The International Football Association FIFA released the list of referees for the U-17 Women’s World Championship, and it noted the presence of 8 African referees, including the Egyptian assistant, Yara Atef, in the tournament scheduled to take place in India between October 11 and 30. Three African teams will also compete in the tournament: Nigeria, Morocco, and Tanzania.
In a formal statement, FIFA announced the selection of 14 female referees, 28 assistant referees, including 8 Africans, three female referees on the waiting list in case of an emergency, including Dersaf El Kanouati of Tunisia, and 16 video assistant referees, where VAR technology will be used for the first time in the history of the World Junior Championships.
The selection of Egyptian Yara Atef to play in the Women’s World Cup is a continuation of her illustrious career; most recently, she competed in a number of important international tournaments, most notably the Women’s World Cup 2023 qualifications and the most recent African Nations Cup in Morocco.
We are happy to see the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup back after a four-year break owing to the Corona pandemic, said Pierluigi Collina, president of the FIFA Referees Committee.
We are eagerly anticipating this significant event, which will take place in India in October, and for the designated match officials, it is a significant step toward preparing them as prospective candidates to supervise the FIFA Women’s World Cup matches between Australia and New Zealand in 2023.
In selecting referees for other FIFA competitions, Collina continued: “We always work with the aim of unifying and coherent decision-making, and we are convinced of the importance of the experience that can be gained by the appointed referees in this competition as a preparation in advance of the largest women’s football world championship Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand next year.”
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will give us an important overview of the calibre of the women match officials who have been appointed, according to Ms. Carrie Seitz, the director of FIFA’s women’s refereeing. We are thrilled that VAR was utilised for the first time in the history of the competition.
As part of the Road to Australia and New Zealand 2023 programme, it will be a fantastic chance to highlight the abilities of the designated video judges and advance women’s refereeing in this technology.
From October 11 to 30, 2022, four cities in India will host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, with the final taking place at the DY Patel Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
8 African women referees are followed by Yara Atef at the Women’s World Cup.
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