[1] Assistant referees: Erich Schneider (Germany) Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium) Fourth official: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary) Assistant referees: Jacques Poudevigne (France) Owen Powell (Jamaica) Fourth official: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand) Assistant referees: Nimal Wickeramatunge (Sri Lanka) Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) Fourth official: Esse Baharmast (United States) Assistant referees: Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait) Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain) Fourth official: Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia) Assistant referees: Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia) Achmat Salie (South Africa) Fourth official: Masayoshi Okada (Japan) Just three minutes after Slobodan Komljenović scored the equalizer, Predrag Mijatović missed a penalty kick as, after deciding not to hit it to the sides due to Edwin van der Sar's reach,[2] the ball hit the crossbar, prompting him to describe it as the worst moment in his career.
[5] Assistant referees: Laurent Rausis (Switzerland) Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania) Fourth official: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) Croatia's winning penalty goal had to be retaken.
Assistant referees: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia) Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman) Fourth official: Rune Pedersen (Norway) Assistant referees: Mark Warren (England) Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania) Fourth official: Said Belqola (Morocco) Assistant referees: Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia) Dramane Danté (Mali) Fourth official: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) Assistant referees: Owen Powell (Jamaica) Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras) Fourth official: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay) Assistant referees: Mikael Nilsson (Sweden) Marc Van den Broeck (Belgium) Fourth official: Urs Meier (Switzerland) Assistant referees: Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait) Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman) Fourth official: Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia) Assistant referees: Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain) Jorge Diaz Galvez (Chile) Fourth official: Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay) As both were European teams, this was already set pre-match as the fifth consecutive World Cup in which European teams finished third, stretching back to 1982.
Assistant referees: Emanuel Zammit (Malta) Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) Fourth official: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Assistant referees: Mark Warren (England) Achmat Salie (South Africa) Fourth official: Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)