FIFA Referee's Committee has released today the names of the five referees and five assistant-referees (see list below) to stay until the end of the competition.
The choice was made upon three criteria :
- quality of officiating
names of semi-finalists (a referee belonging to the same country as a semi-finalist cannot officiate for the last four games)
equity among FIFA confederations
The referees' appointment for the semi-finals will be announced later on.
* REFEREES *
AFC
Mayumi Oiwa (JPN)
CONCACAF
Dianne T. Ferreira James (GUY)
UEFA
Anri Hänninen (FIN)
Cristina Ionescu (ROM)
OFC
Krystyna Szokolai (AUS)
* ASSISTANT REFEREES *
AFC
Liu Hongjuan (CHN)
CAF
Aquerebourou Ameoli (TOG)
CONCACAF
Maria Isabel Továr Díaz (MEX)
UEFA
Vibeke Larsen (NOR)
Katarzyna Nadolska (POL)