Gamal Al-Ghandour

Gamal Mahmoud Ahmed El-Ghandour (; born June 12, 1957) is a retired Egyptian referee.

Details El-Ghandour has refereed the 2002 African Cup of Nations final (Cameroon vs Senegal), the second leg of the 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup final (Kotoko (Gha) 2:1 WAC (Mar)), and five successive African Cup of Nations, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. He is the first African referee to run a match in the UEFA European Football Championship. He has also participated in one Olympic Games, one FIFA Confederation Cup (2001), and one AFC Asian Cup.

He also refereed 1996 Asian Cup. In the semi-final match between Iran and Saudi Arabia and he controversially disallowed one Iranian goal and did not announce a clear penalty for Iran; he also refereed in two FIFA World Cups, France 1998 and Korea/Japan 2002. In the South Korea vs. Spain match in the 2002 World Cup, he controversially disallowed two Spanish goals and his linesmen—one Ugandan, the other Trinidadian—judged one Spanish attack after another to be offside.

He is also the first Egyptian referee to play as a professional referee (Japanese League 1999).

Selected matches FIFA World Cup 1998 FIFA World Cup - France Date Match Venue Round 17 June 1998 1–1 Saint-Étienne Group stage 25 June 1998 1–0 Nantes Group stage 3 July 1998 3–2 Nantes Quarter-finals

2002 FIFA World Cup - Korea/Japan Date Match Venue Round 7 June 2002 3–1 Jeonju Group stage 13 June 2002 5–2 Suwon Group stage 22 June 2002 0–0 (5–3 pen.) Gwangju Quarter-finals Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics - United States Date Match Venue Round 21 July 1996 0–2 Miami Women's group stage 23 July 1996 3–1 Miami Men's group stage 27 July 1996 4–0 Birmingham Men's quarter-finals 2 August 1996 5–0 Athens Men's bronze medal match

FIFA Confederations Cup 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup - Korea/Japan Date Match Venue Round 30 May 2001 5–0 Daegu Group stage 7 June 2001 2–1 Suwon FIFA Confederations Cup

Africa Cup of Nations 1996 African Cup of Nations - South Africa Date Match Venue Round 16 January 1996 1–2 Durban Group stage 21 January 1996 1–0 Port Elizabeth Group stage 31 January 1996 0–3 Johannesburg Semi-finals

1998 African Cup of Nations - Burkina Faso Date Match Venue Round 7 February 1998 0–1 Ouagadougou Group stage 27 February 1998 3–4 Ouagadougou Third place match

2000 African Cup of Nations - Ghana/Nigeria Date Match Venue Round 23 January 2000 3–1 Kumasi Group stage 31 January 2000 0–2 Accra Group stage 10 February 2000 2–0 Lagos Semi-finals

2002 African Cup of Nations - Mali Date Match Venue Round 25 January 2002 1–0 Sikasso Group stage 30 January 2002 3–1 Ségou Group stage 10 February 2002 0–0 (3–2 pen.) Bamako Final AFC Asian Cup 1996 AFC Asian Cup - United Arab Emirates Date Match Venue Round 5 December 1996 6–0 Dubai Group stage 15 December 1996 1–0 Abu Dhabi Quarter-finals 19 December 1996 0-0 (4-3 pen.) Abu Dhabi Semi-finals UEFA European Championship UEFA Euro 2000 - Belgium/Netherlands Date Match Venue Round 13 June 2000 1–0 Rotterdam Group stage 21 June 2000 2–0 Liège Group stage Arab Games 1999 Arab Games - Jordan Date Match Venue Round 16 August 1999 3–0 Amman Group stage 23 August 1999 3–1 Amman Group stage 27 August 1999 4–0 Irbid Group stage 31 August 1999 4-4 (1-3 pen.) Amman Final

Statistics

Competition Number of Matches World Cup 6 FIFA Confederation Cup 2 Olympic Games 4 European Cup of Nations 2 African Cup of Nations 11 Asian Cup of Nations 3 Asian World Cup Qualifiers 1 European Cup Qualifiers 1 Asian Olympic Qualifiers 1 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers 1 African Cup Qualifiers 3 African World Cup Qualifiers 6 African Olympic Qualifiers 1 Pan Arab Games 4 Friendlies 3