The UEFA Referees’ Committee has appointed the 12 referees and their referee assistant teams who will take charge of the 31 matches at UEFA Women’s EURO 2022, which will take place in England from 6 to 31 July.
The full list of referees who have been selected (in alphabetical order):
Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
Cheryl Foster (Wales)
Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)
Riem Hussein (Germany)
Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Rebecca Welch (England)
In addition, as part of an exchange programme within the framework of the cooperation agreement between UEFA and the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL, a South American referee will join the European group of referees for the UEFA Women’s EURO, as was the case for UEFA EURO 2020.
Venezuelan referee Emikar Calderas Barrera and her assistants will be part of the team in England, while a European refereeing team (to be announced) will officiate together with the CONMEBOL referees selected for the Copa América Femenina 2022 in Colombia in July.
Each refereeing team will consist of a referee, two assistant referees, a fourth official, and a team of two video assistant referees (VAR) at the stadium. Video assistant referees are being deployed for the first time at all matches in a UEFA Women’s EURO final tournament.
UEFA’s Chief Refereeing Officer, Roberto Rosetti, said: "We have had some tough decisions to make on which referees will go to the Women’s EURO, because we now have a growing group of high-calibre officials from which to choose.
“Having assessed the referees at our preparation courses, and after following their performances in UEFA competitions, we know that the selected officials have all it takes to deliver confident and uniform decision-making at the final tournament,” Rosetti added. “Some of the referees will be taking charge of matches in the closing stages of this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League, before the entire team begins to focus on the challenge that lies ahead of them in England this summer.”
Full list of selected officials:
Uefa.com
No surprises, all expected names have been called, maybe one could have had a doubt only about which Swedish to select.
ReplyDeleteThe first renounciation to a big tournament due to current situation Russia / Ukraine is for Anastasia Pustovoitova, who has been ruled out from this selection.
About VARs, a few ones of the very experienced (van Boekel) but mostly I would say "middle" selection, names who get often appointments in UEFA competitions but are not ranked like other ones (Irrati, Dankert, Hernandez Hernandez, Delajod...).
only surprise for me is staubli...after rather mediocre and disappointing performances since tokyo...the rest as expected and i see it like you chefren, no political chance for russian refereeing team...will be tough for karasev who is in quite a form lately...but i dont think that there is any chance for russian refs to be appointed...
DeleteI tend to think Staubli would have to do really really bad to miss out on the EC. After all she was last ECs final referee
DeleteMassey-Ellis hasn't run the line all season in the Premier League, surprised she has been selected although she has been on VAR because of injury
ReplyDeleteRosetti said on UEFA website that match officials were selected based on their performance in European matches. If she missed the entire season, when and where was she evaluated?
DeleteOn the other hand, there are 13 referees and only 25 assistant referees. Is an AR missing by error or was removed due to a failed fitness test?
If we look at the UWCL group stage and quarter-final matches, most of the trios have been selected together, but there are some ARs with many games missing from the final list, while few ARs that are on the list did not have any or many appointments in UWCL recently. There must have been other selection criteria...
DeleteOne name I'm missing is Katalin Kulcsar (HUN), did something happen recently which I've missed?
ReplyDeleteI'm expecting Sandra Braz Bastos (POR) for the South American tournament.
It was discussed on the blog that she was out from appointments for a long time, unknown reasons.
DeleteMarko or any other reader from Hungary: is Kulcsar active domestically or injured/pregnant or retired?
DeleteKulcsar is pregnant.
DeleteAll the best to her! And Kassai? :)
DeleteHas UEFA announced anything about the investigation into the misconduct of the PSG president? Is this still going to happen or is this going to be covered up? The other way around action would have already been taken, see case with Hategan.
ReplyDeleteVAR has been approved by Scottish clubs in a vote today. 41 for, 1 against. So the Scottish premiership will finally be getting VAR
ReplyDeleteObservers for CL semifinals:
ReplyDeleteFIRST LEGS
Manchester City - Real Madrid Herbert Fandel (GER)
Liverpool - Villarreal Stefan Messner (AUT)
So, in Liverpool should be a very experienced Elite without the need of observation by committee, while the name in Manchester will get rather a particular eye with a former committee member, but this can be also because it is a top game.
SECOND LEGS
Villarreal - Liverpool Hugh Dallas (SCO)
Real Madrid - Manchester City Björn Kuipers (NED)
Both committee members, so it is possible we will see candidates for EL final, maybe again both Marciniak and Vincic, but for sure the most interesting observation by a committee member is in Villarreal, since for first leg a "normal" observer is assigned, and it is not a big game like the other one.
