Kathmandu,

December 16,

Szymon Marciniak was named as the referee for the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France on Sunday at the Lusail Stadium.

Marciniak was born on January 7, 1981, in Plock, Poland. He started as a football referee at the young age of 21 at the amateur level.

The Polish referee is among the highly-rated match officials in the game and has had an impressive tournament so far, including the France-Denmark group stage game and Argentina-Australia round of 16 game.