The French Stéphanie Frappart, the Rwandan Salima Mukansanga and the Japanese Yoshimi Yamashita have been appointed among the 36 field refereeswhile the Brazilian Neuza Back, the Mexican Karen Díaz Medina and the American Kathryn Nesbitt will be part of the body of assistant referees.
“His appointment is the result of a long process initiated several years ago, which began with the election of female referees for certain senior and youth male FIFA competitions,” Pierluigi Collina, president of the FIFA referees commission, said in a statement.
the chosen six “They have had a high-level performance for several years”the Italian insisted, hoping that “in the future, the presence of female referees during high-level male competitions will be considered as a rule and not as an exception,” he concluded.
All appointed arbitrators will participate in seminars at the beginning of the summer (boreal) in Asunción, Madrid and Doha.
“There will be mistakes,” warned Massimo Busacca, direction of FIFA’s refereeing branch, “but we will do everything necessary to keep the number as small as possible.
