According to Infordesporto this should be the list of referees who will take part in the next World Championship 2004. As you could easily notice, two of the best World referees like the Portuguese Antonio Cardoso and the Croatian Ivan Novak (referee of the Guatemala 2000 World Championship between Spain and Brazil, not more intenrnational) are not included in the list.

Sadreddin Moosavi - Iran
Li Zhizhiong - China PR
Adel Alshatti - Kuwait
Ching Hau Sheen - Chinese Taipei
Yaya Djiba - Senegal
Mohammed Farag - Egypt
Vladimir Maso Goitisolo - Cuba
Carlos Del Cid Urbina - Guatemala
John Kostantinidis - USA
Juan Carlos Sciancalepore - Argentina
Noildo Paixão - Brazil
Néstor Valiente Ibarra - Paraguay
Robert Porrit - Australia
Massimo Cumbo - Italy
Jirky Filppu - Finland
Pedro Galán Nieto - Spain
Karoly Torok - Hungary
Victor Van Helvoirt - Netherlands