Of course, this is only speculation, just for discussing. We can't know!
Final remark: with observers assigned today, it is unlikely that Orsato has a game, because he has still to return in serie AA, so definitely no time enough for him, I think. We will see the appointments for the next matchday, shuld be published tomorrow or on Thursday.
Extremely complicated situation. If Orsato is out from Semi-final assignments, committee is almost forced to use Turpin, Makkelie, Vincic and Marciniak again.
DeleteIndeed, I'd assign Turpin and Makkelie to the 1st legs (very risky though) and Marciniak and Vincic to the 2nd legs.
Other options: use one of the experienced names twice in semi finals (Cakir style) and keep someone "save" for the finals.
Cakir in a semi would surprise me. He has been extremely out of favor since last year.
Morever, there is a small option of Taylor in the CL final (if both Spanish teams make it). But in that case, I think, better to appoint a non-English VAR.
If these observers don't change the next days, we can exclude a few options:
DeleteDallas already observed Turpin in QF
Kuipers already observed Marciniak in R16
Kuipers can't observe Makkelie
The RMA-MCI return game is hard to predict.
I can only see Orsato or Turpin in Madrid with Kuipers.
Why not Vincic?
Deletechefren what is your Predictions for the first and second leg?
DeleteMy Predictions
Liverpool-Villareal: Cakir/Marchinak
ManCity-Real: Turpin/Vincic
Yes, Vincic can be another name. Normally he is not paired with Villareal again after a QF return, but maybe better to use him in first leg. The most significant return leg in the hands of Vincic who never officiated a semi or final? That's hard to believe. I really hope Orsato will be recovered on time...
DeleteIt is profoundly disappointing - and unacceptable - that UEFA appointed almost exclusively men to the VAR, with only one woman selected. They've had over 4 years to train women on VAR, and several competitions to do it. The fact they selected one woman who does not have her FIFA VAR badge shows that the criteria is, in fact, not that strict, and that they could easily have trained and selected more women with a minimum of effort.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that UEFA hasn't bothered training women VARs and then uses that excuse to put men on the women's competition is inexcusable. It's a failure of leadership. The fact that they don't even bother sending the top men's VAR is a further insult. If you can send a middle-of-the-pack male VAR, you can send an experienced high-level woman referee to the competition.
I can't disagree with some of your arguments, especially the last one.
DeleteI’m pretty sure Massey-Ellis has been on VAR in Europa and Conference League this season and she has been on it mostly in the premier league this season due to injury
DeleteShe has her video official badge (as AVAR, I presume). But nevertheless, she's selected as AR. It's also a failure of UEFA that the women who got their VAR badge are the very top of the roster (Frappart, Staubli, Hussein, Rafalski as AVAR, Massey-Ellis, etc.), so they're obviously not going to be appointed as VAR to competitions - they're on the field. Contrast that with the men's VAR program: they started by training Makkelie, Irrati, etc., good referees but the 'middling' tier - those who would have previously been appointed as AARs. So, basically, with men they ensured they'd keep their top referees on the field and be able to build teams, whereas for women only the very top is getting VAR certified, and therefore cannot actually work as VAR as they'd be working in a team with...themselves.
DeleteIt's a gross failure of training and planning, probably driven by the men's game (in that if Frappart/Staubli have their VAR badge, they could work men's games).
Observers for EL and ECL semifinals.
ReplyDeleteEL
Leipzig - Rangers
Kyros Vassaras (GRE)
West Ham - Frankfurt
Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)
Frankfurt - West Ham
Emil Bozhinovski (MKD)
Rangers - Leipzig
TBA
ECL
Leicester - Roma
Pascal Pierre Garibian (FRA) again with Roma after previous game, quite particular.
Feyenoord - Marseille
Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Marseille - Feyenoord
Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
Roma - Leicester
Terje Hauge (NOR)
No big clues there. Mostly normal observers for regular Elite referee, maybe particular attention to Vassaras and De Bleeckere games, I would say.
Rangers - Leipzig
DeleteCarlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
No Polish referee appointed for UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 while they were always among the major tournament appointments.
ReplyDeleteWere the performance of the Polish referees so negative?
Since the tournament is in England, maybe they needed to make room for referees from both England and Wales? :)
DeleteSilly comment. UEFA would take no chances with their selection. Both Foster & Welch have been chosen on merit not where they live
DeleteMeanwhile here some results of the poll about CL final referee, it seems as readers have no doubts about the final choice by committee.
ReplyDeleteMakkelie will be the selected referee according to them.
