The FIFA Referees Committee has announced the match officials who will officiate at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Dominican Republic 2024, which will take place from 16 October to 3 November. A total of 38 female match officials, comprising 12 referees, 24 assistant referees and 2 support referees, will take charge of the matches. “We have selected a talented group of match officials, with the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup set to play a key role in their development. After the successful FIFA Women’s World Cup last year, we are already working on the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027. Knowing that an important generational change in FIFA TEAM ONE will be necessary, this tournament will offer match officials who have the potential to be candidates for Brazil 2027 to work under the guidance of top FIFA refereeing instructors," said the chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee, Pierluigi Collina. "Additionally, we look forward to further trialling football video support, which offers a clear example of how FIFA is driving the use of technology to help referees.” Following the successful tests conducted at the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup 2024 and the planned trial at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024, this year’s edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will be the third FIFA tournament to feature football video support (FVS). The trial follows numerous requests from FIFA member associations for an alternative, cost-effective way to use technology to support match officials. In response to those requests, FIFA has developed FVS, which, unlike the VAR system, does not use dedicated video match officials and therefore does not check all match-changing incidents. Instead, the onus falls on the respective head coaches, who will be allowed to make a limited number of review requests per match when they feel that a clear and obvious error has been made in match-changing incidents, such as goals, penalty decisions, direct red-card incidents or cases of mistaken identity. The players can also recommend that their coach request a review. (Source: FIFA)
AFC
Referee: Asaka Koizumi JPN (photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Amal Badhafari UAE
Assistant Referee 2: Riiohlang Dhar IND
Referee: Thi Ly Le VIE
Assistant Referee 1: Thi Phuong Ha VIE
Assistant Referee 2: Suwida Wongkraisorn THA
CAF
Referee: Ghada Mehat ALG
Assistant Referee 1: Soukaina Hamdi MAR
Assistant Referee 2: Yara Abdelfattah EGY
Referee: Shamira Nabadda UGA
Assistant Referee 1: Fanta Kone MLI
Assistant Referee 2: Nancy Kasitu ZAM
CONCACAF
Referee: Deily Gomez CRC
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriela Jimenez CRC
Assistant Referee 2: Kindria Aguero CRC
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren CAN
Assistant Referee 1: Gabrielle Lemieux CAN
Assistant Referee 2: Katarzyna Wasiak USASupport Referee: Vimarest Diaz DOM
CONMEBOL
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert BOL
Assistant Referee 1: Gabriela Moreno PER
Assistant Referee 2: Vera Yupanqui PER
Referee: Daiane Muniz BRA
Assistant Referee 1: Maira Mastella BRA
Assistant Referee 2: Fernanda Gomes BRA
UEFA
Referee: Abigail Byrne ENG
Assistant Referee 1: Ceri Williams WAL
Assistant Referee 2: Paulina Baranowska POL
Referee: Jelena Cvetkovic SRB
Assistant Referee 1: Karolin Kaivoja EST
Assistant Referee 2: Lena Hirtl AUT
Referee: Frida Klarlund DEN
Assistant Referee 1: Fie Bruun DEN
Assistant Referee 2: Ainhoa Fernandez AND
Referee: Alina Pesu ROU
Assistant Referee 1: Daniela Constantinescu ROU
Assistant Referee 2: Anita Vad HUN
Support Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo ESP
Referee Coordinator
Bibiana Steinhaus-Webb GER
Referee Assessors
1. Ana Leite BRA
2. Lada Rojc CRO
3. Yolanda Parga Rodriguez ESP
4. Jenny Palmqvist SWE
Referee Instructors
1. Jorge Larrionda URU
2. Matteo Trefoloni ITA
VAR Instructor
Massimiliano Irrati ITA