khalid Saleh Al-Turais KSA
Reserve AR : Mohammed Al-Bakry KSA
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 10
Group E
14 June 2026, 19:00 CET
NRG Stadium, Houston
GERMANY - CURAÇAO
Referee: Jalal Jayed MAR
Assistant Referee 1: Zakaria Brinsi MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Mostafa Akarkad MAR
Fourth Official: Abongile Tom RSA
Reserve AR : Zakhele Thusi Granville Siwela RSA
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 11
Group F
14 June 2026, 22:00 CET
AT&T Stadium, Arlington
NETHERLANDS - JAPAN
Referee: Ismail Elfath USA
Assistant Referee 1: Corey Parker USA
Assistant Referee 2: Kyle Atkins USA
Fourth Official: Katia Garcia MEX
Reserve AR : Sandra Ramirez MEX
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 12
Group F
15 June 2026, 04:00 CET
Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe
SWEDEN - TUNISIA
Referee: Yael Falcon ARG
Assistant Referee 1: Maximiliano Del Yesso ARG
Assistant Referee 2: Facundo Rodriguez ARG
Fourth Official: Juan Calderon CRC
Reserve AR : Juan Carlos Mora CRC
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 13
Group H
16 June 2026, 00:00 CET
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
SAUDI ARABIA - URUGUAY
Referee: Maurizio Mariani ITA
Assistant Referee 1: Daniele Bindoni ITA
Assistant Referee 2: Alberto Tegoni ITA
Fourth Official: Drew Fischer CAN
Reserve AR Michael Barwegen CAN
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 14
Group H
15 June 2026, 18:00 CET
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
SPAIN - CAPE VERDE
Referee:Adham Makhadmeh JOR
Assistant Referee 1: Mohammad Alkalaf JOR
Assistant Referee 2: Ahmad Alroalle JOR
Fourth Official: André Rojas COL
Reserve AR : Alexander Guzman COL
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 15
Group G
16 June 2026, 03:00 CET
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
IRAN - NEW ZEALAND
Referee: César Ramos MEX
Assistant Referee 1: Alberto Morin MEX
Assistant Referee 2: Marco Bisguerra MEX
Fourth Official: Yusuke Araki JPN
Reserve AR : Jun Mihara JPN
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :

Match 16
Group G
15 June 2026, 21:00 CET
Lumen Field, Seattle
BELGIUM - EGYPT
Referee: Ramon Abatti BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Danilo Manis BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Rafael Alves BRA
Fourth Official: Kevin Ortega PER
Reserve AR : Michael Orue PER
Vidéo Assistant Referee:
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 1 :
Assistant Vidéo Assistant Referee 2 :