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YAMASHITA Yoshimi and BOZONO Makoto appointed as fourth official and reserve assistant referee in the Semi-final between Australia and England at the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™
14 August 2023
FIFA has announced the referees in charge of the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ and Japan’s YAMASHITA Yoshimi and BOZONO Makoto have been appointed as the fourth official and reserve assistant referee, respectively, in the semi-final match between Australia and England on Wednesday, 16 August.
Date: Wed. 16 August 2023, 20:00 (Local time)
Venue: Stadium Australia
Referee: Tori PENSO (USA)
Assistant referee: Brooke MAYO (USA)
Assistant referee: Mijensa RENSCH (Suriname)
Fourth official: YAMASHITA Yoshimi
Reserve assistant referee: BOZONO Makoto
(Updated on 8/16) FIFA announced a change in the allocation of referees in charge of this match, and Japan's YAMASHITA Yoshimi and BOZONO Makoto are no longer allocated as the fourth official and reserve assistant referee, respectively.
Referee Profile
◇YAMASHITA Yoshimi
Birthplace: Tokyo
Registered as International referee: 2015
Notable International competitions in charge:
2015 The 28th Summer Universiade (2015/Gwangju)
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016™
2017 The 29th Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018™
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™
2021 Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Tokyo 2020)
2022 AFC Champions League 2022
2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
*Became the first female referee to officiate a J.League match on 16 May 2021 (J3 League match between Y.S.C.C. Yokohama and Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
*Became the first female professional referee on 1 August 2022.
*Became the first female referee to officiate a J1 League match on 18 September 2022 (FC Tokyo vs Kyoto Sanga FC)
*Selected as one of the first ever female referees for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and served as the fourth official for a total of six matches.
◇BOZONO Makoto
Birthplace: Tokyo
Registered as International referee: 2015
Notable International competitions in charge:
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018™
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™
2021 Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Tokyo 2020)
2022 AFC Champions League 2022
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