2013 CAF U20 Championship : Abid-Charef (Algeria) for the final

After Djamel Haimoudi during the last African Cup of Nations in South Africa, it is another Algerian referee who has been selected for the final of a major CAF competition this year.

Mehdi Abid-Charef  (32, born Dec.14 1980) will be officiating the final of the CAF under-20 Youth Championship this Saturday between Ghana and Egypt, in Oran.

Mehdi Abid -Charef works as a state engineer in Algiers, and has been a FIFA referee since 2011. It will be his second match in this competition as he officiated Gabon vs DR Congo (0-0) during the group stage.

For this final, he will be assisted by El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal) and Anouar Hmila  (Tunisie); The 4^th official will be Hudu Munyemana from Rwanda.