Four CECAFA referees to officiate at 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

FIFA has appointed four referees from the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) to officiate at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics that will feature 32 sporting disciplines including Football will take place July 26^th to August 11^th in France.

The referees selected from the CECAFA Zone include; Ismail Mohmood Ali (Sudan), Ahmed Liban Abdoulrazack (Djibouti), Stephen Yiembe (Kenya) and female referee Shamira Nabadda from Uganda.

“We are very happy and proud to have our referees selected for the Paris Olympics,” said the CECAFA head of refereeing, Ali Ahmed.

FIFA has appointed 21 referees, 42 assistants, 20 video match officials and 6 support who will be in-charge of both the men and women’s category.  Ten match officials from Africa have been appointed by FIFA.

Egypt and Mali qualified to represent Africa in the men’s category, while for the women’s category Nigeria are facing South Africa, and Zambia taking on Morocco to decide who takes the two slots.  Canada are the women’s defending champions, while Brazil were the two-time men’s defending champions but failed to qualify.

The men’s tournament is a U-23 competition but three players in each squad over the age of 23 are allowed to compete for their nations, while the women’s category allows players of all ages to compete.