Mukansanga and 10 others set for FIFA Women’s World Cup
The famed Mukansanga is among the center referees summoned for the tournament. Mukansanga is the first female referee to officiate an AFCON game.
She has also officiated at the FIFA World Cup, Olympics, FIFA Women’s World Cup, AFCON, WAFCON, and CAF Women’s Champions League.
The other African women referees include Vincentia Amedome (Togo), and Akhona Makalima (South Africa) joined by seven assistant referees.
The assistant referees include; Fomo Carine Atezambong (Cameroon), Diana Chikotesha (Zambia), Soukaina Hamdi, Fatiha Jermoumi and Adil Zourak (all Morocco), Fanta Kone (Mali), and Mary Njoroge (Kenya).
They are part of 33 referees, 55 assistant referees, and 19 video match officials announced by the FIFA Referees Committee for the tournament.
The United States will be defending the World Cup they won in 2019 in France after beating the Netherlands 2-0 in the final.