Who are the officials for UEFA Women’s EURO 2022?

Who are the officials for UEFA Women’s EURO 2022? Following the completion of UEFA’s deliberations, we are now in a position to reveal who will be in charge of the whistles and flags at the Women’s EURO 2022, which will get underway on July 6 of that year.

There will be a total of 12 referees overseeing the action at the 31 matches that are scheduled to take place between the 6th and the 31st of July. Each of these matches will be presided over by a different official.

It is expected that the competition that will take place in England will be something of a first for the sport as a whole because it will make use of video assistant referees (VAR).

UEFA Women’s Euros

Jana Adamkova – Czech Republic

Iuliana Demetrescu – Romania

Cheryl Foster- Wales

Stephanie Frappart – France

Marta Huerta de Aza – Spain

Riem Hussein – Germany

Lina Lehtovaara – Finland

Ivana Martincic – Croatia

Kateryna Monzul – Ukraine

Tess Olofsson – Sweden

Esther Staubli – Switzerland

What is a refereeing team?

An officiating team is comprised of a referee, two assistant referees, a fourth official, and a team of two video assistance referees (VAR). The referee acts as the leader of the officiating team.

Assistant referees

Sara Telek – Austria

Mary Blanco Bolivar – Colombia

Sanja Rodak Karsic – Croatia

Polyxeni Irodotou – Cyprus

Lucie Ratajova – Czech Republic

Sian Massey-Ellis – England

Lisa Rashid – England

In addition, there are two support officials who can perform the duties of either the fourth officials or the reserve assistant referees:

Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

Lorraine Watson (Scotland)

VAR officials

Ella de Vries – Belgium

Chris Kavanagh – England

Guillermo Cuardo Fernandez – Spain

Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez – Spain

Benoit Millot – France

Maika Vanderstichel – France and many more.

Is this the very first occasion that a match at the Women’s European Championship has made use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system?

For the very first time in the annals of the Women’s European Championship, each and every one of the matches that take place during the championship’s final phase will make use of video assistant referees. This will be a first of its kind in the history of the Women’s European Championship.

Despite this, video assistant referees have been used in women’s soccer competitions in the past, the most notable instance being the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In this match, they will be utilized in men’s soccer for the very first time after being introduced as a new rule.

As a result of a decision that was taken with the assistance of the video assistant referee, Argentina was successful in removing Scotland from the competition (VAR). It was determined that Scotland’s goalkeeper, Lee Alexander, had shifted out of position while attempting to save a penalty kick. Alexander was playing for Scotland. The kick in question had been awarded to the team that we were going up against in the competition.