Yūichi Nishimura

Nishimura leading the international match between Australia and Paraguay in October 2010

Yūichi Nishimura ( Japanese 西村 雄 一 , Nishimura Yūichi ; born April 17, 1972 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese football referee . He has been a FIFA referee since January 1, 2004 .

Career

Nishimura made his international debut at the 2007 U-17 World Cup in South Korea . Among other things, he whistled a quarter-finals and the final. At the Africa Cup in Ghana in 2008 he was the only non-African referee.

At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , he was one of four AFC referees . In the same year he led the final of the AFC Champions League between Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Zob Ahan Isfahan (3-1). He also played at the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup , where he oversaw two games, including the final between Inter Milan and TP Mazembe (3-0). At the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar , he played three games in the group stage. Because of the advance of the Japanese national team , he was no longer used in the final round. For the summer of 2012 he was nominated by FIFA for the Olympic Games in London .

In 2014 he took part in his second world championship. Nishimura led the opening game between hosts Brazil and Croatia , in which he awarded the Brazilian team a controversial penalty in the 71st minute when the score was 1-1, which Neymar used to open the 2-1 goal and his second goal in the game. Brazil ultimately won 3-1 after another Oscar goal . After that he was not nominated for another game at the World Cup.

Appearances at the Soccer World Cup 2010

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 11, 2010	Cape Town	Uruguay	France	0-0
Group stage	June 21, 2010	Johannesburg	Spain	Honduras	2: 0 (1: 0)
Group stage	June 24, 2010	Polokwane	Paraguay	New Zealand	0-0
Quarter finals	0July 2, 2010	Port Elizabeth	Netherlands	Brazil	2: 1 (0: 1)

Appearances at the Asian Championship 2011

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	0Jan. 7, 2011	Doha	Qatar	Uzbekistan	0: 2 (0: 0)
Group stage	Jan 15, 2011	Ar-Rayyan	UAE	Iraq	0: 1 (0: 0)
Group stage	Jan. 18, 2011	Doha	Australia	Bahrain	1: 0 (1: 0)

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2014

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 12, 2014	São Paulo	Brazil	Croatia	3: 1 (1: 1)

Web links

• Profile on the FIFA website
• Profile on the website of the AFC (Engl.)
• Yūichi Nishimura in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neymar escapes red card in World Cup 2014 opener as referee Yuichi Nishimura hands Brazil soft penalty after Fred appeared to dive. Daily Mail , June 12, 2014, accessed June 13, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Nishimura to referee the opening match of Brazil 2014. FIFA , June 10, 2014, accessed June 13, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Croatia rages against Japanese referees: "We'd better stop and go home". RP Online , June 13, 2014, accessed June 13, 2014 .