2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Selected Officials AFC Kate Jacewicz (AUS) Kim Yu-Jeong (KOR) Oh Hyeon-Jeong (KOR) Casey Reibelt (AUS) Yoshimi Yamashita (JPN) Assistant Referees: Makoto Bozono (JPN) Joanna Charaktis (AUS) Kim Kyoung-Min (KOR) Lee Seul-Gi (KOR) Park Mi-Suk (KOR) Heba Saadieh (PLE) Naomi Teshirogi (JPN) Ramina Tsoi (KGZ) Xie Lijun (CHN) VAR: Abdullah Al-Marri (QAT) Christopher Beath (AUS) Muhammad Bin Jahari (SIN) CAF Vincentia Amedome (TOG) Bouchra Karboubi (MAR) Akhona Makalima (RSA) Salima Mukansanga (RWA) Assistant Referees: Carine Atezambong (CMR) Diana Chikotesha (ZAM) Soukaina Hamdi (MAR) Fatiha Jermoumi (MAR) Fanta Kone (MLI) Mary Njoroge (KEN) Queency Victoire (MRI) VAR: Adil Zourak (MAR) CONCACAF Marianela Araya (CRC) Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (CAN) Melissa Borjas (HON) Katia Garcia (MEX) Ekaterina Koroleva (USA) Myriam Marcotte (CAN) Tori Penso (USA) Assistant Referees: Chantal Boudreau (CAN) Enedina Caudillo (MEX) Karen Diaz (MEX) Felisha Mariscal (USA) Brooke Mayo (USA) Kathryn Nesbitt (USA) Shirley Perello (HON) Sandra Ramirez (MEX) Mijensa Rensch (SUR) Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing (JAM) VAR: Carol Anne Chenard (CAN) Drew Fischer (CAN) Tatiana Guzman (NCA) Armando Villarreal (USA) CONMEBOL Edina Alves (BRA) Emikar Calderas (VEN) Maria Belen Carvajal (CHI) Anahi Fernandez (URU) Laura Fortunato (ARG) Assistant Referees: Mariana de Almeida (ARG) Monica Amboya (ECU) Neuza Back (BRA) Mary Blanco (COL) Daiana Milone (ARG) Leila Moreira (BRA) Migdalia Rodriguez (VEN) Loreto Toloza (CHI) VAR: Nicolas Gallo (COL) Salome Di Iorio (ARG) Daiane Muniz (BRA) Juan Soto (VEN) Leslie Vasquez (CHI) OFC Anna-Marie Keighley (NZL) Assistant Referees: Sarah Jones (NZL) Maria Salamasina (SAM) UEFA Iuliana Demetrescu (ROU) Maria Ferrieri (ITA) Cheryl Foster (WAL) Stephanie Frappart (FRA) Marta Huerta de Aza (ESP) Lina Lehtovaara (FIN) Ivana Martincic (CRO) Kateryna Monzul (UKR) Tess Olofsson (SWE) Esther Staubli (SUI) Rebecca Welch (ENG) Assistant Referees: Natalie Aspinall (ENG) Paulina Baranowska (POL) Elodie Coppola (FRA) Francesca Di Monte (ITA) Polyxeni Irodotou (CYP) Karolin Kaivoja (EST) Chrysoula Kourompylia (GRE) Susanne Kung (SUI) Sian Massey-Ellis (ENG) Michelle O’Neill (IRL) Franca Overtoom (NED) Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (ESP) Katrin Rafalski (GER) Lucie Ratajova (CZE) Sanja Rodak (CRO) Maryna Striletska (UKR) Mihaela Tepusa (ROU) Anita Vad (HUN) Manuela Nicolosi (FRA) VAR: Ella De Vries (BEL) Marco Fritz (GER) Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP) Massimiliano Irrati (ITA) Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP) Paulus Van Boekel (NED)
Sorry, if this was discussed in a different thread, but I didn't remember seeing it: The WWC will not feature 26-player rosters like the men's did. https://sbisoccer.com/2022/12/repor...yer-roster-proposal-for-fifa-womens-world-cup
It sucks in term of equality, but to me you don't need a 26 players squad. Simply because many of them will not get a lot of minutes if none. And it is complicated to carry players for a full month + and make them train knowing they are unlikely to get a game. The only scenario where I see all players being used is a team winning their first two game and changing the whole 11 for the last game and putting as subs all the players who had no minute so far. Or having a coach who changes like 5 players for every match for the fun of it, something you can do at club level when you play 40-50 games per season but not in a 7 games tournament.
For the men, the understanding behind larger rosters for 2022 was to help manage minutes of players, both given the factors of COVID stoppages in the previous year and more importantly the tournament being held during the winter when most players were playing in club seasons as well. From my understanding, it was a stopgap measure brought into effect for 2022 for the first time, which may now become permanent once the men's tournament expands to 48 teams (and thus an extra round of games). In other words, 26-player rosters are not tied to a 32-team tournament. For the women, the tournament will still be held in its normal slot in July-August when fewer leagues are in season. I would guess that was the biggest factor in the decision (in addition to financial savings, although that falls on federations, I think, given that some teams may still travel with their alternates). I'm sure the USWNT coaching staff would have preferred 26-player rosters given the timing of the NWSL season and depth of the US player pool, but I know not everyone would have felt the same way. Andonovski is already on record saying that they were preparing for 23-player rosters; 26 would have been a luxury.
