OFFICIAL:FIFA selects Cameroonian Assistant Referee to officiate at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Nkwain Desmond May 19th, 2022, 1:49 pm

OFFICIAL:FIFA selects Cameroonian Assistant Referee to officiate at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Cameroonian assistant referee Elvis Nopue has been selected to officiate matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Elvis Nopue was named under the list of assistant referees that will be heading to Qatar.

OFFICIAL:FIFA selects Cameroonian Assistant Referee to officiate at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

FIFA released a list of referees today and assistants who will be in charge of matches when the tournament begins in November.

Rwandan female referee Salima Mukansanga who made history in AFCON 2021 by becoming the first Woman to officiate the tournament has also been selected. She was selected alongside Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan and Stéphanie Frappart of France and they will make history as the first ever female referees to officiate a men’s game at the Men’s World Cup.

In the list, a total of 6 African referees were selected out of 36, 10 Assistant referees out of 69, and 2 Video Assistant referees out of 24.

African Referees selected

GASSAMA Bakary GAMBIA
GHORBAL Mustapha ALGERIA
GOMES Victor SOUTH AFRICA
MUKANSANGA Salima RWANDA
NDIAYE Maguette SENEGAL
SIKAZWE Janny ZAMBIA

Assistant Referees

ABOUELREGAL Mahmoud EGYPT
CAMARA Djibril SENEGAL
DOS SANTOS Jerson ANGOLA
ETCHIALI Abdelhak ALGERIA
GOURARI Mokrane ALGERIA
MARENGULE Arsenio MOZAMBIQUE
NOUPUE Elvis CAMEROON
PHATSOANE Souru LESOTHO
SAMBA El Hadji SENEGAL
SIWELA Zakhele RSA

Video Assistant Referees

JIYED Redouane MAROC
ZOURAK Adil MAROC

Full list

Massimo Busacca, Director of the FIFA Arbitration Sub-Division, assured that everyone would have adequate support from FIFA to best prepare them.

“In particular, individual programs on health and fitness will be put in place. As part of the follow-up planned in the coming months, we will carry out a final evaluation of technical, physical and medical aspects shortly before the competition to ensure that all referees are ready.”

“In early summer, the selected referees will participate in seminars in Asunción, Madrid and Doha where they will examine match sequences. They will also take part in practical training sessions filmed with players, which will allow instructors to provide them with immediate advice.” “The preparation will focus on the protection of players and the image of football, consistency, uniformity, reading the game from a technical and tactical point of view, as well as understanding the characteristics of teams and players. There will necessarily be mistakes, but we will do everything to ensure that there are as few as possible,” concluded Busacca.