FIFA Women's World Cup referees explained

FIFA Women's World Cup referees are FIFA international referees who officiate at the FIFA Women's World Cup matches.

World Cup Final match officials

YearRefereeAssistant RefereesReserve Referees and Assistant RefereesVideo Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs
1991
[1]

Vadim Zhuk

Ingrid Jonsson

Gertrud Regus
Reserve Referees
since 1999


Reserve Assistant Referees
since 2015
Video Assistant Referees (VARs) and Assistant VARs
since 2019
1995
[2]

Ingrid Jonsson

Gitte Holm

Maria Rodríguez
1999
[3]

Nicole Petignat

Ghislaine Labbe

Ana Pérez

Katriina Elovirta
2003
[4]

Cristina Ionescu

Irina Mirt

Katarzyna Wierzbowska

Sonia Denoncourt
2007
[5]

Tammy Ogston

Rita Muñoz

María Isabel Tovar

Mayumi Oiwa
2011
[6]

Bibiana Steinhaus

Katrin Rafalski

Marina Wozniak

Jenny Palmqvist
2015
[7]

Kateryna Monzul

Yolanda Parga

Nataliya Rachynska

Claudia Umpiérrez

Loreto Toloza
2019
[8]

Stéphanie Frappart

Manuela Nicolosi

Michelle O'Neill

Claudia Umpiérrez

Luciana Mascaraña

Carlos del Cerro Grande

José María Sánchez Martínez

Mariana de Almeida
2023

Tori Penso

Brooke Mayo

Kathryn Nesbitt

Yoshimi Yamashita

Mijensa Rensch

Tatiana Guzmán

Pol van Boekel

Ella De Vries

Armando Villarreal

By country

As of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final, 25 countries have been represented in the officials body of the FIFA Women's World Cup Final.

CountryTotalRefereesAssistant
Referees
Reserve RefereesReserve Assistant RefereesVARsAssistant VARs
4130000
4120001
3120000
3030000
3010011
3111000
3002100
2002000
2110000
2110000
1000001
1100000
1000001
1001000
1000100
1010000
1001000
1000001
1000010
1010000
1010000
1010000
1100000
1000100
1100000

By confederation

ConfederationTotalRefereesAssistant
Referees
Reserve RefereesReserve Assistant RefereesVARsAssistant VARs
UEFA257122013
CONCACAF10151111
CONMEBOL6012201
AFC3102000
CAF0000000
OFC0000000
Totals:449187325

Number of matches

There are 11 referees who have managed seven or more matches:[9]

10 matches:

9 matches:

8 matches:

7 matches:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Match Report Final 1991.
  2. Web site: Match Report Final 1995.
  3. Web site: Match Report Final 1999.
  4. Web site: Match Report Final 2003.
  5. Web site: Match Report Final 2007.
  6. Web site: Match Report Final 2011.
  7. Web site: Match Report Final 2015.
  8. Web site: Match Report Final 2019.
  9. Web site: Women World Cup » Referees . 2023-08-09 . WorldFootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.