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At least eleven African referees including Rwandan referee Salima Mukansanga will officiate at the 2023 FIFA World Cup set to take place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20.
The famed Mukansanga is among the center referees summoned for the tournament. Mukansanga is the first female referee to officiate an AFCON game.
She has also officiated at the FIFA World Cup, Olympics, FIFA Women’s World Cup, AFCON, WAFCON, and CAF Women’s Champions League.
The other African women referees include Vincentia Amedome (Togo), and Akhona Makalima (South Africa) joined by seven assistant referees.
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14:48 - 04.07.2023
Revealed: Top 10 Most Beautiful female footballers at the FIFA Women's World Cup
This month, the biggest tournament in women's football kicks off and here are the hottest female footballers heading to the Australia/New Zealand showpiece.
The assistant referees include; Fomo Carine Atezambong (Cameroon), Diana Chikotesha (Zambia), Soukaina Hamdi, Fatiha Jermoumi and Adil Zourak (all Morocco), Fanta Kone (Mali), and Mary Njoroge (Kenya).
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They are part of 33 referees, 55 assistant referees, and 19 video match officials announced by the FIFA Referees Committee for the tournament.
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19:26 - 05.07.2023
FOOTBALL Kenyan referee Mary Njoroge hopes second Women’s World Cup opens doors for ‘dream’ men’s tournament assignment
The match official will be among 55 assistant referees at the 2023 tournament but she will not give up until she officiates at the men’s World Cup
The United States will be defending the World Cup they won in 2019 in France after beating the Netherlands 2-0 in the final.
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