There will be 35 63 referee, assistant referees and assistant referees 13 video commissioned for the World Cup 2018

On March 16, 2018, FIFA for the first time approved the use of video assistant referee (VAR), Assistant Referee video, for the first time in the World Cup tournament. Originally there were 36 referees assigned, but referee from Saudi was demobilized last a lifetime and are not replaced by anyone, although 2 assistant referees from Arabia was replaced by the Assistant Referee from the United Arab Emirates and Japan