Mahinda Rajapaska Trophy - Final

U23 Friendly tournament in Nawalapitiya (Sri Lanka)

Maldives U23 vs Pakistan U23   2 - 1

Referee: Robesh Nivon Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Assistant Referee : Tharang Pushpakumara (Sri Lanka)

Assistant Referee : L.K. Udayakantha (Sri Lanka)

4th Official: Dilan Perera (Sri Lanka)

Peru : 2012 Torneo Descentralizado Final

First Leg, 2 December 2012, in Cuzco

Real Garcilaso  vs  Sporting Cristal   0 - 1

Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Second Leg, 9 December 2012, in Lima   

Sporting Cristal   vs  Real Garcilaso   1 - 0

Referee: Victor Hugo Carillo (Peru)

2013 CONCACAF U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP - Qualification

Central American Qualification

Estadio Julio Armando Cóbar (Guatemala)

Honduras U17 vs  Costa Rica U17    3 – 0

Referee:  Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Assistant referee : Marco Tulio Diaz (Guatemala)
Assistant referee : Gabriel Molina (Nicaragua)

4^th official : Fidel Paiz (El Salvador)

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Guatemala U17 vs  El Salvador U17    3 – 2

Referee:  Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

Assistant referee : Christian Ramírez Soto (Honduras)
Assistant referee : Javier Rojas (Costa Rica)

4^th official : Henry Bejarano  (Costa Rica)

Chile : 2012 Torneo Clausura Final

First Leg, 5 December 2012, in Santiago

Unión Española vs  CD Huachipato    3 - 1

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Second Leg, 9 December 2012, in Talcahuano

CD Huachipato  vs  Unión Española  3-1  (penalties: 3-2)

Referee: Claudio Puga (Chile)

2012 Caribbean Cup (Final Round)

Antigua & Barbuda – 07/16 December 2012

Selected referees :

  

Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

Sandy Vasquez (Dominican Republic)

Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Sherwin Johnson (Guyana)

Elmer Arturo Bonilla (El Salvador)

Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)
Marcos Brea Despaigne (Cuba)
David Rubalcaba Betancourt (Cuba)

2012 West Asian Championship

Group B

09 December 2012  - Kuwait City

Bahrein vs Yemen    1 - 0

Referee:  Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

Assistant Referee : Amin Shaban (Palestine)

Assistant Referee : Hasan Al-Mahri (UAE)

Fourth official: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

2012 CECAFA Nations Cup Final

2012 CECAFA Nations Cup Finals

08 December 2012 in Kampala (Uganda)

3rd Place Final :

Zanzibar vs Tanzania  1-1 (penalties:6-5)

Referee : Denis Batte (Uganda)

1^st Place Final

Uganda vs Kenya 2-1

Referee : Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi) 

2012 FIFA Club World Cup – Quarter Finals

December 9, 2012  - Toyoya Stadium (Toyota, Japan)

  

AL AHLY  SC  (Egypt)  vs. SANFRECCE HIROSHIMA  (Japan)

Referee : Carlos Alfredo VERA RODRIGUEZ (Ecuador)

Assistant 1 : Christian Daniel LESCANO GUERRERO (Ecuador)

Assistant 2 : Byron Norberto ROMERO IBARRA (Ecuador)

4^th Official : Alreza FAGHANI  (Iran)

CF MONTERREY  (Mexico) vs. HULSAN HYUNDAI  FC  (Korea)

Referee : Cüneyt  ÇAKIR (Turkey)

Assistant 1 : Bahattin  DURAN (Turkey)

Assistant 2 : Tarik  ONGUN (Turkey)

4^th Official : Djamel HAIMOUDI (Algeria)

UNAF U20 Friendly Tournament

UNAF U20 Friendly Tournament in Algeria 

(07/13 December 2012)

07 December 2012 in Blida (Algeria)
Algeria U20 vs Morocco U20 1-2

Referee : Yosr Saadallah (Tunisia)
Asst referee: Kamel Ben Abdelnoumen (Tunisia)
Asst referee:  Saief Soussi (Tunisia)
4th official: Sofiane Bousseter (Algeria)

