15 Facts About Desislava Bozhilova

Desislava Vasileva Bozhilova is a Bulgarian international snooker referee on the World Snooker Tour.

Desislava Bozhilova refereed her first Triple Crown final at the 2022 Masters, and the second at the 2022 UK Championship.

Desislava Bozhilova was scheduled to referee the final of the 2025 World Snooker Championship, which will make her the second woman, after Michaela Tabb, to referee a world final.

Desislava Bozhilova will become the first woman to referee the finals of all three Triple Crown events.

At the age of 13, Desislava Bozhilova began playing pool before becoming interested in snooker by watching it on television.

Desislava Bozhilova relocated to the Bulgarian capital of Sofia in 2012.

Desislava Bozhilova holds a Master's degree in landscape architecture following her graduation from the University of Forestry, Sofia in 2016, and produces 3D visualisations of homes between snooker competitions.

Desislava Bozhilova learnt of the existence of the Bulgarian Snooker Referees Association in 2011, which helps people to become snooker referees, and she made the decision to get involved in it.

Desislava Bozhilova passed the examination to become an international snooker referee the following year, and refereed her first professional snooker tournament at the 2012 Bulgarian Open.

Desislava Bozhilova officiated her first ranking final at the 2016 Riga Masters, and has refereed other ranking finals such as in the English Open, German Masters, and the Players Championship.

Desislava Bozhilova officiated her first Triple Crown event match during the 2016 UK Championship, and made her debut at the main stages of the World Snooker Championship at the 2019 event.

Desislava Bozhilova was again selected to referee at the 2020 World Championship.

Desislava Bozhilova refereed her first Triple Crown final at the 2022 Masters, and her second at the 2022 UK Championship.

Desislava Bozhilova was scheduled to referee the final of the 2025 World Snooker Championship, which will make her the second woman, after Michaela Tabb, to referee a world final.

Desislava Bozhilova will become the first woman to referee the finals of all three Triple Crown events.