Frenchwoman Stéphanie Frappart has been named one of the 13 referees selected to officiate during the European Women's Football Championship scheduled for July 6 to 31, 2022 in England, according to the list unveiled on Tuesday by UEFA.

His compatriots Manuela Nicolosi and Elodie Coppola are on the list of assistant referees, while Benoît Millot (Ligue 1 referee) and Maika Vanderstichel (women's D1 referee) have been selected for VAR, video assistance to arbitration.

Aged 38, Frappart is known for having been the first female referee in the French second division (2014) then in the men's Ligue 1 (2019), the first to lead the European Supercup in August 2019 then the first to have officiated in Champions League in December 2020.

The officiating referee in L1 has already been on the whistle during Euro-2017 and during the World Cup-2019 for women's competitions.

Next summer, the Women's Euro will be refereed by twelve women from the European confederation, as well as by a representative of Conmebol, the Venezuelan Emikar Calderas Barrera, under a partnership between UEFA and the South-South confederation. American.

The VAR will be deployed for the first time on all matches of the European women's competition, specifies UEFA.