Mayumi Oiwa Explained

Mayumi Oiwa
Birth Date:April 11, 1972
Birth Place:Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan
Otheroccupation:Receptionist
Years1:1999-2002
League1:L. League
Role1:Referee
Years2:2002-
League2:Japan Football League
Role2:Referee
Internationalyears1:2002-
Confederation1:FIFA listed
Internationalrole1:Referee

(born April 11, 1972, in Muroran, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese football referee.

She became a first class referee in 1999 and began officiating games in the L. League and was placed on the FIFA list of international referees in 2002.[1]

Her first international tournament was the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in which she officiated two games including the third place play-off. Following her performance in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, in which she refereed a Quarter final match, Oiwa was promoted to the Japan Football League.

She became the first female referee to officiate in the 84th Nationwide Highschool soccer championship conference on January 22, 2006, and then refereed the final at the 2006 AFC Women's Championship. Selected by FIFA to officiate in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China,[2] she refereed two games and was fourth official in the Final between Germany and Brazil.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OIWA Mayumi. https://web.archive.org/web/20071021102414/http://fifa.com/womenworldcup/referees/referee=187413/index.html. dead. October 21, 2007. 2007-10-03. FIFA. FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 - Referees.
  2. Web site: Women's World Cup Referees List . https://archive.today/20130104183756/http://cbs.sportsline.com/soccer/story/10232789/1 . dead. 2013-01-04 . 2007-09-29 . . Soccer . 2007-06-21 .
  3. Web site: Match Report - Germany - Brazil . 2007-10-03 . . FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071023003731/http://fifa.com/womenworldcup/matches/round%3D2000001016/match%3D56332/report.html . 2007-10-23 . dead.