Yoshimi Yamashita
Full name | Yoshimi Yamashita | ||
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Born |
Tokyo, Japan | 20 February 1986||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2021–[1] | J3 League | Referee | |
2022– | J1 League, J2 League | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2015–[2] | FIFA listed | Referee |
Yoshimi Yamashita (山下良美, Yamashita Yoshimi, born 20 February 1986) is a Japanese
referee.[3][4] She was an official at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France[5][6] and also refereed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the match between the United States and Sweden.[7]
Career
In 2022, she was one of six women referees selected to officiate at the
fourth official in the Group F match against Belgium against Canada,[10] and was the fourth official in six World Cup matches.[citation needed
]
Also during 2022, Yamashita became the first female referee to officiate a game in both the men's
On 19 July 2023, Yamashita served as the center official for the opening group-stage match of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup between Norway and co-hosts New Zealand women's national football team. The match featured a penalty kick awarded by video assistant referee review, and Yamashita delivered the first in-stadium explanation of a video-reviewed decision in the history of women's international football.[15]
References
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Yoshimi Yamashita Referee Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "FIFA 2022 Referring International Lists" (PDF). Digitalhub.fifa.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Yoshimi Yamashita » Matches as referee". Worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Japan – Y. Yamashita – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Women.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Frauen-WM 2019 – Nachrichten – Aufgebot der Spieloffiziellen für die FIFA Frauen-WM 2019". FIFA.com (in German). Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA.com" (PDF). Digitalhub.fifa.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Sweden - USA". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Female referees to officiate at men's World Cup for the first time". The Guardian. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- FIFA. 19 May 2022. Archived(PDF) from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Belgium 1–0 Canada". 11 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Yoshimi Yamashita Referee Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Yamashita ready to become Japan's first female World Cup referee". www.aljazeera.com. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Japanese top men's football league gets first-ever woman referee". South China Morning Post. 18 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 J1 League 22/09/18 F.C.Tokyo – Kyoto Sanga F.C. Results,Players". Soccer D.B. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Burlaga, Kate; Morgan, Chloe (20 July 2023). "Explained: VAR history made at Women's World Cup — what referee did and why". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.