FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: Nigerian Female Referees shunned

Sportinglife.ng can report that no Nigerian female referee would officiate at the 2018 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in France.

This was revealed by the World football governing body who appointed 15 female referees and 30 assistant referees ahead of the tournament which begins on August 5 to August 24.

The last edition in Papua New Guinea no Nigerian made the list.

“The selection criteria for the match officials from 21 different countries was based on their experience in their respective association and confederation competitions, as well as their levels of fitness and ability to read the game,” FIFA Wrote on its web.

The female refs also join their male counterparts who were also excluded for the FIFA World Cup in June in Russia.

“Those selected for the tournament in Brittany this summer will also be candidates to officiate at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019,” it added.

The four official host cities for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup France 2018 are located across Brittany: Concarneau (Stade Guy Piriou), Dinan/Léhon (Stade du Clos Gastel in Léhon), Saint-Malo (Stade de Marville) and Vannes (Stade de la Rabine).

Vannes will host the opening match of the competition on 5 August, as well as the final on 24 August.

Nigeria’s Falconets have been drawn in Group D alongside Haiti, China and Germany.

Recall that the Falconets lost narrowly to the Germans in the final of the competition’s 2010 and 2014 editions.