Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed its largest-ever cast of match officials for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026™, taking place from March 1 to 21.

A total of 45 officials from across 20 Member Associations, comprising 14 referees and 16 assistant referees, including two standby officials for each position, as well as 11 Video Match Officials (VMOs), have been appointed for the Continental showpiece that will be staged in world-class venues across three host cities of Perth, Gold Coast and Sydney, including those that hosted the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be implemented from the Group Stage for the first time in the competition’s history, marking another milestone in the Confederation’s continuous efforts to uphold the highest officiating standards.

The cast will be anchored by the experience of Australia’s Casey Reibelt, Japan’s Yoshimi Yamashita (pictured below), and Korea Republic’s Oh Hyeon-jeong and Kim Yu-jeong (pictured above), each having officiated at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and now set to contribute their expertise once again at the Continent’s premier women’s national team competition.

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