2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship - Qualification

Central American Qualification

Estadio Julio Armando Cóbar (Guatemala)

Guatemala U17 vs Nicaragua U17    0 – 0

Referee:  John Francis Pitty (Panama)

Assistant referee : Geovany  Garcia (El Salvador)
Assistant referee : Christian Ramírez Soto (Honduras)

4^th official : Fidel Paiz (El Salvador)

COSAFA U17 Cup

COSAFA U17 Cup
part of 2012 Zone VI U20 Games
Lusaka (Zambia) – December 7-16, 2012

Referees
Matheola Phillip Makhobalo (FIFA) - Lesotho

Dennis Nguluwe (FIFA) - Malawi
Lwandile Mfiki (FIFA) - South Africa
Thabani Bamala (FIFA) - Zimbabwe
Tirelo Mositwane - Botswana
Stanley Hachiwa - Zambia

Assistant referees :
Ricardo Cachicumi (FIFA) - Angola
David Shaanika (FIFA) - Namibia
Salani Ncube (FIFA) - Zimbabwe
Eldrick Adelaide - Seychelles
Stevens Khumalo - South Africa
Collins Kafwembe - Zambia
Lebohang Rampai - ?
Thilani Sibandze (FIFA) - Swaziland

2012 WAFF West Asian Championship

Kuwait - 08/20 December 2012

Selected referees :

Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaisi (Irak)

Nasser Darwish Al-Ghafari (Jordan)
Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria)
Minoru Tojo (Japan)
Ko Hyung Jin (Korea)
Banjar Mohammed Al-Dosari (Qatar)
Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (UAE)

2013 CONCACAF U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP - Qualifications

Central America – Qualification

Guatemala -  7/15 December 2012

Selected referees:

Henry Bejarano  (Costa Rica)
John Francis Pitty (Panama)

Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Raúl Castro Zuniga (Honduras)

Fidel Paiz (El Salvador)

Assistant Referees : 

Javier Rojas (Costa Rica)

Marco Tulio Diaz (Guatemala)

Christian Ramírez Soto (Honduras)

Geovany Garcia (El Salvador)

Gabriel Molina Moreno (Nicaragua)

Mahinda Rajapaska Trophy

U23 Friendly tournament
Mahinda Rajapaska Trophy in Nawalapitiya (Sri Lanka)

Pakistan U23 vs Maldives U23   0-1

Referee: Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Assistant Referee : R.A Tharanga (Sri Lanka)
Assistant Referee : L.K. Udayakantha (Sri Lanka)
4th Official: Shirley Basnayaka (Sri Lanka)

2013 EAFF East Asian Championship

Preliminary Competition Round 2 – Hong Kong Stadium 

DPR Korea vs Australia   1-1

Referee : Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Assistant referee : Sumate Saiwaew (Thailand)

Assistant referee : Lee Hung Ping (Chinese Taipei)
4th Official : Jumpei Iida (Japan)

2012 Copa Sudamericana Final

First Leg, 5 December 2012

Atletico Tigre (Argentina) vs Sao Paulo FC (Brazil) 0 - 0

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Assistant Referee 1: Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)

Assistant Referee 2: Dario Gaona (Paraguay)

Fourth Official: Enrique Caceres (Paraguay)

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Second Leg, 12 December 2012

Sao Paulo FC (Brazil)  vs  Atletico Tigre (Argentina)

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Assistant Referee 1: Francisco Mondria (Chile)

Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Astroza (Chile) 

Fourth Official: Julio Bascunan (Chile)

2012-2013 UAFA CUP

(2nd qualifying round – 2nd leg in Manama) 

Al-Hadd (Bahrain)  vs  Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia)  0-2 

Referee : Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Asst referee: Ali Behzad (Kuwait)

Asst referee: Mohamed Al Enzi (Kuwait)

4th official: Ali Taleb (Kuwait)

2012 FIFA Club World Cup

Japan - 06/16 December 2012

Selected Referees :

Nawaf Ghayyath  SHUKRALLA  (Bahrain)

