FIBA Basketball
Press Release no. 10: FIBA appoints World Championship Referees
GENEVA (FIBA World Championship) - FIBA, the International Basketball Federation based in Geneva, Switzerland, has announced today the appointment of the referees for the FIBA World Championships 2006 in Japan and Brazil. All games of the FIBA World Championships 2006 will be officiated with 3 referees. 40 FIBA referees coming from
GENEVA (FIBA World Championship) - FIBA, the International Basketball Federation based in Geneva, Switzerland, has announced today the appointment of the referees for the FIBA World Championships 2006 in Japan and Brazil. All games of the FIBA World Championships 2006 will be officiated with 3 referees.
Japan 2006
40 FIBA referees coming from all 5 continents will officiate the 80 games of the FIBA World Championship 2006 from 19 August - 3 September 2006 in Japan.
Referees Group A (in Sendai):
Mr. Michael AYLEN, AUS
Mr. Recep ANKARALI, TUR
Mr. Abdellilah CHLIF, MAR
Mr. Hak Mo CHUNG, KOR
Mr. Virginijus DOVIDAVICIUS, LTU
Mr. Fabio FACCHINI, ITA
Mr. Carl JUNGEBRAND, FIN
Mr. Terry Matthew MOORE, USA
Mr. Carlos Renato DOS SANTOS, BRA
Mr. Alvaro Dario TRIAS IGLESIAS, URU
Referees Group B (in Hiroshima):
Mr. Abreu MUHIMUA JOAO, MOZ
Mr. Ilija BELOSEVIC, SCG
Mr. Jose Anibal CARRION, PUR
Mr. Alejandro César CHITI, ARG
Mr. Rabah NOUJAIM, LIB
Mr. Lazaros VOREADIS, GRE
Mr. Borys RYZHYK, UKR
Mr. Petr SUDEK, SVK
Mr. Eddie VIATOR, FRA
Mr. Maogong YANG, CHN
Referees Group C (in Hamamatsu):
Mr. Juan ARTEAGA, ESP
Mr. Pablo Alberto ESTEVEZ, ARG
Mr. Mike Amir HOMSY, CAN
Mr. Guerrino CEREBUCH, ITA
Mr. Reynaldo Antonio MERCEDES SANCHEZ, DOM
Mr. Yosuke MIYATAKE, JPN
Mr. Dubravko MUHVIC, CRO
Mr. Sasa PUKL, SLO
Mr. Eddie Fernanzo RUSH, USA
Mr. Jorge VAZQUEZ, PUR
Referees Group D (in Sapporo):
Mr. Shmuel BACHAR, ISR
Mr. Romualdas BRAZAUSKAS, LTU
Mr. Scott Jason BUTLER, AUS
Mr. Daniel Alfredo DELGADO CASADIEGO, VEN
Mr. Yuji HIRAHARA, JPN
Mr. Milivoje JOVCIC, SCG
Mr. Cristiano Jesus MARANHO, BRA
Mr. Jose MARTIN, ESP
Mr. Domingos Francisco SIMAO, ANG
Mr. Nikolaos ZAVLANOS, GRE
Brazil 2006
25 FIBA referees coming from 5 continents will officiate the 62 games of the FIBA Women’s World Championship 2006 from 12 - 23 September 2006 in Brazil.
The list of referees includes a record nine female referees, which represents 36% of the overall referee contingent for the tournament. This is almost double the number of female referees used at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournaments in Athens.
FIBA Sports Director Lubomir Kotleba sees the improved quality of female referees as the main reason for that, "The officiating quality of female referees is constantly improving and these are more and more up to the standards of top FIBA events.
This is a consequence of our Zones and National Federations paying more attention to the formation and training of female referees, but also to the fact that more and more women are interested in a referee's career."
Referees
Mrs. Karolina ANDERSSON, FIN
Mr. Heros AVANESSIAN, IRI
Mr. Gabriel Chiel BAUM SPALTER, URU
Ms. Susan Elaine BLAUCH, USA
Mr. Matej BOLTAUZER, SLO
Ms. Elena CHERNOVA, RUS
Mr. Antonio CONDE, ESP
Mrs. Nadine Renée CROWLEY, CAN
Ms. Fatima Aparecida DA SILVA, BRA
Mr. Ivo DOLINEK, CZE
Mrs. Nancy ETHIER, CAN
Mr. Vitalis Odhiambo GODE, KEN
Mr. Kok Yew HO, MAS
Ms. Chantal JULIEN, FRA
Mr. Philippe LEEMANN, SUI
Mr. Oscar LEFWERTH, SWE
Mr. Vaughan Charles MAYBERRY, AUS
Mr. Sergio de Jesus PACHECO, BRA
Mrs. Ling PENG, CHN
Mr. Kestutis PILIPAUSKAS, LTU
Mr. Diego Hernan ROUGIER, ARG
Mrs. Gabriela SCHAER ARAYA, CRC
Mr. Roberto Omar SMITH, ARG
Mr. Moussa Ismaila TOURE, MLI
Mr. Gens Vadayattu VARGHESE, IND
Japan 2006
40 FIBA referees coming from all 5 continents will officiate the 80 games of the FIBA World Championship 2006 from 19 August - 3 September 2006 in Japan.
