Italian referee Roberto Rosetti has been appointed to take charge of Ghana's second Group D opener against Australia on Saturday in Rustenburg.
Rosetti started refereeing in 1983, and took charge of his first match in the Italian Serie A in 1996.
He received his Fifa Badge in 2002 and handled the Euro 2008 final match between Germany and Spain.
Rosetti was untainted by the match-fixing scandal which affected Italian football in 2006.
He is fluent in Italian, English and French.