IFFHS World’s Best Referee
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The IFFHS World’s Best Referee is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing referee worldwide.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| IFFHS World’s Best Referee canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6610649 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: IFFHS World’s Best Referee Context triple: [Markus Merk, awardReceived, IFFHS World’s Best Referee]
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A.
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
The IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing goalkeeper in the world.
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B.
IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach
The IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach is an annual international football award recognizing the most outstanding club team manager worldwide, as determined by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
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C.
FIFA World Coach of the Year
The FIFA World Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by football’s global governing body to recognize the best performing football coach in the world for a given year.
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D.
FIFA World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA World Cup Golden Glove is the tournament’s official award given to the most outstanding goalkeeper at each men’s World Cup finals.
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E.
FIFA Fair Play Award
The FIFA Fair Play Award is an honor presented by FIFA to recognize exemplary sportsmanship, ethical behavior, and fair play in football.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IFFHS World’s Best Referee Target entity description: The IFFHS World’s Best Referee is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing referee worldwide.
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A.
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
The IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing goalkeeper in the world.
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B.
IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach
The IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach is an annual international football award recognizing the most outstanding club team manager worldwide, as determined by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
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C.
FIFA World Coach of the Year
The FIFA World Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by football’s global governing body to recognize the best performing football coach in the world for a given year.
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D.
FIFA World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA World Cup Golden Glove is the tournament’s official award given to the most outstanding goalkeeper at each men’s World Cup finals.
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E.
FIFA Fair Play Award
The FIFA Fair Play Award is an honor presented by FIFA to recognize exemplary sportsmanship, ethical behavior, and fair play in football.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sports award
ⓘ
football award ⓘ |
| awardFor | top-performing football referee ⓘ |
| awardingBodyAbbreviation | IFFHS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrganization | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | professional football ⓘ |
| evaluationCriteria |
appointments in major competitions
ⓘ
consistency of refereeing decisions ⓘ performance in international and domestic matches ⓘ |
| field | football officiating ⓘ |
| firstWinner | Romualdo Arppi Filho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstWinnerYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
men’s referee
ⓘ
women’s referee ⓘ |
| hasGenderSpecificEdition | IFFHS World’s Best Woman Referee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfPublication |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
ranking list
ⓘ
trophy ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.iffhs.com ⓘ |
| inception | 1987 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | IFFHS annual world awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| level | international ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Björn Kuipers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cüneyt Çakır NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix Brych NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ Markus Merk NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicola Rizzoli NERFINISHED ⓘ Néstor Pitana NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierluigi Collina NERFINISHED ⓘ Viktor Kassai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | International Federation of Football History & Statistics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy | International Federation of Football History & Statistics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognitionType | individual performance recognition ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IFFHS World’s Best Man Player NERFINISHED ⓘ IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedOrganization | FIFA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | voting by IFFHS experts and journalists ⓘ |
| shortName | IFFHS World’s Best Referee Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | calendar year ⓘ |
| typicalAnnouncementChannel | IFFHS official website and publications ⓘ |
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Subject: IFFHS World’s Best Referee Description of subject: The IFFHS World’s Best Referee is an annual international football award presented by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to the top-performing referee worldwide.
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