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Beach Volleyball International Referees & Candidates

International Referees ratified by the Country Born on International

Course in FIVB Board of Administration

Mr. Djamal BERGHEUL ALG 12/10/69 Lausanne 2003

Mr. Osvaldo SUMAVIL ARG 23/06/69 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Stephen GIUGNI AUS 27/05/62 Klagenfurt’98

Mr. Kevin LENTIN AUS 20/08/70 Beijing 2007

Mrs. Catriona TWEEDIE AUS 07/03/62 Osaka’97

Mr. Dietmar PICHLER AUT 04/02/81 Vaduz 2008

Mr. Fabio ANCORA BEL 14/07/73 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Marcos BRAGA BRA 04/02/71 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Eider CARVALHO BRA 18/06/60 R. Janeiro’96

Mr. Mário FERRO BRA 26/10/66 R. Janeiro’96

Mr. Regis FONSECA BRA 09/08/62 R. Janeiro’96

Mr. Edison MELONIO BRA 23/03/59 R. Janeiro’96

Mr. Elzir OLIVEIRA BRA 10/08/62 R. Janeiro’96

Mr. Vitor Hugo OLIVEIRA BRA 08/11/60 R. Janeiro’96

Mr. Lucio VERANE BRA 15/06/65 Berlin’98

Mrs. Maria Amélia VILLAS-BOAS BRA 05/07/57 R. Janeiro’96

Mr. Darryl FRIESEN CAN 15/09/67 Marbella’96

Mrs. Lucie GUILLEMETTE CAN 03/06/62 Osaka’97

Ms. Sylvia JAKSETIC CAN 24/03/58 Dalian’99

Mr. Omid MOJTAHEDI CAN 27/06/69 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Shicong DING CHN 15/03/71 Beijing 2007

Mr. Xuan HU CHN 04/11/77 Beijing 2007

Ms. Hongyu LIU CHN 29/03/72 Lausanne 2005

Mr. Zhihao LIU CHN 31/03/62 Dalian’99

Mr. Weiping LU CHN 30/05/62 Dalian’99

Ms. Xianghong SHEN CHN 27/03/77 Lausanne 2005

Mr. Leijun WANG CHN 30/01/67 Dalian’99

Mrs. Lijun WANG CHN 10/07/75 Beijing 2007

Mrs. Yun WEI CHN 14/08/71 Beijing 2007

Mr. Zhe ZHANG CHN 01/04/77 Beijing 2007

Mr. Dario SOS CRO 20/12/71 Cagliari 2004

Mr. Drago PESLAC CRO 12/05/70 Cagliari 2004

Mr. Sergios SERGIOU CYP 05/01/68 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Stavros STAVROU CYP 16/03/72 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Petr HORKY CZE 16/04/79 Lausanne 2005

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Mr. Jiri PELOUSEK CZE 26/05/76 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Milan VACHUTKA CZE 23/07/82 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Flemming MUNK DEN 12/06/70 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Leif SONNESEN DEN 04/04/67 Marbella’96

Mr. Mosad ATTALAH EGY 17/11/66 Beijing 2007

Mr. Ehab TADRES EGY 26/04/67 Beijing 2007

Mr. Damien SEARLE ENG 03/04/73 Lausanne 2003

Mr. Gregory THOMPSON ENG 05/08/71 Vaduz 2007

Mrs. Mireia CARREÑO ESP 23/08/66 Marbella’96

Mr. Miguel CHITO GOMEZ ESP 12/02/73 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Julián GUTIERREZ ESP 21/07/64 Marbella’96

Mr. Richard MARTINEZ FERRER ESP 06/06/67 Vaduz 2007

Mr. José Maria PADRON ESP 27/05/72 Cagliari 2004

Mr. Marc BERARD FRA 24/06/66 Xylokastro’01

Mr. Julien BRUXELLES FRA 21/05/74 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Christian DECHOUX FRA 27/03/62 Cagliari’2000

Mr. Yves NODALE FRA 27/09/69 Vaduz 2007

Mr. Vincent ROCHE FRA 16/05/77 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Abdelhak SAADOUNE FRA 01/06/62 Lausanne 2003

Mr. Marc HAGENER GER 13/12/67 Songkla 2004

Mr. Tobias MARKFELD GER 03/11/75 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Joachim MATTNER GER 13/08/68 Hamburg 2008

Ms. Nikoletta CHIRPILIDOU GRE 01/01/78 Xylokastro’01

Mrs. Fani KATSAVOUNI GRE 24/12/63 Cagliari’2000

Ms. Irene MOULA GRE 25/02/72 Xylokastro’01

Mr. Charalampos PAPADOGOULAS GRE 29/11/77 Lausanne 2005

Mr. Ioannis TSIMPINOS GRE 03/02/69 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Vassilis VASSILIADIS GRE 05/03/82 Lausanne 2005

