World Cup referees: Matches 17-24
JOHANNESBURG - World Cup referee assignments for matches 17-24.

Wednesday June 16
17. South Africa v Uruguay, Group A
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland), assistants: Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) and Francesco Buragina (Switzerland), fourth official Wolfgang Stark (Germany).
Thursday June 17
18. France v Mexico, Group A
Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia), assistants: Hassan Kamranifar (Iran) and Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates), fourth official: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand).
19. Greece v Nigeria, Group B
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Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia), assistants: Abraham Gonzalez (Colombia) and Humberto Clavijo (Colombia), fourth official: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
20. Argentina v South Korea, Group B
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium), assistants: Peter Hermans (Belgium) and Walter Vromans (Belgium), fourth official: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Friday June 18
21. Germany v Serbia, Group D
Referee: Alberto Undiano (Spain), assistants: Fermin Martinez (Spain) and Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez (Spain), fourth official: Martin Vazquez (Uruguay)
22. Slovenia v United States, Group C
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali), assistants: Redouane Achik (Morocco) and Inacio Candido (Angola), fourth official: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
23. England v Algeria, Group C
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan), assistants: Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) and Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan), fourth official: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
Saturday June 19
24. Ghana v Australia, Group D
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy), assistants: Paolo Calcagno (Italy) and Stefano Ayroldi (Italy), fourth official: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

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