Nigerian referee Yemisi Eunice Akintoye is one of 18 officials selected by the Confederation of African Football, or CAF, to serve as referees for the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
Akintoye, who is a member of the Lagos State Football Referees Council in 2020, was signed by FIFA, the Federation of International Football Association in 2020.
The 30-year-old impressed at the preparatory course held in Cairo, Egypt last week.
The course involved extensive technical assessments, physical fitness tests, and decision-making evaluations under match-like conditions.
Akintoye has officiated in a number of well-known competitions, such as the WAFU B Women’s Champions League, the CAF Women’s Champions League, and the WAFU B U-20 Championship.
The WAFCON 2024 finals will take place in Morocco from Saturday, July 5 to Saturday, July 26, 2025.
The competition’s reigning champions are the South African Banyana Banyana.
The Super Falcons of Nigeria, who have won nine titles, are in Group B together with Algeria, Tunisia, and Botswana.
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