Benito Archundia

Benito Armando Archundia Téllez ( born March 21, 1966 in Tlalnepantla, Mexico ) is a Mexican soccer recognized by FIFA referee.

Archundia started his international refereeing career on January 1, 1993. On 28 May 1994 he whistled the game USA vs Greece its first international match. At the World Cup in 2006 the lawyer and economist Héctor Vergara and José Ramires were on hand. There Archundia initiated the encounters between Brazil and Croatia, France against South Korea, the Czech Republic against Italy, the second round between Switzerland and Ukraine, and the semi-finals Germany against Italy. Thus he is the first referee, who led five games in a World Cup finals tournament. As the second and third referee Horacio Elizondo managed this (2006) and Ravshan Ermatov (2010).

Also in the 2010 World Cup Archundia was in use.

Inserts at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa

• Group F - June 14, 2010, 20:30 clock: Italy Italy - Paraguay 1990 Paraguay 1-1 (0-1 )
• Group G - June 25, 2010, 16:00 clock: Portugal - Brazil Brazil 0-0
• 3rd Place Match - July 10, 2010, 20:30 clock: Uruguay Uruguay - Germany Germany 2:3 ( 1:1)

With the 3rd place match Archundia provided a record of Joël Quiniou and Jorge Larrionda, the eight World Cup games launched as the first referee.