Joël Quiniou

Joël Quiniou (born November 17, 1950) is a former football (soccer) referee from France. He is mostly known for supervising 8 matches in the FIFA World Cup. One in 1986, three in 1990 and four in 1994. .

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

Scotland vs Uruguay 1986

Quiniou gained notoriety during the 1986 World Cup group stages when he 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]

Italy vs Bulgaria 1994

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 a situation in which Alessandro Costacurta handled the ball inside the penalty area.^[2]

References

• (German) Profile