How Referees For The 2022 Qatar World Cup Will Be Selected? Explained!

The list of referees who will work the Qatar World Cup in 2022 has been released by FIFA.

36 referees, 69 assistants, and 24 video match officials will be travelling with the team to the competition.

Up to 50 refereeing trios were examined as potential contenders three years ago when the process got underway. The “best referees,” according to the official line, are chosen for the World Cup, but there is also a multitude of geographic and political factors at play.

They must also be between the ages of 25 and 45.

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FIFA’s top referee, along with a 16-member committee and a medical representative, chooses the World Cup official.
Ten of them have experience as referees, while another two oversee league judging in their respective communities.

Although the referees for each match have not yet been determined, it is vital to keep in mind that none of them are permitted to referee a game involving their national team.

If they remain for the World Cup’s knockout stages depends on how well they perform in the opening round.

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Female Referees In The Qatar World Cup

The six female referees who are travelling to Qatar — centre referees Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan, Stephanie Frappart of France, and Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda, as well as assistant referees Nesbitt, Karen Daz Medina of Mexico, and Neuza Back of Brazil — are subject to the same physical requirements and performance expectations as their male counterparts.

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The Bundesliga, the English Premier League, the MLS, and other local leagues all allowed female referees to oversee their games, and they showed more than capable of the work. As a result, FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, began to relax its policy on this matter. Thus, FIFA demonstrated two years ago that it was also evolving by appointing a woman, Brazilian Edina Alves, to oversee the club’s World Cup final.