Mr. Thomas CHANG HKG 19/11/60 Jakarta’96

Mr. Chun Kwok LAM HKG 26/02/61 Osaka’97

Mr. Chung NG HKG 02/01/73 Beijing 2007

Mr. Siu Pui SHIU HKG 10/12/58 Osaka’97

Mr. Aprelius BALEBU INA 03/04/61 Jakarta’96

Mr. Hary MUSTAFA INA 12/12/60 Jakarta’96

Mr. Srinivasan JAYARAMAN IND 10/06/71 Songkla 2004

Mr. Kasim THAZHE PUNATHIL IND 04/12/66 Vaduz 2007

Mr. Davide CRESCENTINI ITA 03/11/81 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Bruno FRAPICCINI ITA 06/02/72 Cagliari 2004

Mr. Ubaldo LUCIANI ITA 17/05/75 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Davide PRATI ITA 13/05/69 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Pietro SACCO ITA 22/07/60 Cagliari’2000

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Mr. Marco SPINNICCHIA ITA 06/07/77 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Nader ANSARI IRI 23/06/63 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Takashi FUJII JPN 08/10/62 Osaka’97

Mr. Hiroki FUJITA JPN 17/09/58 Jakarta’96

Mr. Akira MASUBUCHI JPN 19/04/57 Espinho’96

Ms. Mariko SATOMI JPN 15/02/67 Songkla 2004

Mr. Takeshi SHINJO JPN 11/10/63 Songkla 2004

Mr. Ju Hyoung SUN KOR 26/01/71 Beijing 2007

Mr. Ibrahim NAZEEM MDV 09/10/72 Jakarta’96

Mr. Miguel RAMIREZ MEX 02/07/59 R. Janeiro’96

Mr. Marcel HAASNOOT NED 22/01/70 Lausanne 2005

Mr. Ramon HOFSTRA NED 21/08/71 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Adrianus KOK (age limit at 2011) NED 27/02/56 Marbella’96

Mr. Bas van der MEIJDEN NED 08/04/77 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Skule HAAGENSEN NOR 31/07/75 Cagliari 2006

Mr. Ronny STERTEN NOR 08/06/73 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Richard CASUTT NZL 07/11/71 Jakarta’96

Mr. Tim CLEAVER NZL 22/05/81 Vaduz 2008

Mr. Robert BRONISZ POL 14/08/75 Vaduz 2007

Mr. Piotr KOSIACKI POL 13/10/71 Lausanne 2005

Ms. Agnieszka MYSZKOWSKA POL 16/04/77 Vaduz 2008

Mr. Krzysztof WOJTUNIK POL 03/01/80 Lausanne 2005

Mr. Rui CARVALHO POR 01/05/76 Lausanne 2005

Mrs. Maria FERREIRA POR 25/04/67 Lausanne 2005

Mr. António MOREIRA (age limit at 2011) POR 11/09/56 Espinho’96

Mr. Cesário RAMA POR 25/12/58 Espinho’96

Mr. Pedro GARCIA PUR 10/08/61 Jakarta’96

Mr. Ahmed ABDULLA QAT 01/01/72 Songkla 2004

Mr. Ahmed AL SHEEBANI QAT 12/02/74 Songkla 2004

Ms. Madalina SARAU ROU 15/03/78 Xylokastro’01

Mr. Jottie REDELINGHUYS RSA 17/08/59 Lausanne 2005

Mr. Romam ALEXEEV RUS 01/11/82 Vaduz 2008

Mr. Roman PRISTOVAKIN RUS 27/04/78 Vaduz 2007

Mr. Jernej ROJC SLO 21/06/82 Vaduz 2007

Mr. Anton PEVC SLO 06/01/69 Berlin’98

Mr. Daniel BISCHOFBERGER SUI 06/12/78 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Jonas PERSONENI SUI 21/08/83 Lausanne 2005

Mr. José REYES SUI 01/04/75 Lausanne 2003

Mr. Jörgen HOLMGREN SWE 13/12/72 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Kritsada PANASERI THA 12/08/66 Jakarta’96

Mr. Nakul SIRISAWATPIPAT THA 23/08/57 Jakarta’96

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Ms. Yasemin ALTINER TUR 08/02/73 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Hayrettin DURAK TUR 06/02/57 Berlin’98

