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Four Brazilian referees were selected by FIFA to participate in the World Cup: Edina Alves was designated to be the main referee, having worked at the Tokyo Olympic Games, held in 2021. Neuza Back and Leila Moreira da Cruz will be field assistants, with responsibility to use the VAR (video recording) falling to Daiane Muniz dos Santos. They are part of a total of 33 female referees and 55 field assistants, 19 of whom are professionals responsible for video refereeing, where 13 are men and women representing for the first time in a World Cup.