{"id":805383,"date":"2026-07-17T04:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/805383\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T04:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:35:09","slug":"spain-v-argentina-world-cup-2026-final-match-officials-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/805383\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain v Argentina | World Cup 2026 final | Match officials confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIFA has announced the match officials for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final between defending champions Argentina and Spain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lionel Messi\u2019s Argentina and European champions Spain will go head-to-head in New Jersey on Monday (AEST).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SPAIN V ARGENTINA:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/football360.com.au\/what-time-is-argentina-vs-spain-world-cup-kick-off-live-stream\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup final, half time show key details as history awaits<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slovenia\u2019s Slavko Vincic will referee the 2026 showpiece decider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Fellow Slovenians Tomaz Klancnik and Andraz Kovacic will serve as the first and second assistant referees, while Adham Makhadmeh has been named the fourth official and Mohammad Alkalaf the reserve assistant referee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina, after scoring a 92nd-minute winner to sink bitter rivals England in the semi-finals, are looking to become the first nation since South America\u2019s Brazil in 1958 and 1962 to claim back-to-back World Cup trophies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain, who outclassed France 2-0 in the other semi-final, are eyeing their second World Cup crown and first since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final will be the first ever World Cup decider between the reigning UEFA European champions, and the reigning CONMEBOL Copa America champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the match officials for the third-place playoff between France and England have been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venezuela\u2019s Jesus Valenzuela will referee the match on Sunday (AEST). Compatriots Jorge Urrego and Tulio Moreno are the first and second assistant referees, while Jalal Jayed has been named the fourth official and Zakaria Brinsi the reserve assistant referee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want the latest football news delivered straight to your inbox?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/football360.com.au\/sign-up\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the Football360 Daily newsletter today. It\u2019s FREE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>World Cup Final kick-off time at the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date:\u00a0Sunday 19 July (local) \/ Monday 20 July (AEST)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time:\u00a03pm (local) \/ 5am (AEST)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venue:\u00a0New York New Jersey Stadium<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broadcast:\u00a0SBS and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/ondemand\/fifa-world-cup-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SBS On Demand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Argentina\u2019s 2026 World Cup results<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina 3-0 Algeria<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina 2-0 Austria<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan 1-3 Argentina<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina 3-2 Cape Verde (after extra time)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina 3-2 Egypt<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina 3-1 Switzerland (after extra time)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England 1-2 Argentina<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s World Cup results<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain 0-0 Cape Verde<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uruguay 0-1 Spain<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain 3-0 Austria<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portugal 0-1 Spain<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain 2-1 Belgium<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spain 2-0 France<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIFA has announced the match officials for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final between defending champions Argentina and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[12910,64,63,596,2020,85,113761],"class_list":["post-805383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-argentina","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-world-cup-final"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}