Second option after the Dutch is Turpin. Remarkable result for Marciniak as well with a third place. Still interesting to point out that Cakir gets always something more than most of all the other referees. The rest of options seems to be very unlikely.
Danny Makkelie (NED)
151
Clément Turpin (FRA)
36
Szymon Marciniak (POL)
32
Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
12
Cüneyt Çakır (TUR)
10
Daniele Orsato (ITA)
6
Artur Soares Dias (POR)
5
Sandro Schärer (SUI)
4
István Kovács (ROU)
4
Michael Oliver (ENG)
4
Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
3
Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP)
3
Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
3
William Collum (SCO)
3
Srđan Jovanović (SRB)
2
Felix Zwayer (GER)
2
Daniel Siebert (GER)
2
Anthony Taylor (ENG)
2
Ivan Kružliak (SVK)
1
Davide Massa (ITA)
1
Anastasios Sidirópoulos (GRE)
1
Tobias Stieler (GER)
1
Aleksei Kulbakov (BLR)
1
José María Sánchez Martínez (ESP)
0
Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
0
Sergei Karasev (RUS)
0
Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (ROU)
0
Serdar Gözübüyük (NED)
0
Orel Grinfeeld (ISR)
0
Deniz Aytekin (GER)
0
François Letexier (FRA)
0
Benoît Bastien (FRA)
0
Grado with good performance in crucial relegation battle between Mallorca and Alaves.
ReplyDeleteMissed couole of bookings maybe, but overall pretty good imo.
Also in spain, good performance witg Alberola Rojas in Betis-Elche. Red car showed for clear violent conduct.
DeleteSorry but Mariani is one of the WORST refs for disciplinary control.
ReplyDeleteWhat I saw in fist half hour is beyond me, atleast 2-3 clear YC's he didnt show, he may have control of the match, but not good for my taste.
He did the same in first leg, didn't want to take decisions because afraid of big mistakes, the only YC of the game for SPA reported bty AR1, otherwise he wouldn't have whistled.
DeleteA very passive officiating, this can't work from a referee who has big plans for the future also at international stage, you can expect that by a referee at the end of career, and this would be still wrong, if you ask me.
However, for head of refereeing, in such big games this season, only important thing is to close without important mistakes, so you can understand why some referees are not brave enough.
I'm totally against this trend.
Totally agree!
DeleteAnd to add cherry on top, he wronfully booked Hernandez for foul that he didnt even cpmmit.
As in the first semi-final between Inter and AC Milan, Mariani decided to abolish yellow cards
ReplyDeleteDoes Italy not have any other option than giving the same ref the same semi final?! What a disgrace. Mariani wasnt even good in both games. Why are there 2 italian elites on the list when they cant even find an alternative for the Milan derby. Im not seeing it, but maybe im too cynical.
DeleteYou are not cynical, explaining what happened this season in serie A would be definitely too long, a matter of poor performance, crucial mistakes, and very bad management of appointments by Rocchi...
DeleteWould be nice to know more about that IMO. Especially given the current status of Italian teams and refs inside UEFA. IMO they are being favoured big time without any reason. Especially given the fact that apparantly there is only one ref who is considered capable of handling the Milan derby. Or at least that is the message i get from this nonsense appointment!
DeleteIsmael Bennacer’s disallowed goal in Inter vs. Milan has caused controversy and Italian media give their verdict on the incident that occurred in the second half at the Stadio Meazza.
ReplyDeleteBennacer’s goal was disallowed after a VAR check for the offside of his teammate Pierre Kalulu who was beyond every Inter defender and, according to referee Maurizio Mariani, interfered with play.
Stefano Pioli vented his frustration
after the final whistle suggesting that his defender did not penalise Handanovic nor prevented the Inter goalkeeper from performing a save. But what’s the view of Italian media on the incident?
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Mariani’s decision was debatable and Kalulu’s offside appeared to be ‘passive.’ Mariani was rated 5.5 and his call was seen as the only slight mistake in the game.
Il Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport offered exactly the same view. The Rome-based paper said that even Mariani had ‘more than a doubt’ in front of the monitor and didn’t seem entirely convinced about his decision.
AIA official assessment: correct to disallow the goal, punishable offside because the attacker was on the line of vision of keeper at the moment of the shot. However, borderline situation, allowing goal wouldn't have been a serious mistake, what has been decided is correct, according to LotG and current guidelines.
Deletehi,
Deleteany clip of the offside situation ?
Thanks
Here's the incident https://juststream.live/EmptinessBulldozedTarns
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