Gyöngyi Krisztína Gaál (born 26 June 1975, in

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) is a Hungarian

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referee.

Refereeing career

Gyöngyi Gaál refereed her first international match in 2002 between

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and

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. She officiated at the

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, taking charge of two group matches, a quarter final and the third place playoff.

Controversy

In a

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match between Montpellier and Frankfurt, the Montpellier team left the field for fifteen to twenty minutes after an incident in the Montpellier attacking penalty area. During a match between

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and

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at the

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she allowed play to continue after an Equatorial Guinean defender caught the ball in the Australian penalty area. She later apologised for the error.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaal, Gyoengyi Living people 1975 births Hungarian football referees Women association football referees FIFA Women's World Cup referees