Check out full list of 18 African Match Officials selected for 2022 World Cup

Fifa has chosen 18 African match officials to serve in various roles at the 2022 Fifa World Cup final in Qatar later this year.

Fifa said on Thursday, May19, that 36 center referees, 69 assistant referees, and 24 Video Assistant Referees will be in charge of games in November and December.

Africa will be represented by six center referees at the tournament, including Rwandan Salima Mukansanga, who is part of the first group of female referees to ever officiate at the event.

Fifa has also selected 10 assistant referees from Africa to run the lines at the global football showpiece event. Two Moroccans will be on duty at the Video Assistant Referees.

See full list of African officials below.

VAR OFFICIALS

Rédouane Jiyed – Morocco

Zourak Adil – Morocco

REFEREES

Bakary Papa Gassama – Gambia

Mustapha Ghorbal – Algeria

Salima Mukansanga – Rwanda

Maguette Ndiaye – Senegal

Janny Sikazwe – Zambia

Victor Gomes – South Africa

ASSISTANT REFEREES

Mahmoud Abouelregal – Egypt

Djibril Camara – Senegal

Abdelhak Etchiali – Algeria

Mokrane Gourari – Algeria

Zakhele Siwela – South Africa

El Hadji Samba – Senegal

Phatsoane Souru – Lesotho

Noupue Elvis – Cameroon

Marengule Arsenio – Mozambique

Jerson Dos Santos – Angola