IFFHS Awards 2024: Morocco’s Bouchra Karboubi, Fifth Women’s World Best Referee

Morocco’s Bouchra Karboubi has been ranked the fifth best woman referee in the world by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) as part of its 2024 Awards.

Karboubi was crowned Women’s Referee of the Year during the 2024 CAF Awards ceremony, held on December 16 in Marrakech.

She was the first Arab woman to officiate an African Cup of Nations game as the main referee, at the 2023 AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire, and also took to the whistle at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand.

Karboubi also had the privilege of becoming the first woman to officiate a Botola Pro D1 first division football game, in addition to being appointed to referee the 2019-2020 Throne Cup final.

Earlier this year, the Moroccan referee was awarded the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award as “Best Arab Football Referee.”

England’s Rebecca Welch topped the IFFHS ranking of the world’s best women referees in 2024, ahead of France’s Stéphanie Frappart, and Sweden’s Tess Olofsson.