Carol Chenard

Carol Chenard
Personal
Surname	Carol Chenard
birthday	17th February 1977
Finals
2010 Women's U-20 World Cup Algarve Cup 2013 2014 Women's U-20 World Cup 2016 Olympic final CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2018

Carol Anne Chenard (born February 17, 1977 ) is a Canadian football referee . She is the first female referee to whistle two finals at the Women's U-20 World Cup . At the 2016 Olympic Games , she led the final between Sweden and Germany .

Career

Chenard is the daughter of a speed skating official and practiced the sport as well as basketball, soccer and volleyball. She holds a degree in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University and lives in Ottawa .

Referee

Chenard has been an international referee since 2006. Their first major tournament was the 2008 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Mexico. After that it was used repeatedly at CONCACAF championships, world championships and the Olympic Games. So far, she has been used in ten games of the German women's national football team , making her the record referee at games of the German women. She also directed six games of the U-20 team at World Cup tournaments. In 2010 and 2014 she headed the finals of the U-20 women's soccer World Cup . Germany and Nigeria faced each other. On March 30, 2015, she was selected as one of 29 referees for the 2015 World Cup in her home country. The first game for which she was nominated as a referee was the game of ex-world champion Germany against World Cup newcomer Ivory Coast in her home town of Ottawa. On May 2, 2016, she was nominated for the 2016 Olympic football tournament, and on August 18 for the final between Sweden and Germany.

In October 2017, she was one of seven referees on the supporting team of referees at the U-17 World Cup in 2017 , which was the first time women were used in a men's World Cup.

On December 3, 2018, she was nominated for the 2019 Women's World Cup . On June 4, 2019, FIFA announced that she was unable to attend because she had breast cancer .

International matches of the German team

With ten games she is the referee who directed most of the games of the German national women's team.

Algarve Cup group game, March 5th, 2008 in Faro / Loulé
Germany	-	Denmark	0: 1 (0: 0)
Algarve Cup 3rd place match, March 12, 2008 in Vila Real de Santo António
Germany	-	Norway	0: 2 (0: 1)
Algarve Cup group match, 4th March 2009 in Albufeira
Germany	-	Finland	2: 0 (0: 0)
Friendly match, October 23, 2012 in East Hartford
United States	-	Germany	2: 2 (1: 0)
Algarve Cup Final , March 13, 2013 in Faro / Loulé
Germany	-	United States	0: 2 (0: 2)
World Cup group game, June 7, 2015 in Ottawa
Germany	-	Ivory Coast	10: 0 (5: 0)
World Cup quarter-finals, June 26, 2015 in Montréal
Germany	-	France	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 5: 4 i. E.
SheBelieves Cup 2016 , 9./10. March 2016 in Orlando
United States	-	Germany	2: 1 (2: 1)
Olympic Finals, August 19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
Sweden	-	Germany	1: 2 (0: 0)
SheBelieves Cup 2017 , 1st / 2nd March 2017 in Chester
United States	-	Germany	1: 0 (0: 0)

Women's tournaments

Appearances in the 2008 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Mexico

Group A, June 18, 2008 in Puebla
Mexico	-	Cuba	7: 0 (4: 0)
Group A, June 22, 2008 in Puebla
Cuba	-	Trinidad and Tobago	1: 6 (0: 3)

Appearances at the U-20 World Cup 2008 in Chile

Group A, November 22, 2008 in Coquimbo
Nigeria	-	England	1: 1 (0: 1)
Group B November 26, 2008 in La Florida
Argentina	-	France	1: 3 (1: 0)
Quarter-finals, December 1st, 2008 in Temuco
Brazil	-	Germany	2: 3 (1: 1)
Semi-finals, December 4th, 2008 in Temuco
France	-	North Korea	1: 2 (0: 0)

Appearances at the 2010 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Guatemala

Group B, January 21, 2010 in Guatemala City
Trinidad & Tobago	-	Mexico	1: 2 (1: 1)
Group B, January 25, 2010 in Guatemala City
Jamaica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	0: 1 (0: 0)

Appearances at the U-20 World Cup 2010 in Germany

Group B, July 13, 2010 in Bielefeld
Sweden	-	New Zealand	2: 1 (0: 1)
Group A, July 16, 2010 in Bochum
Germany	-	Colombia	3: 1 (1: 0)
Group B, July 20, 2010 in Augsburg
North Korea	-	Sweden	2: 3 (1: 1)
Final , August 1, 2010 in Bielefeld
Germany	-	Nigeria	2: 0 (1: 0)

Used at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 in Mexico

Group B, October 28, 2010 in Cancun
United States	-	Haiti	5: 0 (4: 0)

