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History-making Frappart on Womens World Cup referees list

The six female match officials who worked at the mens World Cup in Qatar including history maker Stephanie Frappart were also selected Monday by FIFA to be part of officiating team for the 2023 Womens World Cup.

All on-field officials selected are women

Posted: Jan 09, 2023 10:00 AM EST Last Updated: January 9

Referees Neuza Ines Back, left, Stephanie Frappart, centre, and Karen Diaz Medina were the first all-female officiating team to call a mens FIFA World Cup Game.(Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

The six female match officials who worked at the mens World Cup in Qatar including history maker Stephanie Frappart were also selected Monday by FIFA for the 2023 Womens World Cup, which will have 13 men in the video review team.

French referee Frappart made World Cup history in December handling Germanys 4-2 win over Costa Rica in the group stage.

Frapparts assistants for that game, Karen Diaz of Mexico and Neuza Back of Brazil, also will go on to the womens 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 Englands 3-0 win over Senegal in the round of 16 are also on FIFAs list of selected officials.

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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 Womens 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 Womens World Cup.

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