U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers: Mauritanian Referees to Handle Liberia vs Guinea Match
(L-r) Assistant Referee Mariem Chedad, Ref. Aissata Lam and Assistant Ref. Houleye Diba last officiated a match in Liberia in January of 2020.
The first-leg match between Liberia and Guinea in the U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers will be officiated by Mauritania’s three international women referees.
Aissata Lam, who served as 4th official during the Liberia vs Senegal match on October 20, 2021, has been appointed to serve as center referee and will be supported on the sidelines by her compatriots Mariem Chedad and Houleye Diba. Gambia’s Fatou Ngum will serve as 4th official.
The match is expected to be played this weekend, as the Liberia football association is yet to announce the date and venue of the match. Prior to this assignment, the three Mauritanian referees were appointed to officiate the first-leg match between Senegal and Mali in the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The trio last officiated in Liberia as a team in January of 2020, during the match between Liberia and Niger U-17 women’s national teams. The first round of the 2022 African U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament is scheduled for this weekend with 24 teams facing off for the next round of the qualifying tournament.
Lone Star U-17 women’s team have for the past weeks continued their closed-door training sessions, while their opponents, Guinea, over the weekend won 3-2 in a friendly match as part of preparations for the weekend’s encounter.
The aggregate winner from the match will meet the winners between Senegal and Ghana in the next round.
This year’s edition is the 8th Qualifying Tournament. The biennial international youth football competition is organized by the CAF to determine which women’s under-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Three teams will qualify from this tournament for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India as the CAF representatives.