Djamel  HAIMOUDI  (Algeria)

Marco Antonio RODRIGUEZ MORENO  (Mexico)

Carlos Alfredo  VERA RODRIGUEZ  (Ecuador)

Peter  O’LEARY  (New Zealand)

Cüneyt  ÇAKIR  (Turkey)

Alireza  FAGHANI  (Iran)  -  reserve

Selected Assistant Referees :

Yaser Khalil  ABDULLA TULEFAT  (Bahrain)

Ebrahim Mubarak  SALEH  (Bahrain)

Redouane ACHIK  (Morocco)

Abdelhak  ETCHIALI  (Algeria)

Marvin TORRENTERA  (Mexico) 

Marcos QUINTERO (Mexico) 

Christian Daniel  LESCANO GUERRERO  (Ecuador)

Byron Norberto  ROMERO IBARRA  (Ecuador)

Jan Hendrik  HINTZ  (New Zealand)

Ravinesh  KUMAR  (Fiji)

Bahattin  DURAN  (Turkey)

Tarik  ONGUN  (Turkey)

Hassan  KAMRANIFAR  (Iran)  -  reserve

Reza  SOKHANDAN  (Iran)  -  reserve

AFC Elite Referees

They attended a workshop in Kuala Lumpur to prepare for potential Brazil 2014 duty

Khalil Ibrahim AL-GHAMDI (Saudi Arabia)

Nawaf Abdulla GHAYYATH SHUKRALLA (Bahrain)
Ali Ahmad AL-BADWAWI (UAE)
Alireza FAGHANI (Iran)
Ravshan IRMATOV (Uzbekistan)
Valentin KOVALENKO (Uzbekistan)
Abdulrahman Mohamed ABDOU HUSSAIN (Qatar)
Yuichi NISHIMURA (Japan)
Ben WILLIAMS (Australia)

Mahinda Rajapaska Trophy (Sri Lanka)

U23 Friendly tournament
Mahinda Rajapaska Trophy in Nawalapitiya (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka U23 vs Maldives U23   0-3


Referee: Srikrishna Ramaswamy (India)
Assistant Referee 1: Biplab Podder (India)

Assistant Referee 2: Franky Fernandes (India)
4th Official: Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

2013 EAFF East Asian Championship

Preliminary Competition Round 2 - Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
DPR Korea vs Guam 5-0


Referee : Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Assistant referee : Sumate Saiwaew (Thailand)
Assistant referee : Anuwat Feemuechang (Thailand)
4th Official : Wang Zhe (China)

Mexico : 2012 Torneo Apertura Final

First Leg, 29 November 2012, in Tijuana

Club Tijiuana  vs  Deportivo Toluca    2 - 1

Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)

Second Leg, 2 December 2012, in Toluca

Deportivo Toluca   vs  Club Tijiuana    0 - 2

Referee: Francisco Chacón Gutiérrez (Mexico)

2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) – Qualifiers

(1st round / 1st leg in Conakry)

Guinea vs Sierra Leone  0 - 0 

Referee : Boukari Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Asst referee: Seydou Tiama (Burkina Faso)

Asst referee: Adolphe Adama Paré (Burkina Faso)
4th official: Innocent Saba  (Burkina Faso)

Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Peruvian FIFA referee Victor Hugo Rivera celebrated his last football match before retirement during the 2012 final (1st leg) of the Peru Football Championship (Torneo Descentralizado)

This match was played at Estadio Garcilazo de la Vega in Cuzco, on December 2nd 2012, between Real Garcilaso vs Sporting Cristal (0-1)

2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) – Qualifiers

1st Round, 1st leg - in Maputo

Mozambique vs Seychelles 4-0 

Referee : Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Asst referee: Sandile Dilikane (South Africa)

Asst referee: Lindikhaya Bolo (South Africa)
4th official: Lwandile Mfiki (South Africa)

Panama : 2012 Torneo Apertura - Final

02 December 2012

in el Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez (Panama City)

CD Arabe Unidos  vs  Chepo  FC  4-1

Referee: John Francis Pitty  (Panama)

