3 January 2017 – South African top referee, Victor Gomes, has been selected among the thirty-two (32) match officials who will be doing duty at the upcoming Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) Morocco 2018.
Gomes is the only South African on the list, which is made up of 16 Referees and 16 Assistant Referees representing 27 Member Associations.
The CAF Referees Committee has also selected seven match officials to operate as Video Assistant Referees (VAR’s), which will be debuted on the continent at the tournament.
The fifth edition of the tournament, designed exclusively for footballers playing in their domestic leagues, will be held from 13 January to 4 February 2018 in the Moroccan cities of Casablanca, Marrakech, Tangier and Agadir.
CHAN 2018 APPOINTED REFEREES:
1. Ghobal Moustapha Algeria
2. Martins De Carvalho Angola
3. Ndabihawenimana Pacifique Burundi
4. Coulibaly Abou Cote d’Ivoire
5. Ibrahim Nour El Din Egypt
6. Bamlak Tesema Ethiopia
7. Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea Ghana
8. Nampiandraza Hamada Madagascar
9. Keita Mahamadou Mali
10. Nouriddine El Jaafari Morocco
11. Jackson Pavaza Namibia
12. Jean Jacque Ndala RDC
13. Louis Hakizima Rwanda
14. Ndiaye Maguette Senegal
15. VICTOR GOMES SOUTH AFRICA
ASSISTANT REFEREES:
1. Mokrane Gourari Algeria
2. Seydou Tiama Burkina Faso
3. Elvis Noupoue Cameroon
4. Soulaiman Amaldine Comoros
5. Steven Danilek M. Moyo Congo
6. Mahmoud A.K Abouel Regal Egypt
7. Berhe Tesfagiorghis Eritrea
8. Sidiki Sidibe Guinea
9. Gilbert Cheruiyot Kenya
10. Souru Phatsoane Lesotho
11. Amsaaed Attia Libya
12. Moriba Diakite Mali
13. Azgaou Lahsen Morocco
14. Arsenio Chadreque Maringule Mozambique
15. Ibrahim Mohammed Abdallah Sudan
16. Melloulchi Yamen Tunisia
VIDEO ASSISTANT REFEREES:
1. Mehdi Abid Charef Algeria
2. Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos Angola
3. Ghead Grisha Egypt
4. Bakary Papa Gassama Gambia
5. Range Aden Marwa Kenya
6. Malang Diedhiou Senegal
7. Janny Sikazwe Zambia