Anna-Marie Keighley (born 30 June 1982) is an

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from

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. She has officiated matches at the international level since 2010, including the

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and the

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. Outside of refereeing, she is a school teacher at

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Career

Keighley's first international tournament was the 2010 Championship. She was later called up to several OFC tournaments, including the 2012 Olympic Qualifiers, 2014 U-20 Championship, 2016 U-17 Championship, 2022 Nations Cup as well as the men's

2016 OFC Champions League The 2016 OFC Champions League was the 15th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name ...

. Keighley has been the OFC representative at several intercontinental women's tournaments, including the

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, the 2018 U-20 World Cup, and the 2022 U-20 World Cup. She was the first referee to officiate in five matches at a single edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, doing so in the 2015 World Cup. During the semi-final between

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and

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, Keighley awarded a penalty for Japan for a foul that occurred outside the penalty area, for which she received criticism. She has since refereed at the 2019 World Cup and was named to the shortlist for the 2023 World Cup. She was part of the roster for the

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in the United States and officiates matches in the domestic

New Zealand Football Championship The New Zealand Football Championship ( mi, Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa) was a men's association football league at the top of the New Zealand league system. Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Football Championship was the successor to a m ...

(now replaced by the

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). In 2017, she was one of several female referees to be named to the roster at the FIFA men's U-17 World Cup in a supporting role.

Personal life

Keighley married a fellow referee, Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh, in July 2017. The couple officiated back-to-back matches in the Women's Knockout Cup and Chatham Cup, respectively, in September 2017. She was originally based in

but moved to

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to pursue better refereeing opportunities. Keighley later moved to

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, where she teaches at

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Keighley, Anna-Marie 1982 births Living people New Zealand association football referees People from Palmerston North FIFA Women's World Cup referees Football referees at the 2016 Summer Olympics Women association football referees