CAF announces match officials for TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2024
Published: Thursday, 12 June 2025
The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has announced the match officials for the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2024 to be staged from July 5-26.
A total of 46 Referees, Assistant Referees and Video Assistant Referees (VAR) will be part of the prestigious continental finals with Africa's top female officials chosen for the tournament.
It is a record number of match officials, beating the previous best mark of 40 that took part in the 2022 finals.
There will be 18 Referees, 18 Assistant Referees and 10 VAR operators from 30 different countries on the continent, with hosts Morocco (5) supplying the greatest number.
That includes Bouchra Karboubi, who officiated at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d'Ivoire 2023 and the Paris Olympic Games.
Salima Mukansanga, who was in charge of the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 final, is among the accredited VAR officials.
TOTALENERGIES CAF WOMEN'S AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS, MOROCCO 2024 MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREES 1 Twanyanyukwa Antsino Namibia 2 Bouchra Karboubi Morocco 3 Aline Umutoni Rwanda 4 Amedome Vincentia Togo 5 Ganouati Dorsaf Tunisia 6 Ghada Mehat Algeria 7 Akissi Konan Natacha Gerardine Côte d'Ivoire 8 Shahenda Saad Ali Elmaghrabi Egypt 9 Shamirah Nabadda Uganda 10 Akhona Makalima South Africa 11 Samassa Yacine Mauritania 12 Suavis Iratunga Burundi 13 Sadir Sabah Morocco 14 Josephine Wanjiku Kenya 15 Aline Guimbang Etong Cameroon 16 Eunice Akintoye Yemisi Nigeria 17 Awa alphonsine O. Ilboudo Burkina Faso 18 Aminata Fullah Sierra Leone
ASSISTANT REFEREES 1 Diana Chikotesha Zambia 2 Fathia Jermoumi Morocco 3 Alice Umutesi Rwanda 4 Yekini Nafissatou Shitou Benin 5 Afine Houda Tunisia 6 Ouahab Asma Feriel Algeria 7 Tabara Mbodji Senegal 8 Yara Atef Egypt 9 Kourouma Mahawa Guinea 10 Atezambong Fomo Carine Cameroon 11 Mariem Chedad Mauritania 12 Fides Bangourabona Burundi 13 Ishsane Nouajli Morocco 14 Sakina Hamidou Alfa Niger 15 Fanta Idrissa Kone Mali 16 Kanjinga Mireille DRC 17 Nancy Kasitu Zambia 18 Hannah Lydia Moses Liberia
VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREES 1 Maria Rivet Morocco 2 Letticia Viana Eswatini 3 Salima Rhadia Mukansanga Rwanda 4 Lahlou Benbraham Algeria 5 Abdalaziz Yasir Ahmed Sudan 6 Babacar Sarr Mauritania 7 Ghislain Pierre Atcho Gabon 8 Daniel Lareya Ghana 9 Abdulrazg Ahmed Libya 10 Haggag Hossam Egypt
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