Mr. Mert KORUYAN TUR 15/11/73 Xylokastro’01

Mr. Ozan SARIKAYA TUR 06/07/81 Vaduz 2007

Mr. Gültekin TEKINALP TUR 27/05/58 Klagenfurt’98

Mr. Dan APOL USA 12/04/72 Cagliari 2004

Mr. Brig BEATIE USA 11/08/70 Beijing 2007

Mr. Richard BLEAU USA 30/11/65 Lausanne 2003

Mr. Ryan MACDOWELL USA 04/05/67 Beijing 2007

Mr. Keith MURLLESS USA 10/10/63 Cagliari 2004

Mr. Glenn SAPP USA 31/03/57 Dalian’99

Candidates to be submitted to the 2011 IRC for nomination Country Born on Candidate

Course in as International by the 2011 FIVB Board of Administration

Ms. Nina HOBI (approved Marseille 2010) AUT 24/01/81 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Mauro CAMARA (approved Brasila 2010) BRA 26/08/73 Hamburg 2008

Mr. Nikolay RUSEV (approved Kristiansand 2010) BUL 12/05/80 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Stefan DEMERDZHIEV (app StareJablonki2010) BUL 30/08/79 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Jasen BOYKO (approved Kristiansand 2010) CAN 07/03/69 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Jan MERUNA (approved Prague 2010) CZE 13/01/70 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Jaroslav REJNEK (approved Marseille 2010) CZE 13/06/79 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Stephan MÜLLER (approved StareJablonki2010) GER 18/05/85 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Christos KOUVELOS (approved Kristiansand 2010) GRE 27/05/77 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Royi Rafi BENSIMON (approved Klagenfurt 2010) ISR 04/05/80 Hamburg 2008

Ms. Marlene HERNANDEZ (app Central Am Games) MEX 04/03/82 St Domingo 09

Ms. Agata LAZ (approved Myslowice 2010) POL 17/01/81 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Dennis FRANCESCHINI (app CentralAm Games) PUR 22/11/65 St Domingo 09

Mr. Daniel CÓRDOVA (app Central Am Games) PUR 20/01/76 St Domingo 09

Mr. Carlos L. RIVERA (app Central American Games) PUR 09/12/79 St Domingo 09

Mr. Robert LEKO (approved Gstaad 2010) SRB 12/09/75 Vaduz 2008

Ms. Patrizia WALDVOGEL (approved Gstaad 2010) SUI 27/06/81 Vaduz 2009

Mr. Haci ANAR (approved Junior WC Alanya 2010) TUR 14/12/76 Varna 2010

Mr. Mahmut GUNGOR (approved Jun WC Alanya 10) TUR 24/07/72 Varna 2010

Candidates to be assessed for practice from 2011 to 2012 Country Born on Candidate

Course in

Mr. Carlos J. RIVERA (deadline by 2011) PUR 05/01/77 St Domingo 09

Mr. Ognyan ANDONOV (deadline by 2012) BUL 12/02/80 Varna 2010

Mr. Zhivko ARABADZHIYSKI (deadline by 2012) BUL 19/02/70 Varna 2010

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Ms. Ivelina GEORGIEVA (deadline by 2012) BUL 14/05/81 Varna 2010

Ms. Mirela MATEIZER (deadline by 2012) ROU 14/10/69 Varna 2010

Mr. Genti PANO (deadline by 2012) ALB 16/06/83 Vaduz 2010

Mr. Willem DE BUYSSCHER (deadline by 2012) BEL 11/06/82 Vaduz 2010

Mr. Joaquim VENTURA (deadline by 2012) ESP 30/09/76 Vaduz 2010

Mr. Abdulaziz ALAMEEN (deadline by 2012) KSA 13/12/69 Vaduz 2010

Mr. Giovanni BAKE (deadline by 2012) RSA 21/10/75 Vaduz 2010

Ms. Irina AGARZAEVA (deadline by 2012) RUS 05/05/81 Vaduz 2010

Mr. Michal PAVUK (deadline by 2012) SVK 30/04/81 Vaduz 2010

Mr. Anthony CHAN (deadline by 2012) USA 14/11/69 Vaduz 2010

Ms. Katrina MCCORMICK-MEYER (deadline by 2012) USA 10/05/69 Vaduz 2010

128 active International Beach Volleyball Referees (includes 2 age limit in 2011) 19 candidates to be nominated as international by the next BoA 14 candidates to be approved as International in the next 1 to 2 years

by Fev 2011 Total 49 countries / 5 Confederations / 161 referees CAVB: 3 countries / 5 referees AVC: 13 countries / 36 referees CEV: 27 countries / 89 referees NORCECA: 4 countries / 20 referees CSV: 2 countries / 11 referees