Of the 19 referees operating the VAR ( video assistant referee) system, only 6 are female, showing that this is a job that women are still in the learning phase.
In terms of basic remuneration, each main referee will receive $70,000 and assistant referees will receive $25,000 after FIFA approves the list of referees to officiate the tournament, not including accommodation and travel expenses. In addition, the main referee of each match will be paid $3,000 for the group stage and $10,000 for the knockout stage or final. An average referee will take charge of two matches. The total expected payment for referees is more than $300,000.
FIFA Referees Committee Chairman P. Collina instructs female referees during a training session ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup Photo: REUTERS
The three assistant referees will each be paid $2,500 for the group stage and $5,000 for the knockout stage, for a total of $300,000.
Meanwhile, VAR referees will receive $3,000 for a group stage match and increase to $5,000 from the knockout stages.
Notably, the 2023 Women's World Cup will apply a new FIFA regulation when referees announce the results of VAR checks using a microphone linked to the stadium's loudspeaker system so that the audience can clearly understand the decision and the reason for the situation. This is also the third tournament that FIFA has organized to apply this regulation, after the 2022 Club World Cup and the recent U20 World Cup.
According to FIFA, the tournament's injury time will be similar to the recent Qatar 2022 World Cup (men's), with an average of 11 minutes of injury time per match. Both the semi-automatic offside detection technology and 3D simulation at the tournament in Qatar will also be applied to the matches of the women's teams.
Former "king in black" Pierluigi Collina - Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee - affirmed that speaking on the microphone in front of 50,000 - 70,000 people through the loudspeaker system is not easy. "The referee's job is not easy and this will create more pressure. But we are confident that the system will work well" - Mr. Collina affirmed.
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