Appearances at the 2011 World Cup in Germany

Group C, June 28, 2011 in Leverkusen
Colombia	-	Sweden	0: 1 (0: 0)
Group B, July 5, 2011 in Augsburg
England	-	Japan	2: 0 (1: 0)
Semi-finals, July 13, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main
Japan	-	Sweden	3: 1 (1: 1)

Appearances at the 2012 Olympic football tournament in London

Group G, Glasgow July 25, 2012
Colombia	-	North Korea	0: 2 (0: 1)
Group E, July 31, 2012 in London
Team GB	-	Brazil	1: 0 (1: 0)

Appearances at the Algarve Cup 2013

Group A, March 6, 2013 in Parchal
Norway	-	Japan	2: 0 (2: 0)
Final , March 13, 2013 in Faro / Loulé
Germany	-	United States	0: 2 (0: 2)

Appearances at the 2014 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in the Cayman Islands

Group A, January 9, 2014 in George Town as 4th official
United States	-	Costa Rica	6: 0 (3: 0)
Group A, January 11, 2014 in George Town as 4th official
Jamaica	-	United States	0: 3 (0: 2)
Group A, January 13, 2014 in George Town
Jamaica	-	Costa Rica	1: 1 (0: 1)
Semifinals, January 17, 2014 in George Town
United States	-	Trinidad & Tobago	6: 0 (4: 0)
Final , January 19, 2014 in George Town as 4th official
Mexico	-	United States	0: 4 (0: 1)

Appearances at the U-20 World Cup 2014 in Canada

Group C, August 6, 2014 in Moncton
England	-	South Korea	1: 1 (0: 1)
Group B, August 12, 2014 in Montréal
Brazil	-	Germany	1: 5 (1: 0)
Final , August 24, 2014 in Montréal
Nigeria	-	Germany	0: 1 a.d.

Appearances at the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in the United States

Group B, October 16, 2014 in Kansas City
Costa Rica	-	Mexico	1: 0 (1: 0)
Group B October 21, 2014 in Washington, DC
Martinique	-	Costa Rica	1: 6 (0: 3)
3rd place match in Chester , October 26, 2014
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Mexico	2: 4 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 1)

Appearances at the 2015 World Cup in Canada

Group B, June 7, 2015 in Ottawa
Germany	-	Ivory Coast	10: 0 (5: 0)
Group E, June 13, 2015 in Montréal
Brazil	-	Spain	01: 0 (1: 0)
Group F, June 17, 2015 in Montréal
England	-	Colombia	02: 1 (2: 0)
Quarter-finals, June 26, 2015 in Montréal
Germany	-	France	01: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 5: 4 i. E.

Appearances at the 2016 Olympic football tournament in Rio de Janeiro

Group E, August 3, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
Brazil	-	People's Republic of China	3: 0 (1: 0)
Quarter-finals, August 12, 2016 in Belo Horizonte
Brazil	-	Australia	0: 0 n.V .; 7: 6 i. E.
Final, August 19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
Sweden	-	Germany	1: 2 (0: 0)

Appearances at the U-20 CONCACAF Championship 2018 in Trinidad and Tobago

Group B, January 19, 2018 in Couva
Mexico	-	Jamaica	4: 0 (2: 0)
Group B, January 21, 2018 in Couva
Jamaica	-	United States	1: 2 (0: 1)
Final, January 28, 2018 in Couva
United States	-	Mexico	1: 1 n.V., 2: 4 i. E. (1: 1, 0: 1)

Appearances at the U-20 World Cup 2018 in France

Group D, August 9, 2018 in Saint-Malo
Germany	-	China	2: 0 (2: 0)
Quarter-finals, August 16, 2018 in Concarneau
France	-	North Korea	1: 0 (1: 0)

Appearances at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018 in the United States

Group A, October 4, 2018 in Cary
United States	-	Mexico	6: 0 (1: 0)
Game for 3rd place, October 17, 2018 in Frisco
Panama	-	Jamaica	2: 2 n.d. (1: 1, 0: 1); 2: 4 i. E.

Used in the SheBelieves Cup 2019 in the United States

March 5, 2019 in Tampa
United States	-	Brazil	1: 0 (1: 0)

Web links

• Carol Chenard in the database of weltfussball.de
• fifa.com: "Chenard: From speed skater to referee"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ttawacitizen.com: "Holding all the cards: Ottawa's Carol Anne Chénard to referee in 2015 World Cup"
2. ↑ canadasoccer.com: "Canadian quartet to officiate at Canada 2015"
3. ↑ fifa.com: "Appointments of Referees and Assistant Referees"
4. ↑ fifa.com: "Referees appointed for the medal games"
5. ↑ fifa.com: Match officials for FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 appointed
6. ↑ fifa.com: Line-up of match officials for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 ™
7. ↑ fifa.com: FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 List of match officials
8. ↑ fifa.com: Referee duo cancels for the FIFA Women's World Cup