The duo of Ibrahim Nour El Din and Amin Mohamed Omar as Egyptian match officials was selected among the 26 referees in the 2019 African Cup of Nations which will be held in Egypt.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced a final list of 26 referees for the African Cup of Nations later this month in Egypt.

Ibrahim Nour El Din, previously refereed an international friendly between Tunisia and Morocco, has replaced Egyptian referee Gehad Grisha in the preliminary list after Grisha was shelved by CAF for six months.

In addition, there was an inclusion of another Egyptian referee Amin Mohamed Omar who featured in the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifications, in which Egypt did not participate.

The list included the following referees:

Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Botswana)

Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Aliom Aliom (Cameroon)

Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Bacary Gassama (Gambia)

Peter Waweru (Kenya)

Andovita Rakotogwana (Madagascar)

Mamadou Keita (Mali)

Beida Dahan (Mauritania)

Ahmed Amazaz Hieralal (Mauritius)

Radwan Jaid (Morocco)

Nour ElDin El-Jaafari (Morocco)

Jean Jack Ngambo (DR Congo)

Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Megete N’Diaye (Senegal)

Issa Si (Senegal)

Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Victor Miguel (South Africa)

Sadek Al-Salmy (Tunisia)

Youssef El-Sarairi (Tunisia)

Haitham Qirat (Tunisia)

Gani Sikazwe (Zambia)

As for the assistant referees, the Egyptians include Mahmoud Abou El-Regal, Tahsin Abou El-Sadat, and Ahmed Hossam Taha.

AFCON 2019 will kick off on June 21 with Egypt-Zimbabwe as the tournament’s opening game.