ZURICH (News Wires) —The six female match officials who worked at the men´s World Cup in Qatar including history maker Stéphanie Frappart were also selected by FIFA for the 2023 Women´s World Cup, which will have 13 men in the video review team.
French referee Frappart made World Cup history in December handling Germany´s 4-2 win over Costa Rica in the group stage.
Frappart´s assistants for that game, Karen Diaz of Mexico and Neuza Back of Brazil, also will go on to the women´s tournament being played July 20-Aug. 20 in Australia and New Zealand..
Referees Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan and Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda, plus assistant Kathryn Nesbitt of the United States – who worked one of the lines for England´s 3-0 win over Senegal in the round of 16 – are also on FIFA´s list of selected officials.
The 33 referees and 55 assistants are all women though only six women are among the 19 video match officials chosen for the 64-game tournament. The VAR review system made its Women´s World Cup debut at the 2019 tournament in France.
The United States will seek a third straight title in the first 32-team edition of the Women´s World Cup.
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