Benito Armando Archundia Téllez (born March 21, 1966) is a Mexican former football referee. He is known in Mexico as Armando Archundia, but appears as Benito Archundia in FIFA records. He has been a professional referee since 1985 and has had his FIFA referee permission since 1993. His first fixture as an international referee was the 1994 match between USA and Greece.

Archundia is the all-time leader in appearances at the FIFA World Cup, being one of only two referees who have been appointed for 8 matches, the other being Joël Quiniou. He also shares the record for the most matches officiated in a single World Cup (5 in 2006). The only others who have achieved this feat are Horacio Elizondo in 2006, and Ravshan Irmatov in 2010.[1]

In addition, he has supervised the final of the FIFA Club World Cup twice, in 2005 and 2009.

He originally planned to retire at the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but decided to continue for at least another year. He was the referee in the grand opening of the Estadio Omnilife, which featured Guadalajara vs Manchester United.[2]

In addition to working as a professional referee, Archundia is a lawyer and economist.

World Cup

World Cup 2006

Archundia made his first World Cup appearance in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and refereed a total of five matches, equaling the most matches by an individual referee (along with Argentina's Horacio Elizondo). His final game was the semi-final between Germany and Italy. In general he was one of the most respected and proficient referees at the 2006 World Cup, and give out an average of only 3 cards per game (the lowest of any referee at the competition).[3]

TournamentDateVenueRoundTeam 1ResultTeam 2
2006June 13Germany Olympiastadion, BerlinFirst round Brazil1 – 0 Croatia
2006June 18Germany Zentralstadion, LeipzigFirst round France1 – 1 South Korea
2006June 22Germany FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, HamburgFirst round Czech Republic0 – 2 Italy
2006June 26Germany FIFA WM Stadion Köln, CologneRound of 16  Switzerland0 – 0 (0 – 3 pk) Ukraine
2006July 4Germany FIFA WM Stadion Dortmund, DortmundSemi-finals Germany0 – 2 (a.e.t.) Italy

World Cup 2010

His second World Cup appearance was in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and refereed a total of three matches. His final game was the third place play-off between Germany and Uruguay.

TournamentDateVenueRoundTeam 1ResultTeam 2
2010June 14South Africa Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownFirst round Italy1 – 1 Paraguay
2010June 25South Africa Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanFirst round Portugal0 – 0 Brazil
2010July 10South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethThird place play-off Uruguay2 – 3 Germany

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Planet World Cup - statistics". Archived from the original on 2013-03-19.
    2. ↑ "Armando Archundia pitará el Chivas-Manchester y no se retirará" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-07-24.
    3. ↑ "Switzerland v. Ukraine (BBC Sport)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
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