This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Sports
Moroccan Bouchra Karboubi ranked fifth in the ranking of the best female referees in the world for the year 2024, announced by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
Karboubi had already won the award for the best African referee of the year 2024 during the awards ceremony organized by the Confederation of African Football in Marrakech on December 16, 2024.
Bushra Karboubi is considered the first Arab woman to referee an Africa Cup of Nations (Ivory Coast 2023) match as the head referee, and she also participated in the 2023 Women’s World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand.
Karboubi is also the first woman to referee the national professional football championship in Morocco, and was chosen to referee the final match of the 2019-20 Coupe du Trône.
