Joël Quiniou

Joël Quiniou (born July 11, 1950) is a former football (soccer) referee from France. He is best known for supervising eight matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1986, three in 1990 and four in 1994.

Career

He supervised eight matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1986, three in 1990 and four in 1994. In group stages of the 1986 world cup Quiniou sent off Uruguay's Jose Batista in the first minute of the match against Scotland, after a rough tackle on Gordon Strachan. As of 2014 this remains the fastest dismissal in World Cup history.^[1] Quiniou received criticism for his performance at the 1994 FIFA World Cup Semi-final between Bulgaria and Italy. Several penalty claims by the Bulgarians were turned down, most notably when Alessandro Costacurta handled the ball inside the penalty area.^[2]

World Cup matches

Tournament	Date	Venue	Round	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Red	2nd yellow	Yellow
1986	June 13	Estadio Neza 86, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl	First Round	Uruguay	0 – 0	Scotland	1	0	5
1990	June 19	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	First Round	Italy	2 – 0	Czechoslovakia	0	0	4
1990	June 24	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin	Round of 16	Brazil	0 – 1	Argentina	1	0	5
1990	July 7	Stadio San Nicola, Bari	Third place match	Italy	2 – 1	England	0	0	0
1994	June 24	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac	First Round	Sweden	3 – 1	Russia	1	1	6
1994	June 27	Cotton Bowl, Dallas	First Round	Germany	3 – 2	South Korea	0	0	4
1994	July 4	Stanford Stadium, Stanford	Round of 16	Brazil	1 – 0	United States	2	1	7
1994	July 13	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford	Semi-finals	Bulgaria	1 – 2	Italy	0	0	5

References

External links

• (in German) Profile