Have A Largeban On International Tournaments, How Much Is The 2022 World Cup Referee Salaries?

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YOGYAKARTA - The International Football Federation (FIFA) has budgeted billions of rupiah to pay the referee's salary for the 2022 World Cup.

The amount of funds that FIFA spends on referee salaries is a natural thing, given that major tournaments, such as the World Cup, are always led by referees who have high flying hours.

So, how much is the referee's salary at the Qatar 2022 World Cup? Check out the full information below.

Quoted by VOI from the en.as page, Sunday, December 4, 2022, since the 2018 World Cup, the FIFA World Cup managerial body has arranged that each match referee will get a base salary of 70 thousand US dollars or equivalent to Rp. 1.09 billion in his involvement in the World Cup.

"FIFA also stipulates that any referee assistant will take US$25 thousand or equivalent to Rp392 million for their participation in the World Cup for the first time in the history of this competition," reads the en.as report.

In more detail, the following is the amount of salary the referee received at the Qatar 2022 World Cup:

1. Main Referee Salaries of the 2022 World Cup

Adapting AS Sports, the main referee's salary at the 2022 World Cup is divided into two categories, namely in the group stage and in the knockout stages.

In the group phase, the main referee will get a salary of 3 thousand US dollars or Rp46 million per match. Meanwhile, in the knockout stages, the referee who leads the match will receive compensation of 10 thousand US dollars or Rp154 million per match.

At this 2022 World Cup title, FIFa employs 36 main referees. This means that each referee is only involved in two matches.

2. Salaries of Assistant Referee for the 2022 World Cup

The assistant referee's salary for the 2022 World Cup for the knockout phase is 2500 US dollars or Rp. 38 million. Furthermore, in the knockout round, the assistant referee will get paid US $ 5 thousand or Rp. 77 million.

In the Qatar World Cup, FIFA signed 69 referee assistants. Thus, FIFA spent 150 thousand US dollars or around Rp. 2.3 billion to pay the referee's assistant only.

The referee's assistant salary is the same as the fourth referee or referee.

3. Salaries of the Fourth Referee for the 2022 World Cup

The fourth referee is the person who oversees the substitution procedures and checks the equipment of players or substitutes.

The salary received by the fourth referee is the same as the assistant referee, which is USD 2,500 or IDR 38 million for the group stage. As for the knockout round, the fourth referee will get paid USD 5000 or IDR 77 million.

4. VAR Referee Salaries

At the 2022 World Cup, FIFA also recruited a VAR referee (ideo Assistant Referee) who was tasked with helping the main referee to evaluate the whole course of the match if there was a violation.

At the 2022 World Cup, referee VAR gets a salary of 3 thousand US dollars or Rp46 million per match. In the final stages of the tournament, referee VAR's salary increased to 5 thousand US dollars or Rp77 million.

That's information about the referee's salary for the 2022 World Cup. To get the most news up to date, keep looking at VOI.id.