Africa-Press – Malawi. LUSAKA-(MaraviPost)-Zambian Referee Janny Sikazwe has been selected to officiate at the Qatar Fifa 2022 World Cup which takes place from November 20 to December 18, 2022.
32 teams will compete in eight groups with four matches to be played each day during the group stage, which will run over a 12-day period and see winners and runners-up progress to the round of 16.
Sikazwe got his first international stint in 2008 at COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup in South Africa. This was followed up by a call up at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, refereed the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final in Japan and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final in Gabon.
In 2018, he made a debut at the FIFA World Cup in Russia where he was centre referee for the Belgium Vs Panama game on 18 June. The match saw him going into the record books as he became the first Zambian referee to officiate a game at the FIFA World Cup finals.
Sikazwe’s last major competition was at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, where he raised controversy after ending the match twice. A forensic report later stated that Sikazwe suffered heat stroke, which contributed to his mishandling of the match.
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