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Daniel NSUBUGA
Uganda’s Shamirah Nabadda has been chosen among the many 18 middle referees to take cost of the FIFA Ladies’s U-20 World Cup that might be hosted by Poland in September this yr.
The 30 yr outdated is among the continent’s quickest rising referees after additionally being beforehand chosen to officiate on the CAF CHAN championships that have been hosted by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania final yr.
She additionally served on the FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup in Dominican Republic in 2024 after additionally changing into the second official from Uganda to officiate on the Olympics following within the footsteps of Ali Tomusange.
FIFA head of referees committee and the chief referees officer Pierluigi Collina confirmed that the officers can even be assessed in preparation for the FIFA Ladies’s World Cup that might be hosted by Brazil in 2027.
“We congratulate the match officers chosen for these two vital tournaments within the girls’s soccer calendar,”
“As we construct in direction of the FIFA Ladies’s World Cup 2027 in Brazil, these competitions will present a super alternative to evaluate progress, each on the pitch and with the usage of supporting know-how. The FIFA U-20 Ladies’s World Cup will use VAR to help match officers, whereas the FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup will use Soccer Video Help.”
Collina stated.
Nabadda might be joined by Namibia’s Twanyanyuka Antsino as the middle referees from Africa.
Uganda did not qualify for the match after failing beat Ghana on the last hurdle. Ghana might be joined by Benin, Tanzania and Nigeria as Africa’s representatives.
The FIFA U-20 Ladies’s World Cup might be hosted in Poland in September and can characteristic 24 groups. The match will embody 36 group-stage matches and 52 matches in complete, performed throughout 4 Host Cities. A complete of 68 match officers have been appointed for the competitors, comprising 18 referees, 36 assistant referees (all feminine) and 14 video match officers (ten feminine and 4 male)
