Thursday 15 October 2026

Peter Papp

Was born on March 23, 1980, became referee in 1998, and started to officiate in domestic top league in 2001. In 2006, he became an international referee. Peter stopped officiating in 2009 and came back in 2012. A year after he had launched Referee Mindset webpage.

Stephen Seibel

From Canada FIBA
Referee since 2004
NCAA Division II 2000 – 2003
NBA Summer League – Boston 2003
FIBA U19 World Championships Men – Serbia 2007 (Gold Medal Game)
FIBA Americas League 2008 – 2015
FIBA Americas Championships – 2009 Puerto Rico (Final), 2011 Argentina (semis), 2013 Venezuela (semis)
FIBA World Championships Men – Turkey 2010
Olympic Games – Beijing 2008, London 2012
FIBA World Cup Men – Spain 2014 (Gold Medal Game)

 

Peter Sudek

– born on 17.01.1960

– became a referee in 1978

– first division ref in Czechoslovakia 1985

– FIBA licence in 1990

Career highlights:

– 2 Olympic games – 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing

– WC for women 1998 Germany

– WC men 2006 Japan

– 2 Eurobasket for women 1995, 1997

– 3 European Championship for men 1999, 2001, 2005

– 3 FIBA Americas Championship 1999, 2005 Puerto Rico, 2007 USA

– Asian games 1998 Thailand

– FIBA Asia Champs for women 1999 Japan

– 2 Stankovic cup 2005, 2006

– FIBA Africa Champs for women 2009

– 2 times Final Four Euroleague women 1997, 2010

From 2001 officiated more than 100 games in Euroleague, including ULEB cup Final 2006

3 Final four of Euroleague 1999, 2004, 2005

From 1998 working as National Instructor, 2006 FIBA Europe Instructor, 2010 FIBA World

referee supervisor.

Peter took part as Instructor in a number of clinics and camps for referees – Poland (2005, 2006), Germany, Japan, China, Qatar.

From October 2013 working in QBF as referees technical expert

 

Jose Anibal Carrion

2003 U19 FIBA World Championship, Greece
2005 U21 FIBA World Championship, Argentina
2006, 2010 FIBA World Championship: Japan and Turkey
2004, 2008, 2012 OLYMPICS: Athens, Beijing, and London

NCAA Men’s Basketball ? Official since 2002 

Puerto Rico ?? Superior League since 1991

 

Daniel Hierrezuelo

1990 started to officiate 1995 first game in ACB league (670 ACB league games, 14 King Cup, 18 Final games)
2000 became an international referee
2005 became Euroleague referee

Career highlights:

2001 Mediterránean Championship
2004 Final Four Fiba Thessaloniki, World championship junior Thessaloniki
2005 Eurobasket Women, Greece
2005 Afrobasket Algieria
2007 Afrobasket Angola
2008 Final Four Euroleague Madrid
2008 Preolimpico Athens
2009 World Championship U19 New Zealand
2009 Eurobasket Poland
2010 Final Four Euroleague Paris
2014 Internacional Cup Río de Janeiro

Buluc Yalçın

Born 1971, Istanbul
1981-1990 played basketball in Efes Pilzen
1991 became a referee
1991-2002 referee National League
2000 commissioner in ULEB (286 nominations in Euroleague)
2007, 2011, 2012 Final Four commissioner
2014 World Cup Women

Lahdo Sharro

Lahdo Sharro is a Swedish FIBA referee, one of the best in his country. Also from a year 2000 he is a Euroleague referee. Which all in total gives him almost 20 years on the court now and many important international matches officiated. Some of you may know Lahdo as an organizer of big referee clinic that is taking place every year in Sodertalje. Lahdo and Kuba are friends from many years already, they made a lot of games together and Kuba is also yearly an instructor at the Scania Cup.

Swedish league since 1995
FIBA since 1997
Euroleague 2000-2002 and from 2007
Nebl F4 1999
Final Korac cup 2005
Final four FIBA Euro Cup 2005
Eurobasket Women 2003 and 2007

Wojciech Liszka

Referee since 1996
Top polish league 2009
FIBA and VTB referee 2012
Participated in many international camps and clinics including eight REFEREE.PL camps!