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This deal will ruffle a lot of feathers... 🇸🇦 Visit Saudi set to be announced as 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup sponsor⚽ Lionel Messi also has an endorsement deal with Saudi tourism board💬 @AmnestyUK's @felixjakens: 'Fifa shouldn't allow its premier women’s tournament to be used for sportswashing'#WWC23 #SportsBiz— SportsPro (@SportsPro) January 30, 2023
This summer’s @FIFAWWC will be the first major tournament to trial-run a new system in which referees have to explain their VAR decisions to the audience in real-time, per @ForbesSports pic.twitter.com/dEyM1VGAhF— Women’s Transfer News (@womenstransfer) February 7, 2023 from Forbes article
For those who only read the headlines, this is a new system that is being trial-run now at the Club World Cup. If you want to see how (poorly) it's going, you might look in the thread on the CWC in the referee forum. After the CWC, it may also be used at the U20 WC in May. All that to say, its very first trial-run will NOT be at the WWC.
The tweet states that WWC will be the first major tournament to trial-run new system. You could argue that neither CWC (total of 7 matches) or U20 WC (youth tourney) are really major FIFA tournaments. About this new system. On the one hand, it adds transparency to the referees' decisions (it will now be more difficult to hide behind "one's own" interpretation of the rules), but on the other hand, it may increase general time wasting because of longer breaks in the game. Referees will also be subject to more pressure, but this may have positive sides (e.g. quality means better salaries)
Worrying how many big teams are having issues with their own staff/associations. Renard now retires - France captain Wendie Renard has stepped down from the French national team saying she won't do the World Cup under the current conditions. She says she can't endorse the current system which is far from the requirements required by the highest level.Another MASSIVE name gone https://t.co/r4SGuKVUyz— Kathleen McNamee (@kathleen_mcn) February 24, 2023
Looks like Diani and Katoto also are very unhappy... Kadidiatou Diani & Marie-Antoinette Katoto have joined Wendie Renard in stepping aside from the French national team.Spain, Canada, Peru…and now France😔 pic.twitter.com/g92GbOJUy6— Women’s Transfer News (@womenstransfer) February 24, 2023
Is it solely because they think the coach is out of her depth? That has been complained about for years with Henry quitting. Wonder why they have waited until so close to the WC?
Well... this pic from yesterday has aged poorly... (no Reneard, possibly no Sinclair at WWC) Qualification for the #FIFAWWC is complete, 32 teams are confirmed! 🙌Bring on Australia & New Zealand 2023! 🤩 #BeyondGreatness pic.twitter.com/pXfsktpKOz— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) February 23, 2023 (btw. AI generated pics are so ******* lame - take a look at Renard's arm)
FIFA's warning to every WWC participant: keep speaking against our great benefactor Saudi Arabia, but you will not have a platform to do it. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64821116 Adriana Lima: Fifa's appointment of supermodel as fan ambassador in Women's World Cup year criticised 2 March 2023 Fifa's appointment of supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador five months before the Women's World Cup is "tone deaf", says former Fifa council member Moya Dodd.
Hey Giaaani, well done, what a message sent to the world for the next WWC !!! A moronic starlet who spent her life selling her body and Saudi Arabia (official and main sponsor of the wwc) a country who spent centuries oppressing women FIFA likes the 2 faces of the ideal women ...
Some light in the tunnel... FIFA could be set to abandon plans for Saudi Arabia’s tourism arm to sponsor the Women’s World Cup after a ferocious response from co-hosts Australia and New Zealand and some of the highest-profile players in the women’s game https://t.co/Ips7ofkG5S— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) March 6, 2023
New: @skynews understands Women’s World Cup prize money rising to $110m for this year’s tournament from $30m in 2019. Another $40m for team preparation money and for clubs who release players.Infantino aiming for equal prize money by 2026/27 World Cups https://t.co/xTUyqdh1fc— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) March 16, 2023
Did not look good for Canadian Janine Beckie last night. It will be a shame if she is out of the WWC after all her hard work.
The prize money for 2023 has indeed jumped to US$ 110 million. https://www.fifa.com/womens-footbal...gnificant-investment-increase-for-fifa-womens
So, the Saudi federation has agreed to release its men's head coach so he can take charge of FRA WNT. KSA lost both friendlies during this week's FIFA international match window, with coach Hervé Renard at the helm... pitiful matches against Conmebol's bottom-feeders. Renard will become the first coach to lead teams on consecutive WCs, less than 1 year apart. One must wonder, what does the French federation hope to achieve in 2023 WWC? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/sports/soccer/herve-renard-france-world-cup.html