NO NIGERIAN REFEREE FOR BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP

Peter Edibi

Hopes of having a Nigerian refereeing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup billed for Brazil was dashed after Peter Edibi was dropped in the final list released by FIFA Referees Committee on Wednesday.

Edibi, one of the prospective assistant referees from among the officials from 10 African countries, was not named among the eight assistant referees for the mundial.

The committee, under the Chairmanship of Jim Boyce, appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 countries for the 2014 World Cup.

The latest list means that Nigeria has no representative among the officials for the World Cup holding from June 12 to July 13 in 12 host cities.

Edibi is one of the prospective assistant referees listed earlier by the world football governing body.

He attended seminars for the prospective officials in Zurich, Switzerland and Casablanca, Morocco in September 2012 and in April 2013, respectively.

With the list, Africa will be represented by officials from Cote D’ Ivoire, Burundi, The Gambia, Cameroon, Rwanda, Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Senegal and Kenya

Edibi, born in 1970, became a FIFA badge referee in 2004.

He was among the assistant referees at the just-concluded 2013 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco from December 11 to December 21.