FIFA's referees committee today announced the 12 match officials
who will be retained to be in contention to take charge of the
remaining eight games of the tournament.
The 12 referees retained are: Toru Kamikawa (Japan), Coffi Codjia
(Benin), Benito Archundia (Mexico), Horacio Elizondo (Argentina),
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay), Mark Shield (Australia), Massimo Busacca
(Switzerland), Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium), Luis Medina Cantalejo
(Spain), Markus Merk (Germany), Lubos Michel (Slovakia), Roberto
Rosetti (Italy)
