The 5th edition of the Paris World Games takes place July 7th-13th in Paris, France. It is France’s biggest international youth tournament, attracting around 200 teams from all over the world.
A great tournament requires great referees. For this year’s event “Referee Abroad” has selected a total of 95 referees, coming from 25 different nations. The group will be completed by referee observers, staff and basketball and handball referees, the first time Referee Abroad is involved in these two sport disciplines. A total of 141 people from 28 countries and territories will be represented in the “referee group”.
Here’s a full list in order of group size:
England đ´ó §ó ˘ó Ľó Žó §ó ż – 25 people (14 football referees, 10 observers, 1 basketball referee)
Adebayo, Tunde – observer
Amey, Harry
Aumjaud, Khaled – observer
Brown, Tommy
Clayton, Tracey – observer
Crabtree, Matthew
Eisenune, Dominique – basketball referee
Fairhurst, David – observer
Gibson, Macauley
Hill, Alan – observer
Himsworth, Andy – referee coach
Howard, Leon
McCartney, Travis
McCourt Hall, Kye
Mollov, Vladimir
Moules, John – observer
Philipps, Promise
Reed, Graeme – observer
Roble, Jawahir
Smith, Jack – observer
Starkey, Ryan
Stevens, Harry
Waller, David – observers coordinator
Wicks, Jack
Winter, Sam
Netherlands đłđą – 13 people (9 football referees, 2 basketball referees, 2 staff members)
Aboujid, Samir
Boud, Marcello – staff member
Bueters, Thomas
de Groot, Xander
Hendriks, Toon – basketball referee
Jalving, Matthias
Meija, Amilcar – staff member
Nusselder, Gabriel
Ramdjas, Anthony
Roetman, Xylan
Scholten, Simon – basketball referee
van den Corput, Jelle
van der Singel, Leene
Spain đŞđ¸ – 12 people (9 football referees, 3 basketball referees)
Aguilera, Alberto
Andersson, Dennis
Aviles, Oscar
Barroso, Victor
Gonzalez, Irina – basketball referee
Gupergui, Javier
Martinez Gil, Alberto
Moreno, Raquel – basketball referee
Munoz Garcia, Jayro
Munoz Garcia, Neroy
Salazar, Jose Ivan
Temporao, Roberto – basketball referee
Germany đŠđŞ – 11 people (9 football referees, 2 observers)
Albrecht, Alexander
Baida, Herbert
Buhl, Thomas – observer
Buttner, Tim
Gadow, Sven
Hendele, Tim
King, Marlon
Pfisterer, Alexander
Printzler, Martin – observer
Szelmann, Fabian
Weber, Marco
France đŤđˇ – 10 people (8 football referees, 2 staff members, 1 basketball referee)
Biehler, Joanna – staff member
Billault, Aurelien – basketball referee
Braho, Gazmend
Carrot, Antoine
Chaouki, Anis
Foures, Fabio
Foures, Fabrice – staff member
Gennarino, Tom
Nivalle, Valentin
Valente, Jolan
Italy đŽđš – 10 people (4 basketball referees, 4 staff members, 2 handball referees)
Barca, Angelica – basketball referee
Bonapace, Cristiano – referee manager
Chiarugi, Alessio – basketball referee
Curcio, Daniele – referee director
Fustagni, Enrico – basketball referee coordinator
Iuliano, Alessandro – staff member
Mancuso, Raffaele – basketball referee
Marasciulo, Dario – handball referee coordinator
Tempone, Michele – handball referee
Vaccaro, Lorena – staff member
Czechia đ¨đż – 7 football referees
Brezani, Darius
Horak, Martin
Ikizgul, Varol
Piskac, Lukas
Psota, Tomas
Sekanina, Martin
Slesinger, Adam
Switzerland đ¨đ – 6 football referees
Hofmann, Sandro
Kerbala, Emanuele
Ritter, Oisin
Rosenbaum, Benjamin
Sujata, Julien
Ziegler, Sven
Japan đŻđľ – 5 people (3 football referees, 1 observer, 1 staff member)
Amimoto, Kazuki
Kaneko, Kaz – staff member
Kitara, Daisuke
Morooka, Yu
Uehara, Naoto – observer
Romania đˇđ´ – 5 people (3 football referees, 2 handball referees)
Isac, Iustin
Mihai, Cristina – handball referee
Mocanu, Robert
Pirlog, Tudorel
Ungureanu, Maria – handball referee
Portugal đľđš – 4 football referees
Sousa, Henrique
The names will be announced by APAF – the Portuguese Referee Association, shortly before the tournament.
USA đşđ¸ – 4 football referees
Azadpour, Omeed (CalSouth)
Connolly, Joe (Massachusetts)
Ell, Josh (North Texas)
Oudghiri, Malik (Indiana)
Belgium đ§đŞ – 3 people (2 football referees, 1 basketball referee)
Defranne, Theo
Dierikx, Ibe
Roelandt, Steven – basketball referee
Hungary đđş – 3 football referees
Drabon, Barnabas
Kreitl, Tamas
Marosi, Milan
Slovakia đ¸đ° – 3 football referees
Babjak, Ladislav
Hrebenar, Matej
Pohanka, Ivan
Algeria đŠđż – 2 handball referees
Kahloul, Idir – handball referee
Mehaoued, Walide – handball referee
Australia đŚđş – 2 people (1 football referee, 1 basketball referee)
Lopez, Rhys – basketball referee
Woodyatt, Daniel
Colombia đ¨đ´ – 2 people (1 football referee, 1 observer)
Blanco, Mary
Oviedo, Elizabeth – observer
Kosovo đ˝đ° – 2 people (1 football referee, 1 observer)
Iberdemaj, Vigan
Hadri, Petrit – observer
Scotland đ´ó §ó ˘ó łó Łó ´ó ż – 2 people (1 football referee, 1 observer)
McGinn, Tony
Miller, Sandy – observer
Serbia đˇđ¸ – 2 football referees
Jovanovic, Danilo
Jovic, Uros
Sweden đ¸đŞ – 2 handball referees
Olovsson, David – handball referee
Strandberg, Robin – handball referee
Finland đŤđŽ – 1 football referee
Kuolaro, Robin
Ireland đŽđŞ – 1 football referee
Keating, Lukas
Luxembourg đąđş – 1 football referee
Bouillon, Kentin
Pakistan đľđ° – 1 football referee
Ali, Muhammad
Poland đľđą – 1 football referee
Pawlowski, Aleksander
Reunion – 1 handball referee
Xavier, Samuel – handball referee