He was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the group stage match between Gambia and Mexico as well as the match between Chile and Congo.
He was named The Best Referee in Asia in 2008 and 2009, and he was selected to officiate the final match in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.
He has also been selected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and he's going to be in charge of the opening game between South Africa and Mexico. /Wikipedia
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Friday's other opening-day match, France versus Uruguay, will be officiated by Yuichi Nishimura of Japan.
Also next Saturday, Wolfgang Stark of Germany will handle the Argentina-Nigeria match, while South Korea versus Greece will be worked by New Zealand's Michael Hester.
Two Mexicans will officiate early games. Mexico's Marco Rodriguez has Germany-Austria on June 13. Countryman Benito Archundia will referee Italy versus Parguay on June 14.
Wikipedia om Wolfgang Stark som skall döma Nigeria-Argentina:
Wolfgang Stark (born 20 November 1969 in Landshut), is a German football referee. He has refereed matches in Champions League and qualifications to the European Football Championship and the World Cup. In 2007, he refereed five matches at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup including the controversial semi-final between Chile and Argentina.
He was questioned for his performance overseeing the Chile—Argentina match in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, having "lost control of the match early" and for issuing seven yellow cards (out of nine) and two red cards against the Chilean team during the match. In total he issued 53 fouls, 30 of which he charged to Chile.
Following the match Stark and his colleagues were surrounded by livid Chilean players who were restrained by members of the Toronto Police. Stark then had to be escorted off of the pitch and into the dressing room tunnel by police officers for fear that he would be attacked by the crowd and/or Chilean players at the National Soccer Stadium. Chilean players, still angry after losing the match, fought with and were pepper-sprayed by police officers outside of the stadium. The players were temporarily held inside the stadium by the police for several hours and were released without being arrested.
Chilean striker Nicolás Medina hinted that he felt that the referee was favoring the Argentine team, stating that "Eleven against eleven, the game would have been much more fair." Added to this is the perception that the Argentine players were able to employ "diving" tactics and "theatrics" to influence the referee's calls. One glaring example of this resulted in the first sending off of the game, where the Argentinian player, Mercado, "grabbed his face and rolled around on the ground for a bit pretending to be in pain. It worked." The player who tackled him, Medel, was given a red card.
Stark dömde också Champion League-matchen Barcelona-Arsenal häromsist, då Messi gjorde fyra mål.
