FIFA World Cup referees are FIFA international referees who officiate at the FIFA World Cup matches.
As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final, 33 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA World Cup Final.
Country | Total | Referees | Assistant Referees | Reserve Referees | Reserve Assistant Referees | VARs | Assistant VARs |
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Argentina | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
England | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Italy | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Poland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Belgium | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Czechoslovakia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Israel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals: | 75 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Confederation | Total | Referees | Assistant Referees | Reserve Referees | Reserve Assistant Referees | VARs | Assistant VARs |
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UEFA | 47 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
CONMEBOL | 19 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
AFC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CONCACAF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CAF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals: | 75 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
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The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition between the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War. The reigning champions are Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 tournament.
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beating Hungary 4–2. Italy's 1934 and 1938 teams hold the distinction of being the only men's national team to win the World Cup multiple times under the same coach, Vittorio Pozzo. It would be the last World Cup until 1950 because the 1942 and 1946 World Cups were cancelled due to World War II.
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