FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: No Nigerian on FIFA match official list
World football governing body FIFA has released the list of match officials who will take on different roles at the upcoming Women's World Cup to be held from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand .
Unfortunately, no Nigerian has been deemed good enough to fill any of the available roles.
While Nigeria is absent from the list, officials from Togo, Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, Zambia and Morocco are on the FIFA list released on Monday.
For the list of referees, which has 33 people selected, three of them are from Africa.
These are the Rwandan referee who officiated at the men's CAN, Salima Mukansanga, Amedome Vicentia from Togo, Karboubi Bouchra from Morocco and Makalima Akhona from South Africa.
In addition, the 55 assistant referees and 19 video match officials saw more than five Africans drafted by FIFA.
The coordinator of the FIFA Referees Committee, Pierluigi Collina, stressed that the selection was made based on the "quality" of the referees.
"As always, the criteria we have used is 'quality first' and the referees selected from the field represent the highest level of refereeing in the world."
“We all remember the very successful FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 in France. Australia and New Zealand 2023 is to repeat this success and convince again with excellent performances from the referees."
He further added that regardless of the obstacles caused by COVID-19 in 2020, the organizers were able to select the best from over 170 applicants.
“Even though the pandemic has affected our activities, we have had enough time to prepare the candidates well. As we did for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, we announce these selections well in advance. forward so that we can work in a purposeful and focused way with all those who have been nominated for the FIFA Women's World Cup, monitoring them over the coming months. .
"From the selected referees, we expect rigorous and focused preparation for the Women's World Cup, a competition that FIFA and its President hold in high esteem."
Meanwhile, Kari Seitz, head of women's refereeing at FIFA, said organizers will provide adequate resources to shortlisted referees to keep them updated on the tournament.
READ ALSO:"With the critical time lost due to the pandemic in preparation for the Women's World Cup, we have developed new programs to accelerate the development of our referees, such as our very effective follow-up and support program, where each referee candidate was assigned a FIFA coach who provided commentary on their matches each month. This program will continue to be vital in the final stages of preparation for the FIFA Women's World Cup."
Colina then concluded by saying that a series of training sessions will be conducted regarding VAR analysis for referees both in Doha, Qatar and in the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo , between January and February.
"The development of women's VARs has been vital for FIFA as part of the Road to Australia & New Zealand project, and we are delighted to have achieved this result. With only a few women's competitions using VARs, the role of FIFA has been providing an international game...
World football governing body FIFA has released the list of match officials who will take on different roles at the upcoming Women's World Cup to be held from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand .
Unfortunately, no Nigerian has been deemed good enough to fill any of the available roles.
While Nigeria is absent from the list, officials from Togo, Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, Zambia and Morocco are on the FIFA list released on Monday.
For the list of referees, which has 33 people selected, three of them are from Africa.
These are the Rwandan referee who officiated at the men's CAN, Salima Mukansanga, Amedome Vicentia from Togo, Karboubi Bouchra from Morocco and Makalima Akhona from South Africa.
In addition, the 55 assistant referees and 19 video match officials saw more than five Africans drafted by FIFA.
The coordinator of the FIFA Referees Committee, Pierluigi Collina, stressed that the selection was made based on the "quality" of the referees.
"As always, the criteria we have used is 'quality first' and the referees selected from the field represent the highest level of refereeing in the world."
“We all remember the very successful FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 in France. Australia and New Zealand 2023 is to repeat this success and convince again with excellent performances from the referees."
He further added that regardless of the obstacles caused by COVID-19 in 2020, the organizers were able to select the best from over 170 applicants.
“Even though the pandemic has affected our activities, we have had enough time to prepare the candidates well. As we did for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, we announce these selections well in advance. forward so that we can work in a purposeful and focused way with all those who have been nominated for the FIFA Women's World Cup, monitoring them over the coming months. .
"From the selected referees, we expect rigorous and focused preparation for the Women's World Cup, a competition that FIFA and its President hold in high esteem."
Meanwhile, Kari Seitz, head of women's refereeing at FIFA, said organizers will provide adequate resources to shortlisted referees to keep them updated on the tournament.
READ ALSO:"With the critical time lost due to the pandemic in preparation for the Women's World Cup, we have developed new programs to accelerate the development of our referees, such as our very effective follow-up and support program, where each referee candidate was assigned a FIFA coach who provided commentary on their matches each month. This program will continue to be vital in the final stages of preparation for the FIFA Women's World Cup."
Colina then concluded by saying that a series of training sessions will be conducted regarding VAR analysis for referees both in Doha, Qatar and in the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo , between January and February.
"The development of women's VARs has been vital for FIFA as part of the Road to Australia & New Zealand project, and we are delighted to have achieved this result. With only a few women's competitions using VARs, the role of FIFA has been providing an international game...
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