FIFA World Cup Records - Refereeing

Refereeing

Most tournaments

3 – John Langenus ( Belgium, 1930–1938), Ivan Eklind ( Sweden, 1934–1950), Benjamin Griffiths ( Wales, 1950–1958), Arthur Ellis ( England, 1950–1958), István Zsolt ( Hungary, 1954–1962), Juan Gardeazábal ( Spain, 1958–1966), Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado ( Peru, 1962–1970), Ramón Barreto ( Uruguay, 1970–1978), Nicolae Rainea ( Romania, 1974–1982), Erik Fredriksson ( Sweden, 1982–1990), Jamal Al Sharif ( Syria, 1986–1994), Joël Quiniou ( France, 1986–1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim ( UAE, 1994–2002), Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia, 2002–2010), Carlos Eugênio Simon ( Brazil, 2002–2010)

Most matches refereed, overall

8 – Joël Quiniou ( France, 1986–1994), Benito Archundia ( Mexico, 2006–2010) and Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay, 2006–2010)

Most matches refereed, one tournament

5 – Benito Archundia ( Mexico, 2006), Horacio Elizondo ( Argentina, 2006) and Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan, 2010)

Youngest referee

24 years and 193 days – Juan Gardeazábal ( Spain, 1958)

Oldest referee

53 years and 236 days – George Reader ( England, 1950)