90 experts and journalists from all continents crowned Bibiana Steinhaus for the fourth time after 2013, 2014 and 2017 to The World’s Best Woman Referee 2018 in the Annual IFFHS Awards. The German referee stepped in a new area in May 2017, when she became the first woman to referee matches in one of the top five leagues of the World. Bibiana Steinhaus, who began her career in 2005, leaded matches in all greatest woman world competitions and since one year in the men Bundesliga with big success. Jana Adamkova, from Czech Republic, took a brilliant second place thanks to her performances in UEFA Champions League particularly the final between Olympique Lyonnais and VFL Wolfsburg. French Stephanie Frappart took again, like last year, place 3 before Esther Stäubli, the swiss regularity (always in the top 5 since 2012). IFFHS Awards winners 2015 Kateryna Monzul and 2016 Katalin Kulcsar took again place in the Top 7. (Source: IFFHS)
IFFHS World’s Best Women Referees 2018
1. Bibiana Steinhaus (GER, photo) 138 p2. Jana Adamkova (CZE) 100 p
3. Stephanie Frappart (FRA) 67 p
4. Esther Staubli (SUI) 54 p
5. Kateryna Monzul (UKR) 35 p
6. Carol Anne Chenard (CAN) 31 p
7. Kate Jacewicz (AUS) 24 p
8. Katalin Kulcsar (HUN) 24 p
9. Edina Alves (BRA) 23 p
10. Claudia Umpierrez (URU) 19 p
11. Qin Liang (CHN) 8 p
12. Lydia Tafesse (ETH) 6 p
13. Gladys Lengwe (ZAM) 6 p
14. Ana Maria Keighley (NZL) 5 p
15. Rebecca Welch (ENG) 5 p
16. Melissa Borjas (HON) 4 p
17. Hyang Ok Ri (PRK) 4
18. Pernilla Larsson (SWE) 3 p
19. Sian Massey (ENG) 3 p
20. Amy Fearn (ENG) 1 p
21. Petra Pavlikova (SVK) 1 p
22. Shona Shukrula (NED) 1 p