Pacifique Ndabihawenimana

Born in Burundi, Ndabihawenimana has been a FIFA referee since 2013 and has officiated international football matches since then.^[2][3]

He refereed two matches at the 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations: a group-stage game between Mali and Ghana,^[4] and a semi-final between Senegal and South Africa.^[5] That same year, Ndabihawenimana served as a support referee at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.^[6][7] He is active in the CAF qualification phases for the 2026 FIFA World Cup,^[8] and also officiated in qualification matches for the previous World Cup.^[9][10]

In CAF tournaments, Ndabihawenimana has overseen games in three Africa Cup of Nations. In the 2019 edition in Egypt, he led the goalless draw between Benin and Guinea-Bissau, which was his only match in the tournament.^[11][12] At the 2021 Cup in Cameroon, Ndabihawenimana officiated the game between Guinea-Bissau and Egypt for Group D,^[13] the round of 16 victory of Morocco over Malawi,^[14] and the quarter-finals match between the Gambia and the hosts Cameroon.^[15] His third AFCON appointment came for the 2023 edition in the Ivory Coast, leading a single match between Guinea and Senegal in Group C. ^[16]

Other CAF competition for Ndabihawenimana was the 2020 African Nations Championship in Cameroon and the final match between South Africa team Kaizer Chiefs and Egypt's Al Ahly at the 2021 CAF Champions League in Morocco.^[1]