Kateryna Monzul took third place in the survey that identified the best referees in the world in 2020 among women

08.12.2020 19:27

Experts and journalists from all continents took part in the traditional referendum to determine the best woman arbitrator in 2020, held by IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics).

As in 2019, the confident victory in the poll was won by Frenchwoman Stephanie Frappar. Ukrainian Kateryna Monzul took third place.

In addition to the matches of women's teams, this year Kateryna Monzul worked in the men's competition - at the Euro-2021 (U-21) Lithuania - Greece, held a match of the League of Nations San Marino - Gibraltar and a meeting of the Europa League "Ghent" - "Slovan".

Final of the World Cup, Euro and Olympics

Kateryna Monzul became a FIFA referee in 2004, and in September of the following year she made her international debut in a friendly match between the women's national teams of Finland and Poland.

Gradually, Monzul made her way to the main referee of the matches of the final tournaments (including the quarterfinals and semifinals) of the European and world championships among women's teams. Worked at Euro-2009, Euro-2013, Euro-2017, as well as at the 2015 World Cup and 2019 World Cup. We will note that at the premiere for the World Cup the Ukrainian judged the final in which the national team of the USA defeated Japan - 5: 2. In general, 2015 can be considered significant in the career of the Kharkiv woman, because that year the International Federation of Football History and Statistics named Monzul the best referee in the world among women. Kateryna also has refereeing experience at the Olympic Games. For example, at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, she played two matches - between the United States and New Zealand in the group stage and between China and Germany in the quarterfinals.

Finals of the Champions League and the Cup of Ukraine

As for international club competitions, Monzul started working on them in parallel with the "increase" in Ukrainian football - in 2010-2011, Kateryna was appointed to the first league matches among men. At the same time, she began to appear as a referee in the field of the Women's Champions League match. And for four years, in 2014, the ambitious Kharkiv player worked in the Champions League final between "Tureso" and "Wolfsburg" (3: 4).

In the UPL, where she has been working since 2016, Monzul is currently considered one of the best referees, as evidenced by her schedule in 2020. Among other things, with the direct participation of Kharkiv, the VAR system was introduced in Ukraine in February. Kateryna was already entrusted to work on top matches between Shakhtar and Dynamo. .