FIFA has published the circular with guidelines to be followed by national federations, for the nominations of FIFA referees since 01/01/2022.
Deadline:
1 October 2021
The proposed referees must be born on or before 31 December 1996 and assistant referees must be born on or before 31 December 1998 in order to ensure a minimum level of experience. FIFA reserves the right to require proposed match officials over the age of 45 (born in 1977 or before) to undergo additional technical assessments as well as specific medical examinations and fitness testing on a case-by-case basis.
Each candidate must be ranked based on the marks obtained for officiating games at national level during the 12 months prior to being nominated to the list of international referees. Please do not put the nominees in alphabetical order.
All nominated match officials (except video match officials) must at least have passed a FIFA approved fitness test and a medical examination on or after 2 June 2021.
2022 FIFA Refereeing International Lists - PDF
