Referees

Regular attendees of the Referee Cup know for several years now, the tournament organizers have been committed to ensuring that the matches are officiated by FIFA and top-flight referees. This event is intended to bring the refereeing “family” closer together – regardless of whether they are junior or senior referees, FIFA or basic referees – and this has always been successful. Perhaps a young referee will find a role model at the tournament and want to emulate them – that alone would be a great achievement.

DFB coaching staff member Guenther Thielking (Hagen) and, hopefully, Fatou Gaye (Senegal) will be responsible for mentoring the tournament referees.