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FIFA Ignores Nigeria, picks 8 African referees for Qatar World Cup- See Lists

AFNews Reporter

Apr 06, 2022

WORLD CUP: How FIFA Ignored Nigeria In List Of Referees
Ahead of this year's World Cup in Qatar, the world football governing body, FIFA has picked 8 African officials, ignoring Nigerian referees yet again.

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The eight center referees picked all officiated at this year's African Cup of Nations and had officiated in the previous World Cups.

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Leading the list is Gambian referee Papa Bakary Gassama who officiated at the 2014 and 2018 editions in Brazil and Russia respectively.

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Others are:

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ÔÇó Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

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Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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ÔÇó Tesssema Balmak (Ethiopia)

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Victor Gomez (South Africa)

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ÔÇó Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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Maguette N'diaye (Senegal)
Jean Jacques Ndala (RD Congo)

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Africa will be represented by five countries (Ghana, Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal) at the World Cup slated to run from November 21st to December 18th.

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