On the evening of January 9, Beijing time, FIFA announced the list of referees for the 2023 Women's World Cup. Chinese referee Xie Lijun was selected as assistant referee.
The FIFA Women's World Cup enforcement list includes 33 referees, 55 assistant referees and 19 video assistant referees. FIFA Refereeing Committee Chairman Corina said that, as before, the principle of "enforcement level first", "the selected referees represent the highest level of the refereeing profession today. We all remember the great success of the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, which was due to the high level of refereeing. Our goal for the Women's World Cup in Australia/New Zealand is to continue the excellent enforcement work of the previous tournament."
Lijun Xie's name (underlined in yellow) appears on the list of assistant referees.
It is understood that FIFA began the selection of referees for the Women's World Cup in 2020 and named it "The Road to Australia and New Zealand". Over the past two years, more than 170 candidates have undergone rigorous assessment and preparation. According to the arrangement, the referees will hold seminars in Doha, Qatar, in January and February to analyze the enforcement videos of various venues and train with the athletes.
In the announced list, Xie Lijun became the only Chinese referee, she will start from last year's Women's Asian Cup, u17th Women's World Cup after the end of the international large-scale tournaments again. Previously, Xie Lijun also enforced the National Games, the World Military Games, the Southeast Asian Games and other large-scale women's football matches, and for many years to enforce the Women's Super League and Women's First League.
The 2023 Women's World Cup will be held from July 20 to August 20 in New Zealand and Australia. China's women's soccer team has been placed in Group D along with England, Denmark, and Play-off Group B (one of Senegal, Haiti and Chile).
