A list of 40 match officials selected for the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations set for Morocco starting on July 2 has been announced by CAF with just two weeks to the competition.As expected due to the ongoing FIFA suspension, Kenyan officials have been snubbed with only four coming from the CECAFA region representing Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Burundi.##NAJAVA_MECA_6459090##The list comprises of 16 referees, 16 assistant referees, and eight VAR referees – who are predominantly North African with only one exception – from 24 countries across the continent.Officiating officials for the AWCON Morocco 2022, just some weeks away. nobody from Ghana hmmmmm pic.twitter.com/jaSbU9o1IH— Amy Fynn-Thompson (@amy_fynn) June 17, 2022 The initial match officials selection process started a while ago with 226 women match officials being evaluated over that period according to CAF.Rwandan Salima Mukansanga, who made history at the Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 by becoming the first woman to referee a match at the competition and was recently selected as the only woman referee from Africa to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 headlines the list alongside Morocco’s Bouchkra Karboubi and Cameroon’s Carine Atezambong who were all part of that historic group stage game between Guinea and ZimbabweCAF released the list of match officials for the 2022 AWCON that kicks off on July 2. The VAR list is predominantly North African with only one exception, perhaps because of the extensive use in the region.Morocco and Tunisia are are in the competition.#AWCON2022 pic.twitter.com/WCzQvheu3P— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) June 18, 2022 According to CAF Director of Refereeing Eddy Maillet, the selected officials will undertake a final preparation course in Rabat starting June 25 just in time for the main event a week later.“Africa has made serious leaps in the development of women match officials. This final list compromises of currently the best in the continent. It took us a long time to get here. The several workshops and training camps we held assisted us in getting to the final decision. It was essential for us to bet on top quality, refereeing being one of the main priorities of CAF. And to fine-tune the last details, we are organizing a preparation course for all the referees of the competition, starting from 25 June 2022 in Rabat,” Maillet said.
