Stephanie Frappart to be first woman referee at men's World Cup

Category : Sports Published on: December 02 2022

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Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to referee a men's World Cup match after FIFA announced that she will take charge of Thursday's Group E match between Germany and Costa Rica.
France's Frappart is one of three women referees among the 36 selected for the tournament in Qatar, alongside Rwandan official Salima Mukansanga and Japan's Yoshimi Yamashita.
Two other referees – Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga and Yamashita Yoshimi of Japan – were also included in Fifa’s pool of World Cup officials.
She was the first woman to referee in France's Ligue 1 in 2019, the same year she took charge of the women's World Cup final in her home country.
Frappart also officiated the 2019 Uefa Super Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea, before refereeing the Champions League in 2020 and then the French Cup final last season.