The Referee

French referee Clément Turpin, who is officiating the Norway vs. England match, is taking charge of his fourth game at the current tournament and his 9th match overall across three World Cups. This equals the second-best record in World Cup history. Only Ravshan Irmatov has officiated more matches (11). The top 8 referees by the number of World Cup matches ordered is as follows: 1️⃣1️⃣ Ravshan Irmatov 🇺🇿 (2010, 2014, 2018) 9️⃣ Néstor Pitana 🇦🇷 (2014, 2018) 9️⃣ Alireza Faghani 🇮🇷🇦🇺 (2018, 2022, 2026) 9️⃣ César Arturo Ramos 🇲🇽 (2018, 2022, 2026) 9️⃣ Clément Turpin 🇫🇷 (2018, 2022, 2026) 8️⃣ Joël Quiniou 🇫🇷 (1986, 1990, 1994) 8️⃣ Benito Archundia 🇲🇽 (2006, 2010) 8️⃣ Jorge Larrionda 🇺🇾 (2006, 2010) Among those with 7 matches, Szymon Marciniak (Poland), Wilton Sampaio (Brazil), and Michael Oliver (England) have also worked at the current tournament. If any of them receives another appointment, they will join the list above, but I highly doubt that. Meanwhile, Turpin, along with fellow Frenchman François Letexier, have officiated 7 matches combined [at this tournament], propelling France to third place in the ranking of countries by the total number of referee assignments. The current top 5 countries are: 🇮🇹 Italy 5️⃣7️⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 5️⃣6️⃣ 🇫🇷 France 5️⃣3️⃣ 🇧🇷 Brazil 5️⃣2️⃣ 🇦🇷 Argentina 5️⃣1️⃣