FIFA Executive to study refereeing and ticketing

The FIFA Executive Committee is to take a closer look at issues especially including refereeing and match ticketing following the experience of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan.

Meeting in Tokyo, Japan, today before the FIFA World Cup Final, the Executive Committee under President Joseph S Blatter discussed at length various aspects of refereeing at the current competition. The debate centred mostly on the selection of referees as a group for the final competition, and also their selection match-by-match, as well as on possible means of improving refereeing standards in general.