Law Referee 2018 Fifa Wc - Selected Officials - Finally Listing (Update 30/05/18)

FIFA has published the in conclusion listing of referees who volition officiate at 2018 WC. H5N1 full sum of 36 referees as well as 63 assistant referees has been selected. 

AFC
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (KSA)
Referee: Alireza Faghani (IRN)
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB)
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Mohamed (UAE)
Referee: Ryuji Sato (JPN)
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (BHR)

Assistant Referee: Abdullah Al-Shalawi (KSA)
Assistant Referee: Mohammed Al-Abakry (KSA)
Assistant Referee: Reza Sokhandan (IRN)
Assistant Referee: Mohammadreza Mansouri (IRN)
Assistant Referee: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (UZB)
Assistant Referee: Jakhongir Saidov (UZB)

Assistant Referee: Mohamed Al-Hammadi (UAE)
Assistant Referee: Hasan Almahri (UAE)
Assistant Referee: Taleb Al Marri (QAT)

Assistant Referee: Toru Sagara (JPN)
Assistant Referee: Hiroshi Yamauchi (JPN) 

Assistant Referee: Yaser Tulefat (BHR)

CAF
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (ALG)
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (SEN)
Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM)
Referee: Ghead Grisha (EGY)
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (ZAM)
Referee:  Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (ETH)

Assistant Referee : Albdelhak Etchiali (ALG)
Assistant Referee: Anouar Hmila (TUN)
Assistant Referee: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Assistant Referee: El Hadj Samba (SEN)
Assistant Referee: Jean-Claude Birumushahu (BDI)
Assistant Referee:  Marwa Range (KEN)
Assistant Referee: Redouane Achik (MAR)
Assistant Referee: Waleed Ahmed (SDN)
Assistant Referee: Jerson dos Santos (ANG)
Assistant Referee:  Zakhele Siwela (RSA)

CONCACAF
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Referee: Ricardo Montero (CRC)
Referee: John Pitti (PAN)
Referee: César Ramos (MEX)

Assistant Referee: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Assistant Referee: Joe Flechter (CAN)
Assistant Referee: Frank Anderson (USA)
Assistant Referee:  Corey Rockwell (USA)
Assistant Referee: Juan Carlos Mora (CRC)
Assistant Referee: Gabriel Victoria (PAN)
Assistant Referee: Marvin Torrentera (MEX)
Assistant Referee: Miguel Hernández (MEX)

CONMEBOL
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (CHI)
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (PAR)
Referee: Andrés Cunha (URU)
Referee: Néstor Pitana (ARG)
Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (COL)

Assistant Referee: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Assistant Referee: Christian Schiemann (CHI)
Assistant Referee: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)
Assistant Referee: Juan Zorrilla (PAR)
Assistant Referee: Nicolás Taran (URU)
Assistant Referee: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)
Assistant Referee: Hernán Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee: Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG)
Assistant Referee: Emerson de Carvalho (BRA)
Assistant Referee: Marcelo van Gasse (BRA)
Assistant Referee: Alexander Guzman (COL)
Assistant Referee: Cristian De La Cruz (COL)

OFC
Referee: Matthew Conger (NZL)
Referee: Norbert Hauata (TAH)

Assistant Referee: Simon Lount (NZL)
Assistant Referee: Tevita Makasini (TGA)
Assistant Referee: Bertrand Brial (NCL)

UEFA
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Referee: Sergey Karasev (RUS)
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)

Assistant Referee: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee: Stefan Lupp (GER)
Assistant Referee: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee: Tarık Ongun (TUR)
Assistant Referee: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)
Assistant Referee: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Assistant Referee: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
Assistant Referee: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee: Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (ESP)
Assistant Referee: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee: Dalibor Đurđević (SRB)
Assistant Referee: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee:  Mauro Tonolini (ITA)
Assistant Referee: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee: Robert Vukan (SVN)
Assistant Referee: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee: Cyril Gringore (FRA)

Source: FIFA.COM (link to official PDF file)

Based on the previous selections for FIFA tournaments, I tried to duet referees amongst assistant referees, this is the result:

(THE FOLLOWING LIST IS ONLY AN ASSUMPTION)

AFC
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (KSA)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdullah Al-Shalawi (KSA)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohammed Al-Abakry (KSA)

Referee: Alireza Faghani (IRN)
Assistant Referee 1: Reza Sokhandan (IRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohammadreza Mansouri (IRN)

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 1: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Jakhongir Saidov (UZB)

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Mohamed (UAE)
Assistant Referee: Mohamed Al-Hammadi (UAE)

Referee: Ryuji Sato (JPN)
Assistant Referee: Toru Sagara (JPN)

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (BHR)
Assistant Referee: Yaser Tulefat (BHR)

Assistant Referee: Taleb Al Marri (QAT)

CAF
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (ALG)
Assistant Referee 1: Albdelhak Etchiali (ALG)
Assistant Referee 2: Anouar Hmila (TUN)

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (SEN)
Assistant Referee 1: Djibril Camara (SEN)
Assistant Referee 2: El Hadj Samba (SEN)

Referee: Bakary Gassama (GAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Jean-Claude Birumushahu (BDI)
Assistant Referee 2:  Marwa Range (KEN)

Referee: Ghead Grisha (EGY)
Assistant Referee 1: Redouane Achik (MAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Waleed Ahmed (SDN)

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (ZAM)
Assistant Referee 1: Jerson dos Santos (ANG)
Assistant Referee 2:  Zakhele Siwela (RSA)

Referee:  Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (ETH)

CONCACAF
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Assistant Referee: Juan Zumba (SLV)

Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)
Assistant Referee 1: Joe Flechter (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Frank Anderson (USA)

Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referee:  Corey Rockwell (USA)

Referee: Ricardo Montero (CRC)
Assistant Referee: Juan Carlos Mora (CRC)

Referee: John Pitti (PAN)
Assistant Referee: Gabriel Victoria (PAN)

Referee: César Ramos (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: Marvin Torrentera (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: Miguel Hernández (MEX)

CONMEBOL
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (CHI)
Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Astroza (CHI)
Assistant Referee 2: Christian Schiemann (CHI)

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (PAR)
Assistant Referee 1: Eduardo Cardozo (PAR)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Zorrilla (PAR)

Referee: Andrés Cunha (URU)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolás Taran (URU)
Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio Espinosa (URU)

Referee: Néstor Pitana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 1: Hernán Maidana (ARG)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG)

Referee: Sandro Ricci (BRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Emerson de Carvalho (BRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Marcelo van Gasse (BRA)

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (COL)
Assistant Referee 1: Alexander Guzman (COL)
Assistant Referee 2: Cristian De La Cruz (COL)

OFC
Referee: Matthew Conger (NZL)
Assistant Referee 1: Simon Lount (NZL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tevita Makasini (TGA)

Referee: Norbert Hauata (TAH)
Assistant Referee: Bertrand Brial (NCL)

UEFA
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Borsch (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: Stefan Lupp (GER)

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarık Ongun (TUR)

Referee: Sergey Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Anton Averyanov (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Tikhon Kalugin (RUS)

Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Sander van Roekel (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Erwin Zeinstra (NED)

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
Assistant Referee 1: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)
Assistant Referee 2: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Pau Cebrián Devis (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (ESP)

Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (SRB)
Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Đurđević (SRB)

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2:  Mauro Tonolini (ITA)

Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN)
Assistant Referee 1: Jure Praprotnik (SVN)
Assistant Referee 2: Robert Vukan (SVN)

Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA)
Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA)
Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore (FRA)

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