Thursday’s group-stage match between Germany and Costa Rica will feature an all-female refereeing crew for the first time in a men’s World Cup competition.
The first female official to officiate at a World Cup for men will be Stephanie Frappart.
When the Frenchwoman was appointed as the fourth official for Mexico and Poland’s game last Tuesday, she became the first female official at the competition.
Brazilian Neuza Back and Mexican Karen Diaz Medina will be her companions.
In 2020, Frappart became the first female referee of a Champions League match involving males.
When Liverpool and Chelsea faced off in the 2019 European Super Cup, the 38-year-old made history as the first woman to serve as the match’s referee in a significant men’s Uefa game.
Frappart, Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda and Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan are three of the 36 officials chosen to oversee the events in Qatar.
Source: BBC
