I don't think that FIFA have a totally honest view of all their referees
and thats not really the angle I am going at. I totally agree with what
you say though Smithy for the most part. I don't have a clue how they
are selected and I doubt its probably not well known or totally grounded
in logic however either. What gets me is that if Oceania had one
referee going, I could totally buy the quota system and picking those on
a geographical spread but to have 2 and both from NZ? I would have
expected the island contingent to have kicked up a stink that one of the
guys from the islands didn't go (they don't like NZF having any power)
and I have a hard time thinking that on the world refereeing stage, they
are going to carry two also rans (and I mean that interms of the
context of our league, our football and where we are on the grand stage) into the big dance.
If you are organising the premier football tournament in Wellington, do
you want the best available or are you going to give a shout out to the
Cap 2 refs, a woman, a youth, perhaps a rooster from Levin and Masterton
thrown in? I don't think you would if you were honest. Even if you
could not get the entire top 12 in Wellington, you would take a couple
of other guys if they were good enough to ref your tournament.
I think they have to both have to have gone if they were both good
enough so back to an early statement that just cause you go to a WC
means you are not necessarily good enough, well I can't really buy that.
Referees
Perhaps this should go into a World Cup refs speculation appointment thread :)
Be great if SINZ or someone who knows could inform the uninformed (thats me and the obvious others on here) how refs get selected for the World Cup. Would be interested to know
Be great if SINZ or someone who knows could inform the uninformed (thats me and the obvious others on here) how refs get selected for the World Cup. Would be interested to know
Referee selection criteria for 2010 World Cup:
In 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee set up the Refereeing Assistance Programme (RAP) to help prepare the referees in contention to officiate at the 2010 World Cup; 54 were selected to make up the initial group. Over the following months, they were assessed based on their performances at FIFA tournaments, RAP seminars and in their domestic leagues. In September 2008, 53 of the original 54 referees attended an "Elite Referee" seminar in Z�rich, Switzerland, where their technical, physical and mental abilities were analysed. The results were presented to the FIFA Referees' Committee, who preselected 38 trios of referees and their assistants on 22 October.
From this group of 38, ten trios � representing all six confederations � were selected to referee at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, hosted by South Africa as preparation for the World Cup 12 months later. This assignment was viewed by FIFA as part of the referees' assessment, to ensure that they are prepared for the technical and physical demands of the World Cup in South Africa.
The final 30 trios of officials were announced at a meeting of the FIFA Referees Committee in Z�rich on 5 February 2010. The trios were assessed using the same criteria as for the original cut. Following their selection, each official underwent FIFA's pre-competition medical assessment (PCMA) at the Schulthess Clinic in Z�rich between 25 February and 6 March.
However, on 27 May 2010, two referees � Carlos Amarilla and Mohamed Benouza � and their assistants were removed from the final list, following the assistant referees' failure in the standard fitness tests, the same tests as those held in Zurich. Uruguayan referee Mart�n V�zquez and his assistant referees were called up as a replacement trio.
For the quarter-finals onwards, FIFA trimmed their list of match officials, allowing 10 teams of referees to return home. The teams sent home were those of Roberto Rosetti (Italy), Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay), St�phane Lannoy (France), Massimo Busacca (Switzerland), Martin Hansson (Sweden), Koman Coulibaly (Mali), Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia), Peter O'Leary (New Zealand), Mart�n V�zquez (Uruguay) and Joel Aguilar (El Salvador).
In 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee set up the Refereeing Assistance Programme (RAP) to help prepare the referees in contention to officiate at the 2010 World Cup; 54 were selected to make up the initial group. Over the following months, they were assessed based on their performances at FIFA tournaments, RAP seminars and in their domestic leagues. In September 2008, 53 of the original 54 referees attended an "Elite Referee" seminar in Z�rich, Switzerland, where their technical, physical and mental abilities were analysed. The results were presented to the FIFA Referees' Committee, who preselected 38 trios of referees and their assistants on 22 October.
From this group of 38, ten trios � representing all six confederations � were selected to referee at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, hosted by South Africa as preparation for the World Cup 12 months later. This assignment was viewed by FIFA as part of the referees' assessment, to ensure that they are prepared for the technical and physical demands of the World Cup in South Africa.
The final 30 trios of officials were announced at a meeting of the FIFA Referees Committee in Z�rich on 5 February 2010. The trios were assessed using the same criteria as for the original cut. Following their selection, each official underwent FIFA's pre-competition medical assessment (PCMA) at the Schulthess Clinic in Z�rich between 25 February and 6 March.
However, on 27 May 2010, two referees � Carlos Amarilla and Mohamed Benouza � and their assistants were removed from the final list, following the assistant referees' failure in the standard fitness tests, the same tests as those held in Zurich. Uruguayan referee Mart�n V�zquez and his assistant referees were called up as a replacement trio.
For the quarter-finals onwards, FIFA trimmed their list of match officials, allowing 10 teams of referees to return home. The teams sent home were those of Roberto Rosetti (Italy), Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay), St�phane Lannoy (France), Massimo Busacca (Switzerland), Martin Hansson (Sweden), Koman Coulibaly (Mali), Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia), Peter O'Leary (New Zealand), Mart�n V�zquez (Uruguay) and Joel Aguilar (El Salvador).
The final 29 trios of officials comprised 4 trios from AFC, 3 from CAF, 4 from CONCACAF, 6 from CONMEBOL, 2 from OFC, and 10 from UEFA.