Babes In Sportsland: Bibiana Steinhaus Whistles Her Way Through The World Cup

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Bibiana Steinhaus Whistles Her Way Through The World Cup

Hanover - The referees at the FIFA Women's World Championships will have to adapt to mixed trio. In contrast to the men of the world governing body FIFA is not on teams with solid referee and two assistants from a country, but wants to play the 16 managers and 32 line judges partially recombine. This was announced by FIFA's Head of Sonia Denoncourt (Canada) on Thursday in Frankfurt.
"This is a great exchange," said Bibiana Steinhaus. "And to take a nice way to see things from other countries." The police officer of Hanover is the only German referee at the tournament. Steinhaus' assistants are actually Katrin Rafalski (Bad Zwesten) and Marina Wozniak (Herne).

The 32-year-old hopes that once the established trio is used. "The international language is English, the referees," Denoncourt justified the decision by FIFA. "We want the best team for each match, and we do not think a team is completely left out, because it might hurt a person." In the men's World Cup 2010 in South Africa, the German referee Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding) all meetings together with Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) and Mike Pickel (Mendig) denied.

By former World Cup referee Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern) from the United States has still stone house on Thursday received a text message with the best wishes for the tournament. The police officer is preparing as well as their colleagues from around the world for a week in the area at the Frankfurt Riederwald to their first World Cup before.