Ravshan Irmatov sets new record of World Cups

Ravshan Irmatov became the first referee in history of football, who officiated nine matches at the FIFA World Cups.

Ravshan Irmatov worked at five matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, which was his debut tournament.

In current tournament in Brazil, Uzbek referee worked in four matches. He officiated the matches between Switzerland and Ecuador (1 round of the group stage), Mexico and Croatia (3 round of the group stage), USA and Germany (3 round of the group stage), as well as Netherlands and Costa Rica (quarterfinals).

Previous record was eight matches, which belonged to Joël Quiniou of France, Benito Archundia of Mexico and Jorge Larrionda of Uruguay.