by Martin Rødvand on June 28, 2009
36-year-old Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers has been appointed to take charge of the U-21 final between Germany and England in Malmø on Sunday. Kuipers has recently been promoted to the Elite group of UEFA referees and this is his third match in the tournament.
UEFA.com writes:
“For the supermarket director from the town of Oldenzaal in the Netherlands, the appointment continues the progress he has made since being assigned fourth-official duties at the U21 tournament in 2007. He refereed five games in the UEFA Cup last season, having been the fourth official in five qualifying matches for UEFA EURO 2008™. Kuipers also took charge of the UEFA European U17 Championship final in 2006 between Czech Republic and Russia.”
by Martin Rødvand on June 11, 2009
The Under-21 Championship is set to start next week in Sweden, and UEFA today announced the men who’s to take charge of the eight teams.
The following referees will be participating in the championship:
Peter Rasmussen, Denmark
Tony Chapron, France
Bjorn Kuipers, Netherlands
Pedro Proença, Portugal
Claudio Circhetta, Switzerland
Cüneyt Cakir, Turkey
You can find the complete list with some useful information here(pdf). Worth mentioning is the Swiss referee Claudio Circhetta who this May was fourth official for Massimo Busacca who refereed the UEFA Champions League final in Rome.
There was no mention of who will be assisting the six referees. RateTheRef forum has got two of the assistants.
Update: Look, UEFA is writing stuff too!
