The African continent will be represented by six top referees during this year’s FIFA World Cup.

World football governing body FIFA has announced a list of 52 referees from across the world, with six getting the nod from Africa.

The selected African referees are Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria), Amin Mohamed (Egypt), Pierre Atcho (Gabon), Jalal Jayed (Morocco), Dahane Beida (Mauritania), Tom Abongile (South Africa), and Omar Artan (Somalia).

In the previous World Cup, the referees were paid a basic pay of USD 70 000 (R1.15 million), and for every match in the group stage, referees received USD 3000 (R49 000), which was increased to USD 10 000 (R164 000) in the knockout stages, according to a Kick Off report.

Meanwhile, 10 assistant referees have been selected from Africa to participate in the global showpiece.

The assistant referees are Amos Abinye (Gabon), Abou Elregal Mahmoud (Egypt), Akarkad Mostafa (Morocco), Brinsi Zakaria (Morocco), Ditsouga Boris (Gabon), Gourari Makran (Algeria), Hossam Taha Ahmed (Egypt), Elvis Ngouebo (Cameroon), Zakhele Siwela (South Africa), and Zerhouni Abbas Akram (Algeria).

The assistant referees earned a basic pay of USD 25 000 (approx. R410 000) for their roles in Qatar 2022.

Assistants got USD 2500 (R41 000) each in the group stage, which went up to USD 5000 (R82 000) in the knockout stages.

Additionally, there will be two VAR assistant referees from Africa: Ashour Mahmoud (Egypt) and El Fariq Hamza (Morocco).