Assistant referee : Daniel Williamson
Assistant referee : Gabriel Victoria

4^th official : Roberto Moreno

2013 EAFF East Asian Championship

Preliminary Competition Round 2 - Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

DPR Korea vs Taiwan 6-1


Referee : Wang Zhe (China)
Assistant referee : Dennis Chan Shui-hung (Hong-Kong)
Assistant referee : A Lamusi (China)
4th Official : Jumpei Iida (Japan)

2013 CAF U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP

CAF U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP (Qualifiers – 3rd round – 2nd leg)

Ivory Coast U17 vs Senegal U17 = 2-1   
in Abidjan 

Referee : Kokou Fagla (Togo)
Asst referee : Limna Kabassima (Togo)
Asst referee : Kokou Avisse (Togo)
4th official : Kossi Sedjro (Togo)

Ghana U17 vs South Africa U17 = 2-1
 in Sekondi

Referee : Namouano Souleymane (Niger)
Asst referee : Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger)
Asst referee : Ibrahim Bakoye (Niger)
4th official : Abdoul Aziz Hama (Niger)

Tunisia U17 vs Burkina Faso U17 = 3-0
in Sousse

Referee : Mounir Mabrouk (Morocco)

Asst referee : Mouhib Filali (Morocco)

Asst referee : Mimoun Bekkali (Morocco)

4th official : Mounir Errahmani (Morocco) 

USA : 2012 MLS Cup Final

Canadian Silviu Petrescu has been named MLS Referee of the Year.

He was in charge of the 2012 MLS Cup Final on Dec.1st in California, between Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamos (3-1)

Uzbekistan : 2012 Cup Final

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium in Tashkent

FC Bunyodkor vs  Nasaf Qarshi     3-0

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Assistant referee : Mamur Saidkasimov
Assistant referee : Jakhongir Saidov
4th Official : Shukhrat Pulatov 

Moroccan Referees :

Abdellah EL ACHIRI 
Khalid ENNOUNI 
Hicham TIAZI

Rachid BOULAHOUJEB

2012 AFC Referee of the Year : Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Top Japanese official Yuichi Nishimura has ended Ravshan Irmatov's dominance of the AFC Referee of the Year award after claiming the individual accolade ahead of the four-time winner from Uzbekistan and Iran's Alireza Mohammad Faghani.

Nishimura's quality shone through when he was entrusted with the potentially explosive second-leg of the 2012 AFC Champions League semi-final between arch-Jeddah rivals Al Ahli and Al Ittihad in what was his third appointment in this year's edition of Asia's premier club competition.

In another highlight of 2012 Nishimura was also involved in the Olympic Games, with the 40-year-old officiating the group stage fixtures between Brazil and Belarus and hosts Great Britain and Uruguay, while the two-time J.League Referee of the Year also took charge of two matches in the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as a Round 3 qualifier for the London Games.

Source: www.the-afc.com

2012-2013 UAFA CUP

(2nd qualifying round – 1st leg  in Riyadh) 

Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) vs Al-Hadd (Bahrain)  3-0

Referee : Khamis Al-Marri  (Qatar)

Asst referee: ? (Qatar)

Asst referee: Ramzan Al-Naemi (Qatar)
4th official: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

2012 CAF Confederation Cup Final (2nd leg)

CAF 2012 Confederation Cup Final (2nd Leg)

25 November 2012 in Dolisie

AC Leopards (Congo) vs Djoliba AC (Mali)  2-1

Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
Assistant Referee : Menkouande Evarist (Cameroon)
Assistant Referee : Moussa Yanoussa (Cameroon)
Fourth Official: Christopher Ndé (Cameroon)

Norway : 2012 Cup Final

2012 Norwegian Football Cup Final

November 25^th, 2012 in Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Tromsø IL vs IL Hødd  1-1 (penalties:2-4)

Referee: Kjetil Sælen 
Assistant referee : Sven Erik Midthjell

Assistant referee : Reidar Gundersen
4th Official : Kristoffer Helgerud