How do they select the referees for the games, when it comes to nationality?
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Hi there!\n\nIt works like this: \n\n"(...)Individual national associations submitted nominations to their confederations. The names of the 44 nominated referees were submitted to FIFA months ago. \nAn arduous process then commenced. According to FIFA "when making (its) decision, the committee members evaluated the performances of the 44 candidates during FIFA competitions, continental championships and in national leagues over the past 18 months. The referees' performances at the two FIFA workshops in Frankfurt were likewise taken into account, as the match officials were subject to close scrutiny from February (12-16) 2005 and again from March (21-25) 2006. At the second workshop, the match officials underwent comprehensive medical checks, as well as a fitness test. In addition, they all completed a psychological test, and members of the FIFA Referees Committee held interviews with the candidate referees." \n\nFollowing below the list of 23 referees chosen to officiate at the 2006 World Cup in Germany:\n\nEssam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Benito Archundia (Mexico) Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Coffi Codjia (Benin) Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Massimo de Santis (Italy) Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain) Markus Merk (Germany) Lubos Michel (Slovakia) Graham Poll (England) Eric Poulat (France) Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) Mark Shield (Australia) Carlos Simon (Brazil) Kyros Vassaras (Greece).\n\nI just put part of the article for you.\nBut you can have more information on the sites listed in the Sources field, okay!?\n\nCheers,\n\nClaire
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Well, first off, I would assume these positions are only required during the period the games are underway.\n\n- The hosting nation would most likely be the employer. The amount needed would likely depend on the number of languages requiring translation, and in many cases, one would assume the member nations would have some of their own.\n\n- I also believe your chances would be greater if you spoke a less common language, but it never hurts to check.\n\nSince the next games are in China 2008, you could apply to become a volunteer. Hopefully you speak Mandarin or Cantonese....
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It depends on their level of experience in the game. Referees who have been players or coaches or both tend to do a better job. Similarly, players who have been referees or coaches who have reffed or played all do better.
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It's a random selection but with guidelines:\n\nThere cannot be more than 2 European teams in one group, and 1 team per continent in each group.\nHighly ranked (England, Argentina, France, Mexico, Italy), home teams (Germany)  and defending champions (Brazil) are placed at the top of each group
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There is no one official language of football. However, English is being encouraged among referees so that there is better communication.\n\nFIFA recognises English, French, German and Spanish as the official languages of the organisation but players and officals are not required to use these while on the field.\n\nA new feature of the 2006 Woold Cup  is to have all the referees for a particular game be of the same nationality so that they are able to communicate more effectively with each other.\n\nMaybe in the future, there will be some requirement for player communication.
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It is determined by the level league they officiate for regular season and evaluations in those leagues and in friendlies, tournaments are also taken into consideration and are used as criteria.
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Referee           Pierluigi Collina (Italy)   7\nLinesmen          Leif Lindberg (Sweden)\n                  Philip Sharpe (England)\n4th official      Hugh Dallas (Scotland)\n\nThe number 7 is his match rating.\n\nQuestion wasn't too difficult.  Love this website.  So much information about every cup ever played.
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This has happened several times throughout the history in football. These days - in additon to a referee and two referee's assistants - there is a "4 official" and a replacement. In such circumstances, the 4th official will replace the referee,with the standby replacement taking over the duties of the 4th official.\nIn the olden days, a linesman would take over the duties of the referee, and there has been cases, where they have had to request spectators who are qualified referees to make themselves known and be a linesman.
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in some countries they are ,but in others they have to take a  second job,fifa in order to be democratic select the candidates from all the federations they have around the world ,the fifa take in consideration a referee ranking they have, and to be selected ,you have to be a fifa referee,that is a selected group ,who have the experience,the knowledge,finally they take a cooper test to see if they fit physically for the wc games.\nbut after all they are humans a basic condition to make mistakes
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Unfortunately, the OHL did not release an offical list this year.  However, to check to see if they update anything during the year you can go to http://www.hockeyrefs.com/ and they will have anything about referees there.
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FIFA Regulations says nothing about the nationality of the manager or his crew.  FIFA only cares about the players being of the nationality that they are representing.  Honestly I agree with FIFA since the ones that are more important are the players and not the managers.
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A referee presides over a game of association football (soccer). The referee has "full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed" (Law 5), and the referee's decisions regarding facts connected with play are final, so far as the result of the game is concerned.\n\nThe referee is assisted by two assistant referees (formerly known as linesmen), and in some matches also by a fourth official. The match officials utilise a positioning system known as the diagonal system of control.\n\nThe vast majority of referees are amateur, though they are usually paid a small fee and/or expenses for their services. However, in some countries a limited number of referees - who mainly officiate in their country's top division - are employed full-time by their national associations and receive a retainer at the start of every season plus match fees.\n\nReferees officiating adult competitive international games are required to be selected from the FIFA panel of referees; this restriction does not necessarily apply to non-competitive (so-called friendly) games or youth games.\n\nThe referee's powers and duties are described by Law 5 of the Laws of the Game. [1] The referee's tasks include:\n\n        * enforcing the Laws of the Game;\n        * controlling the match in co-operation with the assistant referees and, where applicable, with the fourth official;\n        * ensuring that any ball used meets the requirements of Law 2;\n        * ensuring that the players' equipment meets the requirements of Law 4;\n        * acting as timekeeper and keeping a record of the match;\n        * stopping, suspending or terminating the match, at his discretion, for any infringements of the Laws;\n        * stopping, suspending or terminating the match because of outside interference of any kind;\n        * stopping the match if, in his opinion, a player is seriously injured and ensuring that he is removed from the field of play. An injured player may only return to the field of play after the match has restarted;\n        * allowing play to continue until the ball is out of play if a player is, in his opinion, only slightly injured;
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The world cup teams are put together by citizens of each nation.  This is usually based off of the country of origin of the player.  But some players that have played in an international league for an extended period of time can get citizenship in that country thus allowing them to play for that country or their country of birth.
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They have to be citizens to be able to play for their country. Some players are immigrants who were naturalized, so they became citizens.The Netherlands wanted Salomon Kalou from cote d'Ivoire on their team( he was already living and playing in the Netherlands) so they tried to speed up his naturalization process. Unfortunately the govenment didn't agree to this speeding up and so he was not able to play for the Dutch team.
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Referee - Pat Partridge.....\nLinesman  -  R.C.Challis (red flag), G.W.Holt (flame flag).\nI have the programme!
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Just the athletes...\nBut the coaches are recognized...\nIf one of their athletes receives a medal, depending on which one they receive points and distinctions.\nUsually most countries then select the highest scorers for special events, appearances, and recognitions.\nI know it does not sound like much but to a coach it is pretty important...
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there are 53 players on a team, not 42 or 65 like those first two idiots answered. and there are several different fouls. the officials throw yellow penalty flags when a foul is committed. the rules are far too involved and complicated to go into here, but the sport is so strategic it's like a hard hitting chess match. if you watch some games and start learning the rules, i'm sure you'll find it fascinating. thank you for showing such an interest, it's very refreshing to hear a european asking about the rules instead of just bashing a sport they don't understand.