Benjamin Dwomoh

Benjamin Kwabena Dwomoh (born July 1, 1935 - October 2, 2013 ) was a Ghanaian football referee . He is the only Ghanaian who has ever directed a soccer World Cup match.

Originally from Accra , Dwomoh was appointed FIFA referee in 1972 and was therefore allowed to play in international matches. During the qualifications for the world championship tournaments 1978 and 1982 he came to at least four game lines. Dwomoh headed in in Spain held 1982 World Cup group play between June 17, Czechoslovakia and Kuwait . He gave the Czechoslovaks a penalty in the middle of the first half , which Antonín Panenka converted. The previous foul by Kuwaiti Abdullah Mayouf on his opponent Ladislav Vízek is described as "almost harmless, not punishable". The game ended 1-1. Dwomoh was also used as assistant referee seven days later in the game between France and Czechoslovakia (1-1) .

Dwomoh was General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association and a member of the National Disciplinary Commission until 2006. After the former Ghanaian national players George Alhassan († July 26, 2013) and Emmanuel Quarshie († September 16, 2013) had died a few weeks earlier , Dwomoh died on October 2, 2013 at the age of 78. After Dwomoh's death, FIFA President Sepp Blatter wrote to the Ghana Football Association and expressed his condolences over the three deaths.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Palm Beach Post, June 22, 1982, p. B5 ( online ); The New York Times (Special), June 21, 1982 ( online ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} WorldReferee: Benjamin Dwomoh , in: worldreferee.com , accessed on October 6, 2013.
3. ↑ Ghanaian referee makes prospective 2010 World Cup list , in: ghanaweb.com (January 15, 2009).
4. ↑ WorldReferee: Palmares for Benjamin Dwomoh , in: worldreferee.com , accessed October 6, 2013.
5. ↑ Match Report: Czechoslovakia - Kuwait 1: 1 (1: 0) ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: fifa.com , accessed October 6, 2013.  
6. ^ Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Ed.): Football World Cup 1982. Copress-Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7679-0173-0 , p. 72.
7. ↑ Match Report: France - Czechoslovakia 1: 1 (0: 0) ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: fifa.com , accessed October 6, 2013.  
8. ↑ Hearts threatens to report Kotoko to CAF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: ghanaweb.com (May 29, 2006).  
9. ↑ George Alhassan is gone , in: ghanaweb.com (August 8, 2013).
10. ↑ GFA mourns former Black Stars captain Quarshie ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: ghanafa.org (September 16, 2013).