Referees Group A (in Sendai):
Mr. Michael AYLEN, AUS
Mr. Recep ANKARALI, TUR
Mr. Abdellilah CHLIF, MAR
Mr. Hak Mo CHUNG, KOR
Mr. Virginijus DOVIDAVICIUS, LTU
Mr. Fabio FACCHINI, ITA
Mr. Carl JUNGEBRAND, FIN
Mr. Terry Matthew MOORE, USA
Mr. Carlos Renato DOS SANTOS, BRA
Mr. Alvaro Dario TRIAS IGLESIAS, URU
Referees Group B (in Hiroshima):
Mr. Abreu MUHIMUA JOAO, MOZ
Mr. Ilija BELOSEVIC, SCG
Mr. Jose Anibal CARRION, PUR
Mr. Alejandro César CHITI, ARG
Mr. Rabah NOUJAIM, LIB
Mr. Lazaros VOREADIS, GRE
Mr. Borys RYZHYK, UKR
Mr. Petr SUDEK, SVK
Mr. Eddie VIATOR, FRA
Mr. Maogong YANG, CHN
Referees Group C (in Hamamatsu):
Mr. Juan ARTEAGA, ESP
Mr. Pablo Alberto ESTEVEZ, ARG
Mr. Mike Amir HOMSY, CAN
Mr. Guerrino CEREBUCH, ITA
Mr. Reynaldo Antonio MERCEDES SANCHEZ, DOM
Mr. Yosuke MIYATAKE, JPN
Mr. Dubravko MUHVIC, CRO
Mr. Sasa PUKL, SLO
Mr. Eddie Fernanzo RUSH, USA
Mr. Jorge VAZQUEZ, PUR
Referees Group D (in Sapporo):
Mr. Shmuel BACHAR, ISR
Mr. Romualdas BRAZAUSKAS, LTU
Mr. Scott Jason BUTLER, AUS
Mr. Daniel Alfredo DELGADO CASADIEGO, VEN
Mr. Yuji HIRAHARA, JPN
Mr. Milivoje JOVCIC, SCG
Mr. Cristiano Jesus MARANHO, BRA
Mr. Jose MARTIN, ESP
Mr. Domingos Francisco SIMAO, ANG
Mr. Nikolaos ZAVLANOS, GRE
Brazil 2006
25 FIBA referees coming from 5 continents will officiate the 62 games of the FIBA Women’s World Championship 2006 from 12 - 23 September 2006 in Brazil.
The list of referees includes a record nine female referees, which represents 36% of the overall referee contingent for the tournament. This is almost double the number of female referees used at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournaments in Athens.
FIBA Sports Director Lubomir Kotleba sees the improved quality of female referees as the main reason for that, "The officiating quality of female referees is constantly improving and these are more and more up to the standards of top FIBA events.
This is a consequence of our Zones and National Federations paying more attention to the formation and training of female referees, but also to the fact that more and more women are interested in a referee's career."
Referees
Mrs. Karolina ANDERSSON, FIN
Mr. Heros AVANESSIAN, IRI
Mr. Gabriel Chiel BAUM SPALTER, URU
Ms. Susan Elaine BLAUCH, USA
Mr. Matej BOLTAUZER, SLO
Ms. Elena CHERNOVA, RUS
Mr. Antonio CONDE, ESP
Mrs. Nadine Renée CROWLEY, CAN
Ms. Fatima Aparecida DA SILVA, BRA
Mr. Ivo DOLINEK, CZE
Mrs. Nancy ETHIER, CAN
Mr. Vitalis Odhiambo GODE, KEN
Mr. Kok Yew HO, MAS
Ms. Chantal JULIEN, FRA
Mr. Philippe LEEMANN, SUI
Mr. Oscar LEFWERTH, SWE
Mr. Vaughan Charles MAYBERRY, AUS
Mr. Sergio de Jesus PACHECO, BRA
Mrs. Ling PENG, CHN
Mr. Kestutis PILIPAUSKAS, LTU
Mr. Diego Hernan ROUGIER, ARG
Mrs. Gabriela SCHAER ARAYA, CRC
Mr. Roberto Omar SMITH, ARG
Mr. Moussa Ismaila TOURE, MLI
Mr. Gens Vadayattu VARGHESE, IND