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YAMASHITA Yoshimi, BOZONO Makoto, and TESHIROGI Naomi appointed to officiate Group F match between USA and Netherlands at the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™
25 July 2023
FIFA has announced the referees in charge of the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ group stage matches and Japan’s YAMASHITA Yoshimi, BOZONO Makoto, and TESHIROGI Naomi have been appointed to officiate the Group F match between the USA Women's National Team and Netherlands Women's National Team on Thursday, 27 July.
Date: Thu. 27 July 2023, 13:00 Local time (Thu. 27 July, 10:00 Japan time)
Venue: Wellington Stadium
Referee: YAMASHITA Yoshimi
Assistant referee 1: BOZONO Makoto
Assistant referee 2: TESHIROGI Naomi
Fourth Official: KIM Yujeong (Korea Republic)
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
◇TESHIROGI Naomi
Birthplace: Hokkaido
Registered as International referee: 2013
Notable International competitions in charge:
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™
2016 Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Rio 2016)
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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