What a fantastic year for Hungary’s top woman referee, Katalin Kulcsar. The 32-year-old was named as the IFFHS 2016 World’s Best Woman Referee. Kulcsar won huge support from football experts in 56 countries around the World in the 5th Annual IFFHS Women’s Awards. It was a very close ranking, Kulcsar had only 5 points more than Katarina Monzul (winner 2015) and Bibiana Steinhaus (winner 2013 and 2014), 6 points more than the Canadian Carol Anne Chenard. Kulcsar began her international career in 2005 and made quickly such progress that she was given control of FIFA U17 World Cup final 2009, of all great international tournaments and finaly the UEFA Champions League final 2016 between Lyon and Wolfsburg. She is the youngest referee to win this award and she leads a ranking where all continents are represented. That shows the fantastic development of the Women Football in the World. Bibiana Steinhaus, winner 2013 and 2014, took the second place like 2012 and 2015. So she is in the World’s Top 2 since 5 years.
IFFHS World’s Best Women Referees 2016
1. Katalin Kulcsar (Hungary, photo) 58 points2. Kataryna Monzul (Ukraine) 53 points
3. Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany) 53 points
4. Carol Anne Chenard (Canada) 52 points
5. Pernilla Larsson (Sweden) 26 points
6. Teodora Albon (Romania) 24 points
7. Riem Hussein (Germany) 23 points
8. Esther Stäubli (Switzerland) 21 points
9. Stephanie Frappart (France) 20 points
10. Olga Miranda (Paraguay) 11 points
11. Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) 10 points
12. Lucila Venegas (Mexico) 10 points
13. Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay) 10 points
14. Ok Ri Hyang (Korea DPR) 10 points
15. Carina Vitulano (Italy) 10 points
16. Olga Zadinova (Czech Republic) 9 points
17. Kate Jacewicz (Australia) 8 points
18. Efthalia Mitsi (Greece) 4 points
19. Rita Gani (Malaysia) 3 points
20. Anna Maria Keighley (New Zealand) 1 point
