Bakary Papa Gassama (born 10 February 1979) is a

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. He became a

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referee in 2007. He officiated at the 2012 Olympic tournament, in which he was the fourth official for the gold medal match between Mexico and Brazil. He also served as a referee at the

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and

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tournaments, as well as the

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. In March 2013, FIFA named Gassama as one of the fifty potential referees for the

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. On 15 January 2014, FIFA announced that he would be one of the 25 referees for the tournament. His assistants were announced to be Evarist Menkouandé and Felicien Kabanda. He officiated the third group stage match in group B between the Netherlands and Chile on 23 June 2014. He officiated the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final match on 8 February 2015 between Ghana and

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. On 27 April 2017, Gassama was selected as CAF's sole referee for the

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in Russia. His assistants were announced to be Jean Claude Birumushahu (

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) and

Marwa Range Aden Marwa Range (born 31 January 1977) is a football referee from Kenya. Career Marwa has served as a FIFA referee since 2011. He is the first Kenyan football official to be involved in any FIFA competition, having featured in the 2011 FIFA U-1 ...

( Kenya), and his video assistant referee was appointed to be Malang Diedhiou ( Senegal). His only match at the competition was the Group A match between Mexico and New Zealand on 21 June 2017. On 29 March 2018, FIFA announced that he had been selected to officiate some matches at

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along with Jean-Claude Birumushahu and Marwa Range as assistant referees. FIFA announced that he had been selected to officiate some matches at 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.

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