For The First Time, An All-Female On-Field Team Officiates World Cup Match When Costa Rica and Germany kicked off their group stage match on December 1, 2022, it also kicked off the first-ever World Cup match officiated on-field by an all-female referee team. Referees Neuza Ines Back, Stephanie Frappart and Karen Diaz Medina called the match, with off-field assistance from referee Said Martinez, that saw Germany win 4-2 in the Group E match. I #GettySport #WorldCup #WorldCupQatar #FIFA 📷: Alex Pantling / alexpantling, Stuart Franklin, Dan Mullan / danmullan, Alex Grimm / alexgrimmgetty, Alexander Hassenstein / @ alexanderhassenstein, Dean Mouhtaropoulos / allsportsnapper, Claudio Villa / claudiovillaphotographer, Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA 🎬 💻: katharinelotze 🎵: “Let’s Go Go Go” – Tigerblood Jewel / epidemicsound