Women's World Cup 2023 | Meet the referees assigned to direct the women's world cup!
Selected match officials represent highest level of women’s refereeing worldwide Preparation seminars for selected match officials in Doha and Montevideo For the first time ever, female video match officials have been selected for a World Cup. Today, the FIFA Referees Committee announced the names of the match officials selected for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™. A total of 33 referees, 55 assistant referees and 19 video match officials (VMOs) will form FIFA Team One. They have been chosen in close cooperation with the six confederations, based on the officials’ quality and the performances delivered at FIFA tournaments as well as at other international and domestic competitions in recent years. For the first time in the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, six female VMOs have also been selected. “We all remember the very successful FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 in France. The high standard of refereeing contributed significantly to that success. The a